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How the ‘Heated Rivalry’ finale became the hottest holiday romance of 2025

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U.S. President Donald Trump attends the 48th annual Kennedy Center Honors at the Kennedy Center

Trump completely misread the Kennedy Center Honors audience

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U.S. President Donald Trump; Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Zelenskyy to meet with Trump on Sunday to discuss peace plan

Ebony Davis

US President Donald Trump attends a Christmas dinner on Dec. 24 at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, FL.

Trump’s Christmas bombing of Nigeria has little to do with protecting Christians

Nicholas Grossman

U.S. launches deadly strikes against ISIS in Nigeria

Ebony Davis

Marco Rubio arrives to speak during an end-of-year press conference.

Marco Rubio is using real censorship to fight fake censorship

Mike Masnick

Donald Trump in front of a Christmas tree.

Trump officials showed their hostility to the Constitution on Christmas Day

Anthony L. Fisher

Prarie Summer, a USAID contractor for almost 10 years, right, cries as she embraces a Alexandra Jung after leaving the agency's former offices at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.

Trump touts plummeting federal employment: ‘Big news for the USA!’

Jordan Rubin

Donald Trump; Judge John Roberts.

The Supreme Court’s latest shadow docket ruling is a major departure

Hayes Brown

Bibb Graves Hall on the campus of the University of Alabama.

My student-run magazine is a casualty of Trump’s crusade against DEI

Sara Beth Caddell

Jack Smith during a press conference Washington, D.C., on Aug. 1, 2023.

Jack Smith pushes House committee to release full video of his testimony

Ebony Davis

President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as he leaves a rally in Tucson, A.Z.

Trump finally figured out a solution to combat his bad polls

Philip Bump

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump listen to a question from reporters in the Oval Office.

New report on DOGE shows the extent of Musk’s deception

Zeeshan Aleem

Andrea Lucas.

Trump administration echoes the Jim Crow era with its pleas for white men

Ja'han Jones

Sen. Markwayne Mullin speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill.

‘He’s the coach, and we’re the players’: Senator pitches wrong metaphor on Trump, GOP

Steve Benen

Donald Trump and Nick Fuentes

What a Gen Z focus group says about the GOP’s chances of stopping its slide into extremism

Zeeshan Aleem

Minneapolis City Council member Jamal Osman (6th Ward) speaks to residents on Dec. 2, 2025, in Minneapolis.

Trump’s attacks on Somali Americans are creating a culture of fear in Minneapolis

Nnamdi Egwuonwu

Vice President JD Vance speaks on the final day of Turning Point USA's annual AmericaFest conference on Dec. 21 in Phoenix, AZ.

Vance’s big-tent pitch is at odds with Trump’s partisan purges

Steve Benen

President Donald Trump in the White House.

How Trump’s spat with the governor of Colorado is putting a shutdown deal at risk

Jack Fitzpatrick

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President Donald Trump gestures toward a table of groceries during a news conference.

There’s a reason Trump doesn’t want to talk about inflation anymore

Philip Bump

U.S. President Donald Trump on March 04, 2025 at the U.S. Capitol.

Why Trump’s mass recall of ambassadors is even worse than it sounds

Zeeshan Aleem

A photo illustration featuring Donald Trump (covered with a black redacted box), Melania Knauss, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell together at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, F.L., on Feb. 12, 2000.

Only one party benefits from the DOJ’s handling of the Epstein files

Mimi Rocah

Two National Guardsmen walk in front of the Washington Monument

As a former veteran, voting against this year’s NDAA was my patriotic duty

Sen. Tammy Duckworth

Protesters rally outside the Heritage Foundation building in Washington, D.C.

What the fall of the Heritage Foundation says about the future of conservatism in the U.S.

Charlie Sykes

People line up at the New York State DMV in New York City.

Judge dismisses DOJ bid to nix New York law allowing driver licenses for noncitizens

Erum Salam

Rep. Robert Garcia speaks during a news conference outside the Capitol on Dec. 13, 2023.

Lawmakers raise new questions about Trump after latest Epstein drop

Mychael Schnell & Kevin Frey

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MAGA panic over 2026: ‘Trump SLUMP,’ Epstein nightmare lives, Kimmel DUNKS on Trump
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‘Conman as commander in chief’: Jasmine Crockett on Trump’s economy
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Doctors warn of severe flu risks this holiday season
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Lawrence: Trump was flying with Epstein around the time FBI got its first tip about Epstein
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Religious leaders hold Christmas Eve service at ICE facility
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How America’s health care system broke in 2025
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ACLU atty. on deportations of over 200 migrants to CECOT: ‘Hard for us’ to guarantee Trump admin won’t try again

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  1. A close up of President Donald Trump's hand holding a pen.

    Trump’s pardon spree is doing real harm to real people

    Hayes Brown

  2. People dance during the Brooklyn Liberation's Protect Trans Youth event in New York City.

    The GOP is using its anti-abortion playbook against trans kids. It might not stop there.

    Katelyn Burns

  3. Donald Trump in the main foyer of his mansion Greenwich, CT., circa 1987.

    Trump’s spent a lifetime crafting an image now working against him

    Helaine R. Olen

  4. Dried marijuana awaits curing at a cannabis dispensary in Wareham, M.A.

    How legalizing marijuana could flip Trump’s sinking popularity around

    Jeremy Berke

  5. An aerial view of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson as he holds a news conference surrounded by the checkered floor of the Capitol.

    Mike Johnson may have already lost

    Max Burns

  6. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson at a news conference at the Capitol.

    Mike Johnson’s belated health care proposal disappoints across the aisle

    Hayes Brown

  7. FBI Director Kash Patel conducts a news conference on Dec. 4 at the Department of Justice.

    Kash Patel fires far-right FBI agent for unleashing bigoted attack on him

    Ja'han Jones

  8. Michelle Obama with Jonathan Capehart in “The Look: A Conversation with Michelle Obama” on Dec. 15.

    Michelle Obama, free from politics, gets candid about race and attacks on women in exclusive interview

    Jonathan Capehart

  9. A person holds their hand up to their chest as they swear allegiance to the U.S. flag during a naturalization ceremony in Miami, F.L., on April 28, 2006.

    If you want to see how Trump has poisoned our country, go to a citizenship ceremony

    Zeeshan Aleem

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