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The Kansas state capitol in Topeka. (Photo by Don and Melinda Crawford/Getty Images)

“There are no good options”: Kansas’ new driver license law puts transgender Kansans in a bind

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Homeless veterans are housed in 30 tents on a sidewalk along a busy San Vicente Boulevard outside the Veteran's Administration campus in West Los Angeles as viewed on April 22, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)

Trump’s troubled plan for some homeless vets

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A demonstrator holds a picture of Iran’s new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei at Enghelab Square in central Tehran on March 9, 2026, as supporters gather for a rally backing his appointment to replace his father after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in joint U.S. and Israeli strikes on February 28. (Photo by Arezoo/Getty Images)

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei strikes defiant tone in first public statement

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US President Donald Trump speaks during the "Shield of the Americas" Summit at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, March 7, 2026. (Photo by Saul Loeb/Getty Images)

“A giant mess”: Trump’s war in Ecuador won’t slow the flow of drugs into the US

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Smoke and flames rise at the site of airstrikes on an oil depot in Tehran on March 7, 2026. (Sasan / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s “unpredictable” war in Iran has no end in sight

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President Donald Trump speaks as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks on during a "Great, Historic Investment in Rural Health Roundtable" in the East Room of the White House on January 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Iran war enrages Make America Healthy Again movement

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Signs point the way to measles testing in the parking lot of the Seminole Hospital District across from Wigwam Stadium on February 27, 2025 in Seminole, Texas. ((Photo by Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images))

“Awfully coincidental”: Review of US measles status delayed seven months

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A plume of smoke rises after an explosion on March 2, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was confirmed killed after the United States and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran on February 28. Iran retaliated by firing waves of missiles and drones at Israel, and targeting U.S. allies in the region. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

“Did not help us at all”: Hundreds of Americans stranded overseas following Iran strikes

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U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander at Large Gregory Bovino speaks during a news conference at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal on January 25, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The news conference comes after 37-year-old legal observer Alex Pretti was fatally shot during a confrontation with federal agents. The Trump administration has sent a reported 3,000 federal agents into the area, with more on the way, as they make a push to arrest undocumented immigrants in the region. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

“We are not afraid”: Minnesota state prosecutor opens investigations into Bovino, ICE officers

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at a re-election rally at Maceachron Park on June 21, 2024 in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. (Joy Malone/Getty Images)

“Pay a fair share”: Sanders, Khanna propose wealth tax on billionaires

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U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth attends a Medal of Honor Ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 02, 2026. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“This is not Iraq”: Hegseth denies that US attack on Iran is another forever war

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during an event to "Celebrate the Implementation of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans" at the Health and Human Services Headquarters on February 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

MAHA feels betrayed by RFK Jr. reversal on glyphosate

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President Donald Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. (Pool photo by Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

“No president is above the law”: Ex-Judges, legal scholars sound off on Trump’s “contempt” of courts

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The Mexican army announced that it had killed powerful drug lord Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera in an operation that sparked a wave of violence in various parts of the country on February 22, 2026. (Photo by Ulises RUIZ / AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. provided “intelligence support” in raid that killed Mexican drug lord “El Mencho”

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Special elections across the country continue to show strong turnout for Democratic candidate, leaving many concerned for the 2026 midterms. (Allen J. Schaben / Getty Images)

Special elections pattern suggests GOP could face rout in midterms

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Donald Trump takes questions at Mar-a-Lago on Dec. 22, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump warns of “bad things” if Iran doesn’t agree to “meaningful” nuclear deal

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Prince Andrew (Steve Parsons - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

“Nobody is above the law”: Former Prince Andrew arrested over Epstein ties

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The Moderna logo appears on a laptop computer screen in this photo illustration in Athens, Greece, on February 9, 2026. (Photo Illustration by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

“The real agenda is rejecting science”: FDA unexpectedly nixes new Moderna flu vaccine

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Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies as Jeffrey Epstein survivors stand in the background, during the House Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice,” in Rayburn building on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)

“This is unprecedented”: Bondi’s conduct in hearing draws ire of lawmakers and legal scholars

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Jeremy Carl speaks at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington D.C., Sept. 3, 2025. (Photo by Dominic Gwinn / Middle East Images via AFP / Getty Images)

With a history of bigotry and racism, Trump nominee Jeremy Carl gets a Senate hearing

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Annie Farmer, victim of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, speaks from the podium during a candlelight vigil to honor survivors of his crimes in Washington, DC on November 18, 2025. (Photo by DANIEL HEUER / AFP via Getty Images)

The Epstein files release failed the survivors twice

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Steve Bannon speaks on stage during The Semafor 2025 World Economy Summit on April 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Shannon Finney/Getty Images for Semafor)

“Trump-hating degenerate”: Steve Bannon faces conservative wrath over Epstein ties

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz speaks at a fireside chat in the National Press Building on February 02, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Dr. Oz begs Americans to take the measles vaccine as infections soar

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Even after a long public campaign declaring he would get peace and a summit with Putin in Alaska, Trump finally admits he "fell short" of his goal. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Getty Images)

“We’re at risk of an arms race”: US-Russian nuclear arms treaty expires

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