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U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks after signing an executive order at his Mar-a-Lago resort on February 18, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump wants to exploit gov't shutdown

Blaise Malley
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, speak at the U.S. Capitol on April 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Democrats seem to have grown a spine

Heather Digby Parton
Religious leaders and GOP politicians sing and pray around President Donald Trump during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden on May 1, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump wants a tent revival in the office

Amanda Marcotte
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks at a press conference on July 15, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

GOP's foreign aid vote will cost lives

Heather Digby Parton
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

NPR fights back against Trump order

Blaise Malley
U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee for Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought testifies during the Senate Banking Committee nomination hearing in the Dirksen Senate Building on January 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

CFPB drops mobile-home loan lawsuit

Cara Michelle Smith
A view of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters building in Washington, DC, on February 10, 2025. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump admin: CFPB won't be deleted

Quinn Sental
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought arrives for a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Vought moves to kill CFPB

Charles R. Davis
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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought appears during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Vought would steer Trump's budget goals

Daria Solovieva
Russell Vought, former acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, testifies before Congress on Wednesday, February 12, 2020. (om Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Project25 author: Trump "blessed" agenda

Chris Walker - Truthout
Former US President Donald Trump speaks at the Turning Point Action conference as he continues his 2024 presidential campaign on July 15, 2023 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump's 2025 plot for "authoritarianism"

Gabriella Ferrigine
Donald Trump (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty Images)

White House puzzled over Ukraine aid

Shira Tarlo
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Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally at the Van Andel Arena on March 28, 2019 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (Getty/Scott Olson)

Trump muscles in on government agencies

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
Barack Obama; Donald Trump (Getty/Scott Olson/AP/Evan Vucci)

The best idea they have? Blame Obama

Cody Fenwick - Alternet
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