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President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi at the Department of Justice (ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)

Bondi's Obama probe bares Trump's fears

Amanda Marcotte

Even MAGA struggles to care about Trump's efforts to distract from his long friendship with Jeffrey Epstein

President Donald Trump takes a tour of the roof of the West Wing of the White House along with Architect James McCrery (L) on August 05, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump's White House plans are a signal

Charles R. Davis

Donald Trump's "White House Ballroom" is unlikely to be finished anytime soon. So who is it for?

US President Donald Trump shows an executive order withdrawing his country from a number of United Nations bodies. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Getty Images)

Trump's anti-trans agenda at the UN

Lisa Song - ProPublica

U.S. delegates have objected to use of the word “gender” in U.N. documents

US director Woody Allen (ANDER GILLENEA/AFP via Getty Images)

Woody Allen compared Epstein to Dracula

Alex Galbraith

The director and regular dinner guest of Epstein's said he could see the sex trafficker "sleeping in damp Earth"

Sen. John Cornyn (Al Drago/Getty Images)

Cornyn to FBI: Help return Texas Dems

Alex Galbraith

The senator said absent Texas Democrats "may be guilty of bribery"

Former President Bill Clinton and former first lady Hillary Clinton attend the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (Photo by Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)

House subpoenas Clintons over Epstein

Alex Galbraith

The former president and secretary of state were included in a raft of subpoenas related to the "Epstein files."

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

GOP rep. heckled at raucous town hall

Blaise Malley

A Nebraska crowd grilled Rep. Mike Flood over his support of Medicaid cuts and mass deportations

Timothy Olyphant as Kirsh in "Alien: Earth" (FX)

“Alien: Earth” knows how it all ends

Melanie McFarland

Xenomorphs are scary, but Noah Hawley's addition to the "Alien" universe wonders if we're the bigger problem

Sinéad O'Connor (Michel Linssen/Redferns/Getty Images)

Sinéad, lifted off the back burner

Caryn Rose

In “Nothing Compares to You,” 26 writers emotionally describe how O’Connor’s music made an overlooked impact

Dip ingredients (istetiana/Getty Images)

You have layers. Your dip should, too

Ashlie D. Stevens

If the seven-layer dip of your childhood grew up to love chorizo and pickled onions

President Donald J Trump, flanked by Attorney General Pam Bondi, speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Monday, March 24, 2025. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Bondi opens weak Obama grand jury probe

Blaise Malley

CNN legal expert Elie Honig says there's no there there in the AG's new grand jury probe

People gather in Miami  to protest social safety net cuts by the Trump administration. (Jesus Olarte/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Privatizing Social Security is back

Heather Digby Parton

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spills the beans: Trump was lying all along

President Donald Trump returns to the White House from Scotland on July 29, 2025. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump’s cruel policies have a human cost

Chauncey DeVega

Bleak economic numbers and a fraying safety net are leaving people helpless — and hopeless

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speak to the media outside the Capitol on April 1, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

A "blue wave" is no sure thing

Russell Payne

Democrats are confronting the possibility that a backlash to Trump won't be enough for them to take back Congress

Service at Lakewood Church in Houston, where Pastor Joel Osteen preaches to some 25,000 people each week. (Timothy Fadek/Corbis via Getty Images)

Texas pastors have more power than ever

Marissa Greene - ProPublica

With more than 200 megachurches, Texas will be the epicenter for pastors to test out new IRS rules

Jim Acosta speaks at The Common Good, American Spirit Awards at The Plaza on November 21, 2024 in New York City (Sylvain Gaboury/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

Acosta interviews AI of shooting victim

Alex Galbraith

The independent journalist interviewed a replica of Joaquin Oliver, who was killed in a school shooting in 2018

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, joins DNC Vice Chair Malcolm Kenyatta (D-PA) and hosts Clay Cane and Reecie Colbert for a SiriusXM Town Hall on May 08, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for SiriusXM)

Crockett calls Trump a "POS"

Garrett Owen

Crockett laid into Trump, Republican lawmakers and the Supreme Court in a heated speech

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference on January 31, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Abbott orders arrest of absent Dems

Alex Galbraith

The governor said legislators who fled ahead of a redistricting special session had "abandoned their duty"

A tray with Big Mac, french fries and Coca-Cola is seen on a table in a McDonald's restaurant. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The year McDonald’s lost its way

Joy Saha

The chain once stood for cheap comfort. Now even loyal fans say it costs too much — and doesn’t taste the same

Charlamagne Tha God during an interview on "My View With Lara Trump" at Fox News. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

Charlamagne: Keep Epstein promise, Trump

Alex Galbraith

The radio host said that the president is going back on his campaign promises to his base

"Skin-loving" cosmetics (Mininyx Doodle/Getty Images)

What the hell are skin-loving cosmetics?

Andi Zeisler

This beauty buzzword seems to be everywhere, and it makes my own skin crawl

President Donald Trump and Texas Governor Greg Abbott participate in a round table event at the Hill Country Youth Event Center to discuss last week's flash flooding on July 11, 2025 in Kerrville, Texas. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Texas Dems to Abbott: "Come and take it"

Garrett Owen

Democratic lawmakers are continuing to defy the Texas governor, despite escalating threats from Republicans

"King of the Hill" (Disney/Mike Judge)

"King of the Hill" is the real America

Melanie McFarland

Hank and Peggy Hill return to a changed nation that needs their common sense and good hearts

An illustration of podcasters Candice Owens, Laura Loomer, Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson around a microphone. (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / MirageC / Jason Davis / Joe Raedle / Ian Maule / WILLIAM EDWARDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Right-wing podcast wars just got ugly

Sophia Tesfaye

After Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens' conversation, the MAGA snake began to eat itself

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