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• John Light
Blanche’s Top Prosecutor of Political Violence Marched at Jan. 6 TPM’s Josh Kovensky revealed yesterday that a top federal prosecutor...
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• Nicole LaFond
There was no question heading into Wednesday’s confirmation hearing for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that Blanche would receive little...
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• Josh Kovensky
On Jan. 6, 2021, a man approached the Capitol who looked like many others in the crowd that day: white,...
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• Josh Marshall
As many have noted, opposition to AI data centers is one of the very few issues that cuts across political...
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• Josh Marshall
CNN is reporting new information about a sprawling and intensive leak investigation at the White House, with officials being asked...
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• Layla A. Jones
President Donald Trump may have learned from his last go at manipulating the decennial census to include a citizenship question:...
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• Josh Marshall
Thanks to everyone who’s contributed so far in this year’s Annual TPM Journalism Fund drive. We can’t thank you enough....
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• Emine Yücel
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) indicated to CNN Wednesday that he was undecided on voting to confirm acting Attorney General Todd...
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• Khaya Himmelman
In exchanges with multiple Democratic senators during a Wednesday Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing, Director of National Intelligence nominee Jay...
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• Joe Ragazzo
If you haven’t heard, we’re hosting our next event Wednesday July 29 at Crystal Lake in Brooklyn. We’re partnering with...
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• Shefali Luthra
This story was originally reported by Shefali Luthra of The 19th. Meet Shefali and read more of their reporting on...
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• David Kurtz
What I Got Wrong Writing about politics every day inevitably leads to an internal mental landscape full of regrets, self-recrimination,...
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• John Light
Todd Blanche and Jay Clayton Are on the Hill Two figures who will play decisive roles in the future of...
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• Kate Riga and Nicole LaFond
There is an ever-shrinking gulf between the right-wing fringe and elected Republicans in their certainty that even easily explainable events...
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• Kate Riga
Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett made a rare appearance before congressional appropriators Tuesday as the Supreme Court seeks...
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• Josh Marshall
As I noted yesterday, after the killings of Good and Pretti in Minneapolis last winter, ICE/DHS shifted strategy, trying to...
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• David Kurtz
‘Now We Have All the Evidence’ The first hints that the Trump administration might be softening its position of refusing...
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• Jay Willis
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. I...
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• John Light
Its Time to Flood the Zone With Shit Again Trump announced Monday evening that he’s hauling out an old trick...
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• Nicole LaFond
Sanctions Against Blanche A judge has reached the same conclusion as many others about President Trump’s attempt to loot the...
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• Josh Marshall
We’ve discussed a number of times that the high-profile/high-violence occupations of blue cities in 2025 and early 2026 were never...
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• Emine Yücel
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) died Saturday evening from a “brief and sudden illness” at the age of 71. The longtime...
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• Grace Panetta and Shefali Luthra
This story was originally reported by Shefali Luthra and Grace Panetta of The 19th. Meet Shefali and Grace and read...
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• Josh Marshall
We had a solid first week of this year’s Annual TPM Journalism Fund Drive. But we have a long way...
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• David Kurtz
Don’t You Dare Say the New Air Force One Has No Clothes Just 18 months into Trump II, the president...
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• Layla A. Jones
A new Trump administration prohibition on privacy protections at the Census Bureau appears to be teeing up a fight that...
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• John Light
Voter Suppression Looms Large in Push to Replace the Senator We heard a lot in the day after Lindsey Graham...
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• Bryce Covert
When I walked up to 290 Broadway early on a late June morning, an imposing building in New York City...
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• Josh Marshall
There’s not a lot I have to add to the reporting on Lindsey Graham’s sudden and unexpected death. He died...