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Russell Payne is a staff reporter for Salon. His reporting has previously appeared in The New York Sun and the Finger Lakes Times.

Donald Trump and Mike Johnson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Amid tariff chaos, Republicans plot “massive redistribution” of wealth from workers to the rich

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Kat Abughazaleh (Eliana Melmed)

“You either fight for a future or you don’t”: Progressives get early jump on Democratic primaries

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Tesla and SPaceX CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump shake hands as they attend the men's NCAA wrestling competition at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 22, 2025. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Corruption hunters say Trump’s USAID cuts just made organized crime groups “much more dangerous”

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Kat Abughazaleh. (Eliana Melmed)

A TikTok star says Democrats are “scared of wielding their power.” How would she be different?

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French far-right Leader Marine Le Pen leaves the courtroom after a guilty verdict in her embezzlement case trial on March 31, 2025 in Paris, France. (Tom Nicholson/Getty Images)

France’s far-right Marine Le Pen convicted of embezzlement, banned from running for office

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The Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, DC. The high court decided to preserve access to a drug Mifepristone used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

A conservative judge reveals how Trump could justify eliminating due process

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2025. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

“We have tariffs”: White House desperate to talk about anything but the Signal scandal

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In this handout photo provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the New York City Fugitive Operations Team conducted targeted enforcement operations resulting in the arrest of a Dominican national on January 28, 2025 in New York City. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via Getty Images)

“You could throw me on the plane”: Trump’s claiming the right to deport literally anyone, judge says

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Protesters demonstrate against proposed Medicaid cuts in New York, New York. (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

“People are terrified”: Fear over Medicaid cuts across rural America could sway some Republicans

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New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado speaks onstage the 39th Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building on January 20, 2025 in New York City. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for (BAM) Brooklyn Academy of Music)

Health care, housing and wages: Antonio Delgado says New York Democrats need to stand for something

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Demonstrators gather outside United States Federal Court House in New York City to show support for pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil and demand his immediate release from ICE detention. New York, U.S., March 12, 2025. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

“Never a good sign”: After Khalil arrest, a “climate of fear” descends on Columbia University

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Sen. Susan Collins and Rep. Jared Golden speak outside of Bath Iron Works on April 18, 2022. (Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

“Joe Manchin always told me”: A centrist Democrat explains why he sided with Republicans on the CR

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Tigray people in northern Ethiopia receive food aid distributed by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on March 8, 2021. (Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

“2 million dead by the end of the year”: Ex-USAID chief says aid cuts will kill starving children

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Demonstrators gather at the Capitol Reflecting Pool near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on February 17, 2025 to protest against Project 2025 and the Trump administration. (BRYAN DOZIER/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

“There’s real risks”: Senate Democrats fear that Musk and Trump could exploit a government shutdown

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Students protest against the war in Gaza on the anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel at Columbia University in New York, New York, on Monday, October 7, 2024. (Victor J. Blue for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

“Silencing dissent”: Trump administration arrests pro-Palestine activist at Columbia University

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Donald Trump | Lyndon B. Johnson Department of Education building in Washington, DC (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump may want to close the Department of Education, but for now he’s exploiting its power

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Protesters hold signs in solidarity with the American Federation of Government Employees of District 14 at a rally in support of federal workers at the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, DC, March 4, 2025. (ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

“This isn’t just a job to us”: Fired federal workers decry the Trump-Musk assault on government

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The US Department of Veterans Affairs building is seen on August 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images)

Trump plans to gut Department of Veterans Affairs, eliminate more than 80,000 jobs

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), right, seen on the floor before President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress in the Capitol building's House chamber in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2025. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

“I’ll never vote for chaos”: Democrats split on a government shutdown over Trump-Musk lawlessness

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Saikat Chakrabarti (Courtesy of Saikat for Congress)

“The people in charge are so out of touch”: Pelosi challenger pitches a “new” Democratic Party

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Mom's for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice speaks with Maud Maron, Jennifer Sey, Tulsi Gabbard, and Texas State Rep. Shawn Thierry at the 2024 Mom's for Liberty National Summit in Washington D.C., Friday, August 30, 2024. (DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Moms for Liberty, Education Department launch program to report teachers who promote diversity

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Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., arrives to the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, June 27, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Trump’s DC attorney refuses to sign arrest warrant for Republican accused of assault: report

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) departs a House Republican Conference Meeting at the U.S. Capitol on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Mike Johnson’s “prayer request”: A GOP budget that slashes Medicaid to pay for Trump’s tax cuts

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Justice Allison Riggs (Courtesy of Justice Riggs Campaign)

DNC intervenes in North Carolina Supreme Court fight, accuses GOP of trying to “steal an election”

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