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The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford. (Photo by Federico Gambarini/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Trump goes to war without a net

Jeffrey Fields - The Conversation
Bad Bunny performs live during "No Me Quiero Ir De Aquí; Una Más" Residencia on September 20, 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Gladys Vega/Getty Images)

Why MAGA is furious at Bad Bunny

Ediberto Román, Ernesto Sagás - The Conversation
The US Supreme Court is seen in Washington DC on May 25, 2023. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

This Supreme Court case could upend DC

Sam D. Hayes - The Conversation
Former FBI Director James Comey (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Comey case echoes authoritarians

Cassandra Burke Robertson - The Conversation
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The Supreme Court of the United States building is seen in Washington D.C., United States on June 13, 2024. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

SCOTUS pushes for presidential power

Graham G. Dodds - The Conversation
Conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point Action, speaks during a meeting on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson on October 17, 2024. (Photo by Olivier Touron/Getty Images)

Trump seeks Kirk motive in nonprofits

Beth Gazley - The Conversation
Charlie Kirk, founder and executive director of Turning Point USA (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Does Kirk murder signal permanent split?

Lee Bebout - The Conversation
Armed groups hold a rally in front of a closed Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas,on January 17, 2021 during a nationwide protest called by anti-government and far-right groups supporting US President Donald Trump and his claim of electoral fraud in the November 3 presidential election. The FBI warned authorities in all 50 states to prepare for armed protests at state capitals in the days leading up to the January 20 presidential inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. ((Photo by MatthePhoto by Matthew Busch/Getty Images)

Political violence is part of US history

Maurizio Valsania
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White Supremacist speakers spoke about wanting their own ethno-state in Shelbyville, Tennessee, Illinois, US on 28 Ocotber 2017. (Photo by Shay Horse/Getty Images)

Trial balloons for a white ethnostate

Paul J. Becker - The Conversation
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Building on January 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chen Mengtong/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

Vaccine falsehoods are guiding policy

Deborah Fuller - The Conversation
A barbell being lifted to start a bench press. (Photo via Getty Images)

When fitness clubs recruit for racists

Art Jipson - The Conversation
Congressman Jerry Nadler (Rob Kim/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Democrats have an age problem

Charlie Hunt - The Conversation
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Trump and Putin meet in Alaska for supposed peace talks. No resolution, a brief no-question press conference, and maybe Moscow next time. Zelenskyy noticeably absent and uninvited to meet Trump next week. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

What peace looks like to Putin and Trump

Ronald Suny - The Conversation
Confederate Flag Displayed With Us Flag On Front Porch Near Window, Backroads Of Virginia, October 26, 2016. (Photo by Joe Sohm/Getty Images)

Being white in the South is complicated

James M. Thomas - The Conversation
A homeless man sleeps on grass outside of the City Hall in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

SCOTUS ruling ends in homeless crackdown

Stephen Przybylinski - The Conversation
U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) attend their bilateral meeting at the G20 Osaka Summit 2019, in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019. (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)

This isn't how wars are ended

Donald Heflin - The Conversation
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Shirley Connuck, right, holds up a sign representing a district in Texas, as the Supreme Court hears a case on partisan gerrymandering by state legislatures on October 3, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/Getty Images)

GOP's Texas power grab could backfire

Charlie Hunt - The Conversation
Malaysian protesters display placards during a demonstration against the US envoy nominee Nick Adams outside the US embassy in Kuala Lumpur on July 18, 2025 (Photo by Mohd Rasfan/Getty Images)

Amb. Adams isn't fit for Malaysia

Meredith Weiss - The Conversation
Actor Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa pose for a portrait in 1986 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

On Gene Hackman and estate planning

Naomi Cahn, Reid Kress Weisbord - The Conversation
Supporters attend a primary election night event for J.D. Vance, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, at Duke Energy Convention Center on May 3, 2022 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

MAGA supports Trump, even when it hurts

Alexander Hinton - The Conversation
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Donald Trump | QAnon (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How QAnon went mainstream

Art Jipson - The Conversation
Stop the steal and seek the truth and encourage action rally for president Trump at the State Capitol. (Photo by Michael Siluk/Getty Images)

"7 Mountains" fuels political violence

Art Jipson - The Conversation
Entrance to Pullman Regional Hospital in Pullman Washington. (Photo by Don and Melinda Crawford/ Getty Images)

Medicaid cuts will hurt rural hospitals

Lauren S. Hughes, Kevin J. Bennett - The Conversation
Search and rescue workers search near debris looking for any survivors or remains of people swept up in the flash flooding. (Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

Texas geography makes floods deadlier

Hatim Sharif - The Conversation
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