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Utah erupts after uncovering ICE’s secret detention center deal

It’s no surprise the Trump administration tried its best to keep its latest Utah detention center plan a secret; six in 10 Americans say ICE has...

18.03.2026 4

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In Texas, Democrats discover the power of the ‘nice guy’ candidate

In a political era defined by nasty personal insults and a race to emulate the worst elements of Trump’s broken character, the Democrats performing...

11.03.2026 4

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So much for affordability: Trump’s war with Iran exposes the deceit of ‘America First’

For the millions of people struggling to make ends meet, Trump’s war just became another front in Republicans’ cost-of-living crisis.

04.03.2026 6

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Trump's delusional State of the Union address

Trump did the only thing he knows how to do. He talked — and talked, and talked.

25.02.2026 10

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With Trump hitting new lows, the GOP is experiencing a moral reckoning

It’s a rich irony that after decades warning about how Democrats would corrupt our country with state-sponsored atheism and moral relativism,...

18.02.2026 100

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Mad Emperor Trump declares war on the air

Trump’s decision to undercut the Clean Air Act has the potential to harm millions of Americans, including many of the red-state voters who got him...

11.02.2026 5

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Max Burns, Opinion Contributor

Pretti’s death marks the point of no return for ICE, CBP

Whatever purpose ICE once served, its evolution into a radicalized paramilitary group now puts the health of our republic in danger.

28.01.2026 20

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Max Burns, Opinion Contributor

How far is too far for Trump? 

When President Trump marched through Washington D.C.’s Lafayette Square at the height of the George Floyd protests in June 2020, he did...

21.01.2026 10

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America knows Trump’s first year was a fiasco — his desperate speech won’t change that 

It’s easy to understand why Trump focused so heavily on trying to convince Americans that the economy was going great. Polls show that most...

24.12.2025 10

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Finally, Republicans are taking Trump's Epstein crisis seriously — and literally

In their pioneering 1980 book “Metaphors We Live By,” the great linguists George Lakoff and Mark Johnson show us the enduring cultural power of...

19.11.2025 10

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Republicans are literally letting Trump get away with murder in Venezuela  

For years the Senate eroded its own authority through silence and submission. Facing another turning point in U.S. foreign policy, its members now...

29.10.2025 8

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Trump says he ‘defeated’ inflation — so why do prices keep going up? 

2025 will come to be known as the year everything in the country got more expensive.

15.10.2025 8

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The shutdown showdown is another dangerous Trump power play

The more than a dozen shutdown fights since 2021 have convinced plenty of voters that their lawmakers simply aren’t up for the job. That’s an...

01.10.2025 6

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Trump’s Tylenol claims may be laughable, but his assault on science isn’t funny  

Our country’s legacy of scientific leadership has long been the envy of the world. It is now at risk because of small men who feel threatened by...

24.09.2025 6

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Fear-mongering and finger-pointing won’t stop the next shooting 

Our leaders can’t seem to stop themselves from stoking the flames of partisan violence. If that is the case, the American people must choose to be...

17.09.2025 8

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Trump’s agitprop banners reveal his authoritarian ambition

What you see in Trump’s cultural Rorschach test says a lot about the kind of country you think America should become.  

27.08.2025 8

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Oklahoma ramps up Trump's war on education with a teacher political loyalty test

)ut-of-state teachers are now required to pass an “America-first exam” meant to test their loyalty to the GOP’s nativist, “anti-woke”...

20.08.2025 10

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Trump’s autocratic dreams come true as National Guard turns DC into a police state 

In a second term marked by a string of high-profile fumbles, sending out the troops makes Trump feel like he’s actually doing something. 

13.08.2025 8

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It's Pritzker's party: Hell yes, he's messing with Texas, and he's not sorry

So far, Pritzker’s political instincts are paying off.

06.08.2025 20

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Morning Report — Epstein saga circles back on Trump, Bondi

Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here or using the box below: In today's issue: ▪ Epstein uproar splits GOP ▪ What to...

16.07.2025 10

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Max Burns, Opinion Contributor

Epstein is the lie even Donald Trump can't sell 

The conspiracy theory that gave us Trump is now threatening to burn his presidency to the ground. 

16.07.2025 10

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Trump can’t wake up from his economic nightmare 

Skyrocketing consumer costs will be the topic of many a swing-state cookout as millions of Americans prepare for Memorial Day weekend

21.05.2025 4

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You could be the next one unlawfully imprisoned in Trump's Salvadoran gulag

A word exists for a prison that “functions outside a judicial system” and where “prisoners are not indicted or convicted of any crime by...

16.04.2025 10

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The world is shocked by Trump’s tariff tantrums — it shouldn’t be  

What we are witnessing is the end result of a presidency where values are fluid and transactional, expertise is irrelevant and our national...

09.04.2025 10

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Trump's pride cometh before a fall 

Donald Trump is a president at the height of his political power — and well aware of it.

04.03.2025 10

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Max Burns, Opinion Contributor

Elon Musk is wearing out his welcome at the White House 

If Trump and Republicans want to make it through March without a cascade of Musk-related political crises, they’ll need to toss Mr. X overboard...

26.02.2025 10

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Trump was supposed to fix food prices — so why are they getting worse? 

Welcome to Trump's Age of Rationing. 

13.02.2025 10

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Congress must stand up to Trump’s USAID power grab — before it’s too late 

More than ever before, the American people need and deserve a strong Congress to check and balance Trump’s increasingly authoritarian White House.  

05.02.2025 10

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Max Burns, Opinion Contributor

Democrats disappoint yet again at Hegseth confirmation hearing

Hegseth is resolutely unqualified to be secretary of Defense, but Democrats’ uninspiring questioning did a dreadful job of showcasing that fact for...

15.01.2025 8

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Max Burns, Opinion Contributor

Democrats must work with President Trump — strategically 

Democrats must be willing to seriously engage the president-elect’s fickleness. If they don’t, the left will find itself left behind by events as...

08.01.2025 10

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What does an America without democracy look like? We’re about to find out. 

Whatever you think 2025 will bring, you’re most likely wrong.  

02.01.2025 6

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Where does faith fit in for today's Democratic Party? 

Christianity isn’t a dirty word. 

25.12.2024 10

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Max Burns, Opinion Contributor