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A plume of smoke rises after an explosion on March 2, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was confirmed killed after the United States and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran on February 28. Iran retaliated by firing waves of missiles and drones at Israel, and targeting U.S. allies in the region. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Iran strikes leave US travelers in lurch

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on September 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Dem. Rep calls for Leavitt to resign

People participate in a rally to call on Congress to protect funding for US public broadcasters outside the NPR headquarters in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2025. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Republicans defund public media

United States President Donald Trump (R) hosts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) in the White House in Washington DC., United States on February 04, 2025. (Avi Ohayon (GPO) /Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump's Gaza plan is "ethnic cleansing"

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Senator Ron Wyden, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, speaks during a Senate Finance hearing to examine lowering health care costs for Americans, focusing on the Inflation Reduction Act, on Capitol Hill on September 17, 2024. (Valerie Plesch for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Medicaid portals shuttered in 50 states

From left, Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, deputy Senate Democratic Conference secretary, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., chair of outreach, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., vice chair of the conference, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., chair of steering and policy committee, Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., conference secretary, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., vice chair of the conference, are seen after being voted into their new positions, after the leadership elections in the U.S. Capitol, on Tuesday, December 3, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Senate Democrats stick with Schumer

Charles R. Davis

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, February 06, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

GOP sticks gun measure into funding bill

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) speaks during an event to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on December 8, 2022 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Assault weapon ban? GOP still says no

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Senator Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) (Photo Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Drew Angereren / joynz)

Sen. Chris Murphy on Biden, Cruz, guns

Dean Obeidallah

Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Dems already "caved" in gun bill talks

Julia Conley - Common Dreams

Mitch McConnell and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Dems fall for McConnell's Uvalde trap

Amanda Marcotte

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Gallego rips "f**king baby killer" Cruz

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Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Murphy begs GOP over guns after shooting

Bob Brigham - Raw Story

Bernie Sanders and Mitch McConnell (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Screw McConnell: Nuke the filibuster now

Amanda Marcotte

Trump supporters face off with police and security forces in front of the US Capitol in Washington DC on January 6, 2021. - Donald Trump's supporters stormed a session of Congress held today, January 6, to certify Joe Biden's election win, triggering unprecedented chaos and violence at the heart of American democracy and accusations the president was attempting a coup. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Why did Capitol security collapse?

Roger Sollenberger

Senator Chris Murphy and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Sergii Kharchenko/NurPhoto/Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Dems stop "corporate bailout" again

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams

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Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf testifies during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on February 25, 2020 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony on the Trump administration's proposed budget estimates and justification for FY2021 for the Homeland Security Department. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

GOP slams Trump admin over coronavirus

Jared Kushner (Getty/Drew Angerer)

Jared taunts Palestinians over rejection

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and President Donald Trump whisper during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, July 16, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon/Salon)

Pompeo contradicts Trump on Soleimani

Oregon Senator Wayne Morse engages in a debate over President Johnson's Vietnam policy with General Maxwell Taylor, former Ambassador to Vietnam, who is appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, February 17th, 1966. (Bettmann/Getty Images)

Too many Democrats are still pro-war

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Mitch has enough votes to start trial

Doug Manchester and Donald Trump (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump pick offered RNC cash for vote

President Donald Trump; Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (Getty/Salon)

White House drops gun bill, blames Dems

Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden (Getty/Sean Rayford)

Biden: "No choice" but to impeach Trump

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