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First, with lies and bombs. Then, with a request for hundreds of billions in taxpayer dollars. Will Congress cave to the White House yet again?

The U.S. and Israel started the war, but with the Strait of Hormuz closed and gas prices skyrocketing, Iran is in control now.

Recent reporting leaves little doubt: Trump’s vice president thinks that if the war goes badly, it will help him secure the 2028 Republican nomination for president.

A decade ago, Trump promised an end to military interventions like the disaster in Iraq. Instead, he’s merely reinventing them.

With less than 100 days until the tournament begins, it is already being tested by war, diplomatic crises, and instability.

The Iran war has not exactly been a roaring success. But its backers are eager for more regime change. Just look at Lindsey Graham.

Right-wing criticism of Trump’s war has mostly come from familiar MAGA cranks like Steve Bannon and Tucker Carlson. But it could quickly spiral out of control.

The president doesn’t have a clear goal in Iran but thinks he can end the war before that becomes an issue. The problem is: He can’t.

The president’s State of the Union address hailed a supposed “turnaround for the ages,” but who’s benefiting?

Some are left, some aren’t. But what they have in common is that they are ready to rumble. It’s the Democratic Tea Party, with a twist.

A year ago, everyone was doing the “Trump dance.” Now the president is too scared to show his face at the Super Bowl, and the right’s “alternative” halftime show features the cringey, washed-up Kid Rock.

Epstein was a convicted sex offender with a reputation for throwing parties with underage girls. That was precisely his appeal to some of the country’s richest and most powerful people.

Having weathered last fall’s scandals, the oyster farmer is in a strong position against Governor Janet Mills as Maine’s Democratic Senate primary begins in earnest.

Her plan to focus on “scoops of ideas” will only make the news network’s offerings more like (pretty much) everything else in media.

The president has replaced Greg Bovino with Tom Homan on the ground in Minnesota, showing he’s desperate to change the narrative—but not his draconian policies.

The president’s walkback of his demands for Greenland were bracketed by more belligerence and bombast.

Independents, Latinos, and young people have turned against the president in staggering numbers.

He venerates ownership and believes in one-on-one dealmaking that results in winners and losers. But what’s good for him personally won’t be good for the country.

The president has no real strategic vision. Instead, he increasingly sees belligerent violence as an end in and of itself—and a good show to boot.

Neoconservatives and nativists alike have learned how to get what they want from the president—and they’re willing to cause untold damage in the process.