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On Friday, it was former President Bill Clinton’s turn to be hauled in front of the House Committee to Protect Donald Tru— oh, sorry, it’s the House Oversight Committee . You can see why one would get confused. After all, how is it that someone who left the White House 25 years ago, a man with less recent and less damning appearances in the Jeffrey Epstein files than the sitting president, has be…

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Luxury jets for deportations: Kristi Noem's biggest grift yet ICE Barbie needs a fleet of new jets to enact her evil agenda. 911 calls reveal brutal condition for kids at Trump’s detention centers The audio reveals the human toll of the president’s heinous anti-immigrant agenda. Hegseth t…

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A nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who disappeared after U.S. Border Patrol agents dropped him off at a Buffalo doughnut shop was found dead on the street five days later, prompting a police investigation and complaints from city officials that he'd been abandoned without care for his safety. Nurul Amin Shah Alam, 56, was detained by Border Patrol agents on Feb. 19 after his release from a count…

Grok, Elon Musk’s scandal-plagued artificial intelligence platform, has burrowed deep into the federal government—and federal officials have some concerns! Too bad, says President Donald Trump. He just banned all government agencies from working with one of Musk’s biggest competitors, Anthropic, even though its main AI product, Claude, is already extensively deployed in military systems. It’s lit…

President Donald Trump delivered on Friday a series of glib, unhinged answers to very serious questions about everything from foreign policy to the accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a former close friend of his. Asked about the clamor among right-wing extremists to invade Cuba, Trump responded cavalierly, “Maybe we'll have a friendly takeover of Cuba. We could very well end up having a frie…

The push from the pro-Trump heads of Paramount Pictures to take over Warner Bros. Discovery is facing scrutiny and possible investigative hurdles from Democrats at the state and federal levels. Paramount head David Ellison On Thursday night, Netflix said it was dropping its bid to take over Warner after Paramount reportedly increased the size of its offer for the entertainment conglomerate. The c…

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House Speaker Mike Johnson is forcing a terminally ill Republican lawmaker to spend his dying days in Congress to ensure the GOP doesn't lose its slim majority in the House—a grotesque move that shows just how anxious the Louisiana Republican is about being pushed back into the minority. GOP Rep. Neal Dunn of Florida announced his retirement in January. According to Punchbowl News, Johnson told G…

Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas and comedian Janesh Rahlan tackled President Donald Trump’s interminable State of the Union address on this week’s episode of “ Room Temp ,” a new progressive podcast. Like many viewers, Janesh opted out, skipping much of the nearly two-hour Trump talkathon. “I've got my opinions on the State of the Union already,” he said. “You didn't have to watch it to have t…

Remember how weird it was that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem asked Congress for $50 million for a fancy new private jet before somehow being allowed to blow $170 million on two fancy new private jets? Hear us out: What if she got nine instead? Independent journalist Gillian Brockell, who has doggedly tracked deportation flights, traced many of the fly-by-night companies that have arisen…

As the U.S. edges closer to a potential war with Iran , Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth released a video announcing the Department of Defense is reviewing Scouting America and forcing the organization to make anti-DEI—read: anti-transgender and sexist— changes to the storied group previously known as the Boy Scouts of America. In the video, the accused rapist offered up a revisionist history, clai…