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Another Assassination Attempt, More Fertilizer for Conspiracy Theories

Rep. Jamie Raskin responds to his Dana Bash interview, plus journalist Mike Rothschild on the world of political conspiracies.

FBI OFFICER waits in a hallway outside of a courtroom at New York-Federal Plaza Immigration Court inside the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building in New York City on June 11, 2025. The New York-Federal Plaza Immigration Court falls under the jurisdiction of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, a sub-agency of the US Department of Justice. US President Donald Trump has made deporting undocumented immigrants a key priority for his second term, after successfully campaigning against an alleged "invasion" by criminals. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

The War on Immigrants

FBI Redirected a Quarter of Staff to Target Immigrants Under Trump’s Deportation Push

Over 9,000 FBI personnel were assigned to immigration after Trump returned to office — a massive diversion that experts warn could put national security at risk.

CIUDAD JUAREZ , MEXICO - FEBRUARY 3: An aerial view of the construction of a second 12-meter-high metal barrier behind the existing border wall between Ciudad Juarez and New Mexico, built to prevent migrants from illegally entering the United States at Santa Teresa area in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on February 03, 2026. This ongoing second wall construction is part of the border wall expansion project announced by Kristi Noem. (Photo by Christian Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The War on Immigrants

Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Archeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border Wall

DHS was in talks with the wildlife refuge that hosts the ancient site to make sure it was protected, a local archeologist said.

Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, from left, Senator Mark Warner, a Democrat from Virginia and ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Senator Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas and chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, during a hearing on worldwide threats in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard dropped mention in Senate testimony that Iran hasn't re-started uranium enrichment since US strikes destroyed its facilities last year - a conclusion that would have undercut claims about the threat posed by the regime in Tehran. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Ron Wyden Is Pissing Off the NSA’s Biggest Backers. Tom Cotton Warns There Will Be “Consequences.”

Janet Mills, governor of Maine and Democratic US Senate candidate, during a roundtable discussion with community leaders in Westbrook, Maine, US, on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. The Maine race is a must-win for Democrats, who need a net gain of four seats in November's midterm elections to claim a Senate majority and see an opportunity to oust Republican Susan Collins from a seat she's held for nearly 30 years. Photographer: Sofia Aldinio/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Midterms 2026

Democratic Leaders Wanted to Control the Maine Senate Race. Their Pick Just Dropped Out.

A person holds up a whistle-shaped sign reading "ICE out" outside the Minnesota State Capitol during the "No Kings" national day of protest in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on March 28, 2026. Nationwide protests against US President Donald Trump are expected Saturday as millions of people vent fury over what they see as his authoritarian bent and other forms of cruel, law-trampling governance. It is the third time in less than a year that Americans will take to the streets as part of a grassroots movement called "No Kings," the most vocal and visual conduit for opposition to Trump since he began his second term in January 2025. (Photo by Kerem YUCEL / AFP via Getty Images)

Midterms 2026

ICE Watchers Worry Democrats Are Trying to Co-Opt Their Movements For Votes

Jessica Washington, C. Frances

US House Speaker Mike Johnson attends a roundtable on Ratepayer Protection Pledge in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2026. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Mike Johnson Used Crypto Catnip to Get Freedom Caucus Support for Domestic Spy Law

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When Anti-War Candidates Become War-Monger Presidents

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Polymarket media exhibit at their pop-up experience launch shows data relating to potential political candidates popularity on March 20, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Kent/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Voices

We Need to Kick Prediction Market Betting Out of Journalism While We Still Can

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 25: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on April 25, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump is making a statement after the cancelation of the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner after a possible shooting.(Photo by Andrew Leyden/Getty Images)

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How Trump’s America Produces Normie Assassins

Natasha Lennard

Iran

U.S. sailors prepare to stage ordnance on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on Feb. 28, 2026 at sea.

Pentagon Erases Wounded U.S. Troops From Iran War Casualty List: “Definition of a Cover-up”

These Middle Eastern News Sites Are Actually U.S. Government Propaganda Operations

BEIRUT, LEBANON - APRIL 8: Rescue workers search the rubble for survivors and casualties after an Israeli attack targeted a residential building on April 8, 2026 in Beirut, Lebanon. Israel has stepped-up its attacks on Lebanon following President Donald Trump's announcement of a two-week ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran. Israel says it will observe the ceasefire with Iran but insists Lebanon was not included in the deal, and has since launched the "largest coordinated strike" on Hezbollah targets since the resumption of the cross-border war on March 2. Iran and Pakistan - which has been coordinating peace talks - have said that the ceasefire included Lebanon, while US President Donald Trump has said Lebanon is a "separate skirmish," and not part of the deal. (Photo by Daniel Carde/Getty Images)

Israel’s “Black Wednesday” Massacre Leaves Lebanese Families Giving DNA to ID Loved Ones’ Remains

Putting Fuel on a Ceasefire: Israel Tries to Kill U.S.–Iran Talks

Midterms

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 11: U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) speaks during a hearing with the House Financial Services Subcommittee on "Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence" on Capitol Hill on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. The subcommittee held the hearing to discuss digital currency and its future. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Crypto Critic Maxine Waters’s New Primary Foe Got Over Two-Thirds of Money From Crypto

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 10: U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) speaks during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on February 10, 2026 in Washington, DC. The Department of Homeland Security has faced criticism over law enforcement tactics targeting undocumented immigrants and the killing of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Eric Swalwell

Swift Swalwell Fallout Suggests the Democrats Have Finally Learned From Epstein

Jessica Washington

UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 2: Ken Martin, chair of the Democratic National Committee, speaks during an interview at DNC headquarters in Washington on Sunday, November 2, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

DNC Shoots Down Resolutions Calling Out AIPAC and Limiting Arms to Israel

Justice

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, center, and his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura, left, arrive at the federal courthouse Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn.

Who Decided to Indict Kilmar Abrego Garcia Over a Years-Old Traffic Stop?

“We Knew They Were Paying Informants”: SPLC Donors Reject Trump DOJ Fraud Claims

ChatGPT Confessed to a Crime It Couldn’t Possibly Have Committed

Renea Gamble faced misdemeanor charges in a trial at the Fairhope Civic Center in Fairhope, Ala., on April 15, 2026, after being arrested at a protest while dressed as a penis.

The Short and Ridiculous Trial of a Protester Arrested in an Inflatable Penis Costume

War on Gaza

An Israeli airstrike hits a building in the Dahieh area in the south of Beirut, Lebanon, on March 31, 2026.

Democrats Are Split Over What It Means to Block Israel Weapons Deals

Rep. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during an address marking New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani first 100 days in office at the Knockdown Center, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

The Dam Breaks: Democratic Senators Overwhelmingly Reject Arms Sales to Israel

KHAN YUNIS, GAZA - MARCH 03: American emergency physician Aizad Dasti treat Palestinians under limited conditions at Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis, Gaza on March 03, 2026 as he traveled to the region after disruptions to the healthcare system caused by Israel's attacks. Dasti said that on his first day at the hospital, a child died due to severe cold, adding that the humanitarian situation in Gaza, where thousands of families are struggling to survive in makeshift tents, is worsening by the day. Stressing that the health system urgently needs support, the doctor continues to provide care to patients and the wounded despite severe shortages, including basic medical supplies and emergency equipment. (Photo by Doaa Albaz/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Israel’s Deadly Blockade Traps 7 U.S. Doctors in Gaza

With World’s Eyes on Iran, Israel Locks Down the West Bank

Unmasking ICE

Protesters walk past a screen reading "arrest and charge Jonathan Ross", the ICE officer, named in US media as the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who fatally shot Renee Good, as they march from Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis against ICE and the fatal shooting of Good, calling on federal authorities to leave the city and demand accountability, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 10, 2026. A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good on the streets of Minneapolis on January 7, leading to huge protests and outrage from local leaders who rejected White House claims she was a domestic terrorist. (Photo by Octavio JONES / AFP via Getty Images)

Government Ordered to Turn Over Files on ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good

Noah Hurowitz, Austin Campbell

WASHINGTON, DC August 25, 2025:

US secretary of defense Pete Hegseth and US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem during the signing of Executive Orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday August 25, 2025.

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Pentagon Implores Civilian Workers to Join ICE “Volunteer Force”

Noah Hurowitz, Austin Campbell

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 5: Protesters, mostly students targeted by ICE and demanding more protections, were arrested by New York police for engaging in civil disobedience by blocking a road outside Columbia University on February 5, 2026, in New York City, United States. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Zohran Mamdani Kept Columbia Student in New York — Then Phoned With Trump to Secure Her Release

Federal agents detain a protester in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 3, 2026. A US judge on January 31, 2026 denied Minnesota's bid to force Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to suspend its sweeping detention and deportation operation in the state that has left two US citizens dead and fueled massive protests. Masked and heavily armed federal agents have swept through Minnesota communities seeking undocumented migrants, detaining thousands and shooting dead two US citizens in the process. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images) / ALTERNATE CROP

Marine Detained in Minneapolis Says Feds Copied His Phone Without a Warrant

Austin Campbell

Chilling Dissent

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 21: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel speaks alongside Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche during a news conference at the at the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building on April 21, 2026 in Washington, DC. Blanche and Patel held the news conference to announce charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center in which they allege the organization funneled over $3 million dollars towards white supremacist and extremists groups.

Kash Patel Is Using MAGA’s Favorite Tool to Muzzle the Free Press

LAPD Deployed Drones to Spy on No Kings Protest

Armed Off-Duty Cop Tried to Incite Violence at a High School Anti-ICE Protest

Facebook and Instagram Tighten Censorship Rules for Saying “Antifa”

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