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Do you know about the world’s worst refugee crisis? Where masses of people have been displaced by brutal violence in their homeland? Is it Syria, where 7.4 million people have been internally displaced, and over 2.3 million have fled to neighboring Turkey? No, silly. Is it Sudanese refugees, who have jumped to 2.1 million due to ongoing military conflict? Of course not.

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After months of sitting on the sidelines, President Donald Trump on Tuesday endorsed scandal-plagued state Attorney General Ken Paxton in Texas’ Senate contest, ignoring the wishes of top GOP leaders and senators who view Paxton as a liability in the must-win race. In a lengthy Truth Social post, Trump said he is backing Paxton because Paxton has been “extremely loyal to me and our AMAZING…

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testified before a Senate subcommittee Tuesday, where Democrats leaned into the abject corruption of President Donald Trump’s insurrectionist slush fund and the lack of guardrails around who qualifies for a taxpayer handout. “I heard from a number of law enforcement friends who found it appalling that there was the possibility that folks like the Oath…

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President Donald Trump’s decision to create a $1.7 billion taxpayer-financed slush fund for his political allies, cronies, and associates—including the Jan. 6 attackers—is an impeachable offense, Rep. Dan Goldman of New York told CNN on Monday night. Appearing on “Laura Coates Live,” Goldman said he agreed with legal commentator Harry Litman’s reasoning that there’s a “strong argument” that…

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A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Related | Trump’s war in Iran has been hell on Americans’ wallets…

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Tuesday marks the biggest primary night of the 2026 election cycle so far, with voters in six states heading to the polls to select their nominees for this November’s midterms. There are a number of races to watch, some of which will give clues about how much trouble Republicans could be in for this fall. Some contests will show whether President Donald Trump’s endorsement is still king…

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Earlier this year, Vice President JD Vance was given his little anti-fraud task force to more efficiently attack blue states and keep his base in a constant state of fact-free rage over the unworthy poors, minorities, and immigrants who are stealing their money. But just as Vance started to brag about all of the cool things his task force is doing and all of the evil fraud he’s saving us…

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Last-minute redistricting is forcing primaries to be rescheduled and confusing voters. Meanwhile, the federal government isn’t sure how to implement Trump’s mail-voting executive order. By Carrie Levine for Votebeat With less than six months until the general election, and state primaries already well underway, you’d think that the rules of engagement for the 2026 midterms would be…

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A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related | Justice Department announces $1.7B fund to compensate Trump allies in deal to drop IRS suit…

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There are some pathetic world leaders in our unfortunate timeline. Russia’s Vladimir Putin has wasted much of his nation’s demographic future on Ukrainian soil. Argentina’s Javier Milei chainsawed his country’s social contract apart for billionaire applause. And the United Kingdom’s Keir Starmer has somehow managed a 22% job approval rating in less than two years in office. But none look as…

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A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. 46 years ago: Mount St. Helens erupted More than 200 miles of wilderness was destroyed across Washington state. Trump’s super-important ballroom is going to open when, exactly? The more we learn, the less it all makes sense. Republicans can’t gerrymander their way…

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Well, it happened. President Donald Trump really did drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service to instead “settle” for $1.776 billion (ugh) to go to Jan. 6 insurrectionists and whoever else might just have a vibe that former President Joe Biden was mean to them. As part of this sham, Trump is also dropping his $230 million demand for how sad he was over the Mar-a…

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“Reaganomics” is no match for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. During an event to launch the city’s new government-owned grocery stores, Mamdani mocked former President Ronald Reagan and right-wing economics. The Mamdani administration plans to open five stores as part of his plan to make groceries more affordable, a key issue on which he campaigned last year. “I cannot help but…

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Three men were killed in a shooting at a San Diego mosque Monday and both suspects are dead, police said. Both suspects are believed to be teens and the case is considered to be a hate crime, San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl said at a news conference. The shooting happened at the Islamic Center of San Diego, the largest mosque in San Diego County. The Islamic Center is about 9 miles…

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Georgia Republicans look increasingly likely to lose two state Supreme Court seats, as backlash to President Donald Trump and the GOP has juiced Democratic turnout in the Peach State’s Tuesday primary. But instead of accepting the results of the election, Republicans might be cooking up a way to steal those seats back. Here’s how. Republicans are alleging that the two liberal…

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tried to deliver remarks at a medal ceremony at the Sabalauski Air Assault School in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on Monday. And it seemed that—like the rest of us—Mother Nature had grown tired of hearing him speak. As the wind tried to push Hegseth down, Fox News tried desperately to switch feeds—but not even that could drown out the heavy gusts interrupting…

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A cartoon by Drew Sheneman. Related | ‘Anyone should panic’: Agriculture chief admits farmers are screwed…

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President Donald Trump is in hot water after he made—and doubled down on—the tone-deaf assertion that he doesn’t think about Americans’ financial situations when he makes decisions for the country. But while he clearly doesn’t care about your financial situation, he sure does think about his own—and his recently disclosed stock trades prove it. Financial disclosures released this past…

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We are deep in the weeds of trying to troubleshoot issues with login and logout. I think we have found some of the more obvious bugs, but we are still getting a lot of problem reports, and we’re to the point where we need you victims to break out your software engineer hats. If you are having problems logging in, getting logged out, staying logged in, losing your place, etc. and want to help…

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