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There is something afoot in Texas. In what is likely the most-watched and most-contentious Senate primary of the cycle, for both parties, Democrats nominated state House Rep. James Talarico , while the top two Republicans are headed to a runoff after both failed to hit 50%. That race pits Sen. John Cornyn against crooked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Cornyn’s crime is being a relatively norm…

State Rep. James Talarico topped Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in an expensive and fiercely contested Texas Senate Democratic primary that once again has the party dreaming of a big upset in November. Who Talarico will face depends on a May runoff between longtime Republican Sen. John Cornyn and MAGA favorite Ken Paxton — a race expected to get increasingly nasty over coming months and could hin…

There’s a difference between President Donald Trump’s core MAGA base and the influencer class that amplifies him, even if the two might seem to be one and the same. Trump’s base has an emotional—not transactional—attachment to their idol, akin to cult-like status. Supporting him is part of their core identity. For millions of Americans, Trump isn’t just a politician, but the man who gave voice to…

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Another mass shooting overshadowed by another illegal war Just a regular day in Trump’s America … Here's how Trump wants the GOP to spin his war on Iran They have a long way to go to get the public on board. What could possibly go wrong with betting on wars? This is about as dystopian as …

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Realizing that President Donald Trump’s war on Iran will likely be his legacy, Secretary of State Marco Rubio leaned into the destabilization of the Middle East with true vigor, threatening imminent escalation. “We're going to unleash Chang on these people in the next few hours and days,” Rubio told reporters Tuesday, referring to the 1950s rallying cry , “unleash Chiang,” urging U.S. support for…

Recent embarrassing developments in the conservative legal sphere have generated a new wave of mockery and criticism. At the Department of Justice, led by Attorney General Pam Bondi, a motion was recently filed in the 6th District Court of Appeals. Normally the subject of the appeal would attract the most attention, but Bondi’s DOJ instead showed off a staggering level of incompetence at the most…

President Donald Trump hosted German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House on Tuesday, where the two took questions from reporters in the Oval Office. Trump seemed to have far less enthusiasm discussing the ramifications of launching a full-scale military operation against Iran than he had been to announce it. It was almost as if he embroiled the United States in a new, potentially protrac…

President Donald Trump’s haphazard attack on Iran is creating chaos all across the Middle East, and Americans are stuck there. According to Trump, the administration didn’t evacuate U.S. nationals from the Middle East because everything just happened too fast : "It happened all very quickly. … I thought we were going to have a situation where we were going to be attacked. They were getting ready …

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, and patience seemed to have worn thin for the serial cosplayer as lawmakers from both parties grilled Noem on her public conduct and suspicious spending decisions. Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island questioned Noem about her luxury jet spending , which she has claimed is connected to d…

Watching the Middle East be drawn deeper and deeper into a conflict that the United States seems to have started based on vibes is terrible, but what if we made it terrible and dystopian by letting people bet on it? Prediction markets are going gangbusters over the Iran war, with over $500 million sloshing around on Polymarket over the weekend as the bombs began to fall. “Bombing” by Nick Anderso…