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May 19, 2026
Finn Hartnett
Trump Brags About How Good He Looks During Tour of Pit in Ground
Donald Trump made everyone stare at the construction site of his ballroom.
May 19, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Missing GOP Rep. Keeps Sending Out Newsletters Like Nothing’s Wrong
Representative Thomas Kean Jr.’s office has been sending “creepy and weird” emails.
May 19, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Admits He Knows His War Is Unpopular—and Wrecking the Economy
The president’s justification for the Iran war has somehow gotten even more unbelievable.
May 19, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Democrats Investigate Todd Blanche as DOJ Launches Slush Fund
Democrats in the Senate want answers on how acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is running things.
May 19, 2026
Finn Hartnett
Trump Finds New Target in His Crazed Ballroom Quest
Donald Trump is trying to get a key Senate adviser fired.
May 19, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Only One Republican Dares to Criticize Trump’s Corrupt Slush Fund
Senator Bill Cassidy is speaking up as the rest of his party remains silent.
May 19, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Bari Weiss Is Already on the Outs at CBS News
Weiss’s bosses are considering pulling back her control over content.
May 19, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Stunning Details of Trump’s Proposal to China’s Xi Revealed
Donald Trump wants to join forces with some of the world’s worst leaders in order to take down the ICC.
May 19, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Top Treasury Lawyer Quits as Trump Creates $1.8 Billion Slush Fund
Brian Morrissey was picked by the president to be the Treasury Department’s general counsel. Even he had enough.
May 18, 2026
Edith Olmsted
“Betrayal”: Trump EPA Rolls Back Key Drinking Water Protections
The EPA has repealed limits on four types of “forever chemicals.”
May 18, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Demands Investigation Into Blue State That Didn’t Vote for Him
Donald Trump accused Maryland of election fraud.
May 18, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Jury Hands Elon Musk Embarrassing Loss Against OpenAI
Elon Musk accused Sam Altman of taking OpenAI too far from the company’s charitable principles.
May 18, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Suggests He Was on the Brink of Breaking Iran Ceasefire
The president wrote on social media that he was prepared to attack Iran but was persuaded not to by the United States’s Gulf allies.
May 18, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
How Team Trump Helps Hide How Fast He’s Aging
Donald Trump is in obvious physical decline—but you wouldn’t know it from how his team tells it.
May 18, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
ICE Agent Charged With Four Counts of Assault in Minneapolis
The Hennepin County District Court charged ICE’s Christian J. Castro after he fired his gun at a Venezuelan immigrant and then lied about it.
May 18, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump’s $1.8 Billion Slush Fund Comes With Huge Disclaimer
The administration has “no liability” for what recipients do with the money—which may be important given who they’re giving it to.
May 18, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump’s Latest Renovation Destroys a Historic Protest Space
Donald Trump is turning a main gathering spot into a parking lot.
May 18, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Fox News Wants the Iran War Ceasefire to End
Brian Kilmeade made an unpersuasive case to restart military actions on Monday.
May 18, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Has Separated Even More Families Than We Realized
Tens of thousands of U.S.-born children are no longer with their families.
May 18, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
MAGA Senator Calls on More Iran Bombing for Absurd Reason
Senator Rick Scott suggested that Iran would kill Americans with a nuclear weapon if Trump didn’t “bomb the living daylights out of them.”
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