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Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The price of democracy in America

Chauncey DeVega
Democrats were divided in their responses to Trump's State of the Union (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

SOTU exposes Democrats' biggest problem

Jason Kyle Howard
President Donald J. Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. (Pool photo by Kenny Holston/The New York Times.) (Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump hides in plain sight at the SOTU

Amanda Marcotte
Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump's "Mission Accomplished" moment

Heather Digby Parton
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This photo illustration shows the representation of the $Trump meme coin in Brussels, Belgium, on February 13, 2025. (Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The president who cried "hoax"

Kirk Swearingen
President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation on Dec. 17, 2025. (Doug Mills - Pool/Getty Images)

Trump's big speech was all gaslighting

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump holds a rally at Mount Airy Casino Resort on Dec. 9, 2025 in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump's return to MAGA rallies is a flop

Sophia Tesfaye
Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump walks on stage to speak on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump's affordability con job backfires

Amanda Marcotte
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Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hassett (right) speaks as President Trump makes an announcement on changes to the country's fuel economy standards in the Oval Office, Dec. 3, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Even Fox News hates Trump's economy

Sophia Tesfaye
New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani interacts with pre-K students on Nov. 13, 2025 in Flatbush, Brooklyn. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Affordable care is a political winner

Anna Wadia, Julie Kashen
Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

MAGA is starting to see the real Trump

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump meets with New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office on Nov. 21, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump can't resist handsome men in suits

Jason Kyle Howard
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Donald Trump | Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The real cost of Trump’s tariff checks

Chauncey DeVega
Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks during a Senate hearing on June 24, 2025. (ill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Ossoff bets his race on affordability

Jason Kyle Howard
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell speaks during a naturalization ceremony for new U.S. citizens at Seattle Center on July 4, 2025. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)

Seattle mayoral race tightens

Blaise Malley
President Donald Trump departs the White House on Sept. 30, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump stumbles after Democratic wins

Heather Digby Parton
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Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City on Nov. 4, 2025. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Mamdani's message has broad appeal

Chauncey DeVega
Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference on Universal Child Care at Columbus Park Playground on November 19, 2024 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Mamdani child care plan could change US

Simon Black - The Conversation
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani visits a cultural center for the elderly on Oct. 31, 2025. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Zohran Mamdani knows how to win

Amanda Marcotte
Zohran Mamdani speaks to supporters during a Democratic primary election night gathering after running on a platform of affordability. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Dems should speak the language of pain

Chauncey DeVega
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People shop at a retail store in New York. Wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, the biggest monthly increase since June 2022. (Michael Nagle/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Wake up, Dems: Hammer Trump on inflation

Austin Sarat
Housing development in Janesville, Wisconsin. (Robert Knopes/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

"Silver tsunami" unlikely to fix housing

Daria Solovieva
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HIV drugs control disease

Danny Jomaa
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