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Blaise Malley

Blaise Malley is a national affairs fellow at Salon.

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media before departing the White House en route to Turnberry, Scotland on July 25, 2025, in Washington DC. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump says he’s “allowed” to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell

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"South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images)

“South Park” skewers Trump, Paramount in season premiere

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Former President Donald Trump speaks with lawyer Todd Blanche before Trump's trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 14, 2024. (CURTIS MEANS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Epstein saga: Ex-Trump lawyer to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell

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Stephen Colbert takes part in a conversation with Paul Giamatti during the 2024 North To Shore Festival at New Jersey Performing Arts Center on July 26, 2024 in Newark, New Jersey. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

Critics suggest Colbert firing was politically motivated

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President Donald Trump signs an executive order for pardons on January 6 offenders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s call to release Epstein transcripts panned as “desperate move”

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Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks during the news conference on President Bidens budget in the Capitol on Thursday, March 9, 2023. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Sen. Wyden presses DOJ to release Epstein bank reports to Congress

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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)

Senate Republicans defund public media

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Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show" (Matt Wilson/Comedy Central)

Jon Stewart: MAGA in “open revolt” over Epstein files

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House Rules Committee Chair Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) listens during a meeting on May 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

House Republicans block release of Jeffrey Epstein files

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hands off a letter he sent to nominate President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize in the Blue Room of the White House on July 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“Pathetic”: Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

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People visit the City of Sunrise booth at the Mega JobNewsUSA South Florida Job Fair at the Amerant Bank Arena on April 30, 2025 in Sunrise, Florida (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump’s “resilient” economy hides cracks in job market

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House Republicans feel the pressure in final vote for President Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill". (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

GOP fall in line amid chaos for Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”

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U.S. President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on February 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“This can’t be real”: Trump launches fragrance line

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Elon Musk during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, March 24, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

As feud reignites, Trump threatens Musk’s billions: “BIG MONEY TO BE SAVED”

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA - NOVEMBER 14: University of Virginia President James Ryan speaks at a press conference related to an overnight shooting at the university on November 14, 2022 in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump forces out University of Virginia president as part of federal war on diversity

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: (L-R) U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor and U.S. Associate Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson listen as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.

“No right is safe”: Liberal justices issue dire warnings after birthright citizenship decision

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Palestinians carry the aid bags following the Israeli army attack on Palestinians who had gathered to receive aid in the Zakim area in Gaza City, Gaza on June 22, 2025. (Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu via Getty Images)

“It’s a killing field”: Israeli soldiers describe firing on civilians at US-backed Gaza aid sites

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Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. delivers a speech outlining his foreign policy vision at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

“Striking how little they seem to know”: RFK Jr.’s CDC vaccine panel alarms experts

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The outside of the Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

“Tangible harm to real people”: Supreme Court lets red states defund Planned Parenthood

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(ICE handout via Getty Images)

ICE is detaining a record number of immigrants. Nearly half have no criminal record

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United States President Donald Trump speaks to press before his departure at the White House to route The Hague, Netherlands on June 24, 2025, in Washington D.C. to attend NATO Summit in Netherlands. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

“They don’t know what the f**k they’re doing”: A timeline of Trump’s ceasefire

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Pro Palestine demonstrators hold a rally and march to the national ICE headquarters to protest the arrest of Palestinian activists, April 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

“Not a danger to the community”: Judge order Mahmoud Khalil’s release from detention

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U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Hakeem Jeffries says “aggressive diplomacy,” not war, is the best way to deal with Iran

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Bullet holes are seen in the door outside the home of DFL State Sen. John Hoffman on June 15, 2025 in Champlin, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

“We are heartbroken”: Hospitalized lawmaker and wife recount assassination attempt

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