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President Donald Trump displays a rendering of his White House ballroom project, which will feature references to Roman architecture. (Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

Why the right is so obsessed with Rome

Curtis Dozier
Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has given tacit consent to President Donald Trump's threats against Iran (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Joint Chiefs Chair is enabling Trump

Chauncey DeVega
President Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump treats war as entertainment

Chauncey DeVega
President Donald Trump (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

There is no one left to sell Trump’s war

Sophia Tesfaye
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President Donald Trump (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump’s Iran war has no clear endgame

Brian Karem
Attorney General Pam Bondi, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are among the Cabinet and White House officials who have been granted military housing (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

A Cabinet behind military gates

Chauncey DeVega
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testifies before the House Select Intelligence Committee (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Tulsi Gabbard’s Iran pivot

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Who will stop Trump on Iran?

Brian Karem
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President Donald Trump (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

“America First” becomes America alone

Heather Digby Parton
Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Iran exposes Vance and Rubio's rivalry

Heather Digby Parton
The Trump administration has refused to rule out ground troops in Iran (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

Draft talk returns to Washington

Chauncey DeVega
As the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran continue and the number of American casualties climbs, President Donald Trump is insisting everything is fine. (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Reality doesn't matter to Trump

Brian Karem
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is known for his chest-thumping (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Pete Hegseth's manly act is backfiring

Amanda Marcotte
President Donald Trump dons a branded Trump 45-47 hat while attending the dignified transfer of remains at Dover Air Force Base. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)

Fox tries — and fails — to shield Trump

Sophia Tesfaye
Donald Trump at Palm Beach International Airport, Feb. 27, 2026. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's Iran war, and the world's shame

Andrew O'Hehir
Overnight, U.S. forces struck multiple targets in Venezuela and captured its president and his wife to face charges in the U.S, leaving a fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela's largest military complex as the sun rose. (STR / Getty Images)

After Venezuela, who's next?

Heather Digby Parton
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President Donald Trump returns to the White House on Jan. 4, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

An exhausted strongman invades Venezuela

Chauncey DeVega
President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaks to the press following U.S. military actions in Venezuela on Jan. 3, 2026. (Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

The mass media's blind spot on Venezuela

Sophia Tesfaye
Armed supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro gather near the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Jan. 3, 2026. (Federico Parra / AFP via Getty Images)

Venezuela: Trump's latest crime scene

Andrew O'Hehir
US President Donald Trump, alongside (L/R) Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks to the press following US military actions, "large scale attacks" and the capture of President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. (Jim WATSON / Getty Images)

Trump: US will “run” Venezuela for now

CK Smith
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A statue titled "Dictator Approved" is displayed on the National Mall on June 17, 2025. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

How much worse will it get by 2029?

Alfred McCoy - TomDispatch.com
US President Donald Trump participates in calls to US service members, on Christmas Eve, from the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, December 24, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP / Getty Images)

"More strikes to come" in Nigeria

Garrett Owen
Detonation of Nuclear Device (CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

A new generation of nukes? No thanks

William J. Astore - TomDispatch.com
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., ahead of the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 21, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump is elevating Mark Kelly for 2028

Jason Kyle Howard
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