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Los Angeles consumers and nationwide are feeling the strain of higher prices at the pump and other parts of their budget as the Iran War and block of the Strait of Hormuz continues into its fourth week. (Frederic J. BROWN / AFP / Getty Images))

An ultimatum & a global oil prices shock

CK Smith
President Donald Trump ( Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump's Strait of Hormuz problem

Heather Digby Parton
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
President Trump holds a press briefing on the Supreme Court's decision to strike down his global tariffs on Feb. 20, 2026. (Photo by Chen Mengtong/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

Lawmakers demand tariff refunds

Jelinda Montes
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Special elections across the country continue to show strong turnout for Democratic candidate, leaving many concerned for the 2026 midterms. (Allen J. Schaben / Getty Images)

GOP faces worrying pattern in midterms

Garrett Owen
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Harassment at work can now go unpunished

Sara Estep, Haley Norris
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - JANUARY 20: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting held in Davos, Switzerland on January 20, 2026. (Photo by Harun Ozalp/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Canada PM rails against US economic rule

Jelinda Montes
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell talks to President Donald Trump as they tour the Federal Reserve’s renovation project on July 24, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Fed chair turns whistleblower on Trump

Sophia Tesfaye
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President Donald Trump addresses the nation on Dec. 17, 2025. (Doug Mills / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's speech was his Joe Biden moment

Brian Karem
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
Donald Trump at a Cabinet meeting, Dec. 2, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump is sleepy. Americans are exhausted

Chauncey DeVega
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
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President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One on Nov. 30, 2025. (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

Sorry, Trump isn’t a lame duck (yet)

Chauncey DeVega
World Bank president David Malpass (left) interviews former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, Oct. 11, 2022. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The left was right about Larry Summers

Andrew O'Hehir
President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's "Animal House" is floundering

Brian Karem
President-Elect Donald Trump at the Elysee Palace on December 7, 2024 in Paris, France. (Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)

White House won't release jobs report

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

Trump stumbles after Democratic wins

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump plans to quadruple imports of Argentinian beef. (Fevziie Ryman/Getty Images)

Beef is no longer on MAGA's menu

Garrett Owen
Scott Bessent speaks at the National Conservative Conference in Washington D.C., Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Dominic Gwinn/Getty Images)

Layoffs reach two-decade high: report

Garrett Owen
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
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A grocery store with sign in the window accepting Electronic Benefit Transfer cards and food stamps in St. Paul, Minnessotta. (Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Stop asking who’s “winning” the shutdown

Chauncey DeVega
Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

MAGA sends Reagan to history's ash heap

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump attends a Cabinet Meeting at the White. House on Aug. 26, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Inflation is coming for Donald Trump

Heather Digby Parton
Protesters attend the No Kings march on Boston Common on Oct. 18, 2025. (Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

How "No Kings" missed the mark

Austin Sarat
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