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President Donald Trump is trying to force out Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell by launching a baseless criminal investigation into his congressional testimony about a renovation project at the central bank. Debris is seen at a largely demolished part of the East Wing of the White House on Oct. 23, 2025. It's a move that even some Republicans are saying is a phony pretext to try to force Powell…

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Trump defends Renee Good killing: She was 'disrespectful' to ICE Let’s be honest: If Trump thinks you’re being disrespectful, you’re probably doing something right. Overwhelmed Americans are dreading 2026. Can Democrats bring hope? Most Republicans now seem to realize a blue wave is formi…

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Facebook owner Meta launched itself deeper into the Republican orbit on Monday, tapping former Trump administration adviser Dina Powell McCormick as its new president and vice chair. The move is the latest step in the tech giant’s effort to smooth relations with President Donald Trump and the GOP as Washington’s balance of power shifts. Powell McCormick’s resume straddles finance and government. …

Top Border Patrol goon Gregory Bovino stopped at the Midway Target in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Sunday— to use the bathroom . Sadly, the angriest government stooge had to do so under duress as people in the store shouted a relentless barrage of well-earned invective until he and his Immigration and Customs Enforcement squad exited the store. Footage shared by Ford Fischer of News2Share shows ICE ag…

Minnesota and its two largest cities sued the Trump administration Monday to try to stop an immigration enforcement surge that led to the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by a federal officer and evoked outrage and protests across the country. The state, joined by Minneapolis and St. Paul, said the Department of Homeland Security is violating the First Amendment and other constitutional prot…

Politics is downstream from culture, and the tides of culture are turning cold on President Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement policies. On Sunday, celebrities poured into Los Angeles’ Beverly Hilton for the 83rd Annual Golden Globes, and many used their time on the red carpet or onstage to make it clear where they stood. Stuck through pricey gowns and tuxedos were small, white pi…

Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia on Monday got into it with conservative CNBC host Joe Kernen while criticizing President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement policies. In the wake of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement fatally shooting 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, Warner argued that egregiously reduced training standards and arbitrary quotas do not make up a c…

U.S. President Donald Trump wants to own Greenland. He has repeatedly said the United States must take control of the strategically located and mineral-rich island, which is a semiautonomous region that's part of NATO ally Denmark . Officials from Denmark, Greenland and the United States met Thursday in Washington and will meet again next week to discuss a renewed push by the White House , which …

President Donald Trump on Sunday moved the goalposts in order to defend the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who shot and killed unarmed protester Renee Good in Minneapolis last Wednesday. Notably, Trump backed off of his lie that the ICE officer was injured, instead saying the agent was justified in using deadly force because Good was being "disrespectful." "The woman and her friend wer…

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The stock market plunged on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 400 points at the opening bell, as economists and investors alike fear that the Federal Reserve Bank's independence is in doubt. The stock market slide came the day after Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell issued a rare and forceful video statement accusing Trump of opening a criminal investigation into him i…