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This photo encapsulates Trump better than the combined word count of every article ever written about him.
November 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This photo encapsulates Trump better than the combined word count of every article ever written about him.
One young voter in New Jersey on CNN right now:
“Honestly, the last few days [of shutdown] have been scary for a lot of Americans. And while we’re sitting here struggling and worried, they’re building a ballroom.”
🎯
“Honestly, the last few days [of shutdown] have been scary for a lot of Americans. And while we’re sitting here struggling and worried, they’re building a ballroom.”
🎯
November 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
One young voter in New Jersey on CNN right now:
“Honestly, the last few days [of shutdown] have been scary for a lot of Americans. And while we’re sitting here struggling and worried, they’re building a ballroom.”
🎯
“Honestly, the last few days [of shutdown] have been scary for a lot of Americans. And while we’re sitting here struggling and worried, they’re building a ballroom.”
🎯
Insane. Inexcusable. Illegal.
And the new normal in Trump’s America.
And the new normal in Trump’s America.
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Insane. Inexcusable. Illegal.
And the new normal in Trump’s America.
And the new normal in Trump’s America.
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
An amazing sight in Novi Sad, Serbia - another Putin-allied regime facing huge resistance.
And it’s another Gen Z-led movement.
🇷🇸👏
And it’s another Gen Z-led movement.
🇷🇸👏
November 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
An amazing sight in Novi Sad, Serbia - another Putin-allied regime facing huge resistance.
And it’s another Gen Z-led movement.
🇷🇸👏
And it’s another Gen Z-led movement.
🇷🇸👏
On Thursday, the mayor of the Serbian town of Indija - an ally of President Vučić - refused to open public buildings so the students could sleep the night.
So local volunteers gathered supplies and they slept on mattresses in the street for the night.
Some have marched over 180 miles to Novi Sad.
So local volunteers gathered supplies and they slept on mattresses in the street for the night.
Some have marched over 180 miles to Novi Sad.
November 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
On Thursday, the mayor of the Serbian town of Indija - an ally of President Vučić - refused to open public buildings so the students could sleep the night.
So local volunteers gathered supplies and they slept on mattresses in the street for the night.
Some have marched over 180 miles to Novi Sad.
So local volunteers gathered supplies and they slept on mattresses in the street for the night.
Some have marched over 180 miles to Novi Sad.
NEW: Extraordinary scenes in the Serbian city of Novi Sad right now.
Hundreds of thousands of students have marched for days across Serbia.
A huge protest against Vučić’s government as they commemorate the anniversary of the Novi Sad rail station disaster, a year ago today.
(🎥 Lazar Stojakovic)
Hundreds of thousands of students have marched for days across Serbia.
A huge protest against Vučić’s government as they commemorate the anniversary of the Novi Sad rail station disaster, a year ago today.
(🎥 Lazar Stojakovic)
November 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
NEW: Extraordinary scenes in the Serbian city of Novi Sad right now.
Hundreds of thousands of students have marched for days across Serbia.
A huge protest against Vučić’s government as they commemorate the anniversary of the Novi Sad rail station disaster, a year ago today.
(🎥 Lazar Stojakovic)
Hundreds of thousands of students have marched for days across Serbia.
A huge protest against Vučić’s government as they commemorate the anniversary of the Novi Sad rail station disaster, a year ago today.
(🎥 Lazar Stojakovic)
THEY. WERE. DOING. THIS. WITHOUT. PAY.
NOAA’s hurricane hunter pilots (and Kermit The Frog hanging from the control panel) fly into Hurricane Melissa.
Extraordinary bravery, saving lives.
(🎥 Cmdr. Danielle Varwig, NOAA Corps).
NOAA’s hurricane hunter pilots (and Kermit The Frog hanging from the control panel) fly into Hurricane Melissa.
Extraordinary bravery, saving lives.
(🎥 Cmdr. Danielle Varwig, NOAA Corps).
October 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
THEY. WERE. DOING. THIS. WITHOUT. PAY.
NOAA’s hurricane hunter pilots (and Kermit The Frog hanging from the control panel) fly into Hurricane Melissa.
Extraordinary bravery, saving lives.
(🎥 Cmdr. Danielle Varwig, NOAA Corps).
NOAA’s hurricane hunter pilots (and Kermit The Frog hanging from the control panel) fly into Hurricane Melissa.
Extraordinary bravery, saving lives.
(🎥 Cmdr. Danielle Varwig, NOAA Corps).
NEW: Terrifying video from the town of Black River in Jamaica.
The worst of storm surges - 200mph winds literally blowing the sea onto the land. #HurricaneMelissa
(📸 Yung Senshi)
The worst of storm surges - 200mph winds literally blowing the sea onto the land. #HurricaneMelissa
(📸 Yung Senshi)
October 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
NEW: Terrifying video from the town of Black River in Jamaica.
The worst of storm surges - 200mph winds literally blowing the sea onto the land. #HurricaneMelissa
(📸 Yung Senshi)
The worst of storm surges - 200mph winds literally blowing the sea onto the land. #HurricaneMelissa
(📸 Yung Senshi)
NEW: Hurricane Melissa is now making landfall in Jamaica.
This is the terrifying sight at Treasure Beach on the island right now; somehow the camera still working.
I have never heard wind like it.
This is the terrifying sight at Treasure Beach on the island right now; somehow the camera still working.
I have never heard wind like it.
October 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
NEW: Hurricane Melissa is now making landfall in Jamaica.
This is the terrifying sight at Treasure Beach on the island right now; somehow the camera still working.
I have never heard wind like it.
This is the terrifying sight at Treasure Beach on the island right now; somehow the camera still working.
I have never heard wind like it.
Some of the most remarkable hurricane imagery of all time is currently being recorded.
The eye of Melissa is an almost perfect circle. At over 15 miles wide, pilots have reported seeing birds trapped in the center unable to escape.
The footage from the flight inside the eye looks like CGI.
The eye of Melissa is an almost perfect circle. At over 15 miles wide, pilots have reported seeing birds trapped in the center unable to escape.
The footage from the flight inside the eye looks like CGI.
October 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Some of the most remarkable hurricane imagery of all time is currently being recorded.
The eye of Melissa is an almost perfect circle. At over 15 miles wide, pilots have reported seeing birds trapped in the center unable to escape.
The footage from the flight inside the eye looks like CGI.
The eye of Melissa is an almost perfect circle. At over 15 miles wide, pilots have reported seeing birds trapped in the center unable to escape.
The footage from the flight inside the eye looks like CGI.
NEW: Sunrise over Hurricane Melissa.
For too many Jamaicans, this will be a life-changing event.
Melissa has now surpassed Hurricane Katrina in strength. It is the 8th strongest hurricane in recorded history.
For too many Jamaicans, this will be a life-changing event.
Melissa has now surpassed Hurricane Katrina in strength. It is the 8th strongest hurricane in recorded history.
October 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
NEW: Sunrise over Hurricane Melissa.
For too many Jamaicans, this will be a life-changing event.
Melissa has now surpassed Hurricane Katrina in strength. It is the 8th strongest hurricane in recorded history.
For too many Jamaicans, this will be a life-changing event.
Melissa has now surpassed Hurricane Katrina in strength. It is the 8th strongest hurricane in recorded history.
NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.
(📸 Getty Images)
(📸 Getty Images)
October 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.
(📸 Getty Images)
(📸 Getty Images)
“The project will not interfere with the existing structure.”
(📸 ABC News)
(📸 ABC News)
October 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“The project will not interfere with the existing structure.”
(📸 ABC News)
(📸 ABC News)
ICE agents greeted by a hero on arrival in New York this evening.
Make statues of this.
Make statues of this.
October 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
ICE agents greeted by a hero on arrival in New York this evening.
Make statues of this.
Make statues of this.
Trump has installed his own personal lawyers at the top of the Department of Justice to steal $230 million of taxpayer money.
This would set a new, global benchmark for corruption in office.
Military coups have been triggered by less.
This would set a new, global benchmark for corruption in office.
Military coups have been triggered by less.
October 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Trump has installed his own personal lawyers at the top of the Department of Justice to steal $230 million of taxpayer money.
This would set a new, global benchmark for corruption in office.
Military coups have been triggered by less.
This would set a new, global benchmark for corruption in office.
Military coups have been triggered by less.
Of everything he has done, this somehow hits different.
It lays bare the vacuous, moral bankruptcy of the man and, perhaps more than anything, the generational cowardice of those who should stop him, but won’t.
It lays bare the vacuous, moral bankruptcy of the man and, perhaps more than anything, the generational cowardice of those who should stop him, but won’t.
October 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Of everything he has done, this somehow hits different.
It lays bare the vacuous, moral bankruptcy of the man and, perhaps more than anything, the generational cowardice of those who should stop him, but won’t.
It lays bare the vacuous, moral bankruptcy of the man and, perhaps more than anything, the generational cowardice of those who should stop him, but won’t.
This is surely one of the most vivid, symbolic photos of recent years.
It says everything about where the United States is right now.
It says everything about where the United States is right now.
October 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is surely one of the most vivid, symbolic photos of recent years.
It says everything about where the United States is right now.
It says everything about where the United States is right now.
The East Wing in different times. Better times.
October 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The East Wing in different times. Better times.
NEW: Remember when Trump said his new ballroom wouldn’t interfere with the current White House?
This is the current view of the East Wing.
A demolition.
(📸 Washington Post)
This is the current view of the East Wing.
A demolition.
(📸 Washington Post)
October 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
NEW: Remember when Trump said his new ballroom wouldn’t interfere with the current White House?
This is the current view of the East Wing.
A demolition.
(📸 Washington Post)
This is the current view of the East Wing.
A demolition.
(📸 Washington Post)
A 60 second summary of some of the biggest and best sights from #NoKings Day.
Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏
History.
Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏
History.
October 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A 60 second summary of some of the biggest and best sights from #NoKings Day.
Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏
History.
Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏
History.
The village of Kipnuck.
Before and after.
(📸 Alaska National Guard & AP)
Before and after.
(📸 Alaska National Guard & AP)
October 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The village of Kipnuck.
Before and after.
(📸 Alaska National Guard & AP)
Before and after.
(📸 Alaska National Guard & AP)
Photo of the Day
One of the most significant airlifts in recent US history is still ongoing in Alaska.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered the state on Sunday, sweeping some homes into the Bering Strait.
Here, some of the 300 residents being airlifted to Anchorage.
(📸 Alaska National Guard)
One of the most significant airlifts in recent US history is still ongoing in Alaska.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered the state on Sunday, sweeping some homes into the Bering Strait.
Here, some of the 300 residents being airlifted to Anchorage.
(📸 Alaska National Guard)
October 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Photo of the Day
One of the most significant airlifts in recent US history is still ongoing in Alaska.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered the state on Sunday, sweeping some homes into the Bering Strait.
Here, some of the 300 residents being airlifted to Anchorage.
(📸 Alaska National Guard)
One of the most significant airlifts in recent US history is still ongoing in Alaska.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered the state on Sunday, sweeping some homes into the Bering Strait.
Here, some of the 300 residents being airlifted to Anchorage.
(📸 Alaska National Guard)
Amazingly, the way the Democracy ice sculpture melted, it almost left the word DECAY…
October 16, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Amazingly, the way the Democracy ice sculpture melted, it almost left the word DECAY…
NEW: A huge ice sculpture of the word “DEMOCRACY” is currently melting away in front of the US Capitol.
Organized by artists and activists, it was commissioned by the Up In Arms campaign, an effort led by Ben Cohen, the cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.
Organized by artists and activists, it was commissioned by the Up In Arms campaign, an effort led by Ben Cohen, the cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.
October 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
NEW: A huge ice sculpture of the word “DEMOCRACY” is currently melting away in front of the US Capitol.
Organized by artists and activists, it was commissioned by the Up In Arms campaign, an effort led by Ben Cohen, the cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.
Organized by artists and activists, it was commissioned by the Up In Arms campaign, an effort led by Ben Cohen, the cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.