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Brian Karem is the former senior White House correspondent for Playboy. He has covered every presidential administration since Ronald Reagan, sued Donald Trump three times successfully to keep his press pass, spent time in jail to protect a confidential source, covered wars in the Middle East and is the author of seven books. His latest is “Free the Press.”

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

Trump’s Iran war has no clear endgame

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

Who will stop Trump on Iran?

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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)

With Iran war, reality doesn’t matter to Trump

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President Donald Trump (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

With Iran, confusion is the point

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Robert De Niro speaks outside of Manhattan Criminal Court during Donald Trump's criminal trial in May 2024 (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

De Niro skewers Trump speech at State of the Swamp

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President Donald Trump gives a speech in Georgia, previewing his State of the Union message. (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

What Trump won’t say in his State of the Union

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Donald Trump is creating a Washington that's becoming unrecognizable (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s Washington has become unrecognizable

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Washington Post readers joined members of the newspaper's guild to protest Jeff Bezos' mass layoffs on Feb. 5, 2026. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

What happens when democracy loses its watchdogs

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President Donald Trump is facing criticism from Republicans over his administration's handling of two shooting deaths by federal agents in Minneapolis. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Even Republicans are asking what is wrong with Trump

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President Donald Trump during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21, 2026. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump lurches further into delusion on the world stage

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resident Donald Trump takes questions from the press in the Oval Office on Nov. 18, 2025. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

As Trump rants and threatens, our allies fear the worst

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A demonstrator protesting against ICE in Houston, Texas on Jan. 8, 2026. (Mark Felix / AFP via Getty Image)

America reaches its breaking point

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President Donald Trump departing the White House on Sept. 11, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images))

Buckle up: Trump is not putting on the brakes

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President Donald Trump on Christmas Eve at Mar-a-Lago. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

The judiciary’s Christmas gift to Trump

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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

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FBI Director Kash Patel, left, and Dan Bongino, deputy director of the FBI, attend a news conference at the Department of Justice on Thursday, December 4, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

FBI sources: Kash Patel, Dan Bongino likely out soon

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President Donald Trump speaks at the NATO summit in The Hague on June 25, 2025. (Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Europe is endangered by Trump the “destroyer”

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Donald Trump, taking questions from reporters in the Oval Office. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Image)

Trump is dragging the White House press corps into the gutter

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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

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President Donald Trump jokes with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office on Nov. 18, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Donald Trump’s piggish, savage behavior hits new low

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Quit “sane-washing” Donald Trump

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Karoline Leavitt takes questions at the White House on Nov. 4, 2025. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump administration tightens its grip on White House press corps

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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at the annual Halloween at the White House event on Oct. 30, 2025. ( Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The horror of Donald Trump’s America

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt takes questions during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 28, 2025. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump and Leavitt watch with glee as the press is crumbling

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