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Images of never-ending security lines at U.S. airports and frustrating tales of missed flights are pushing panicked travelers to show up way before their departures. But some airports where the wait times have been manageable are telling passengers to stop arriving so early. In Ohio, John Glenn International Airport in Columbus says early birds — reacting to the funding standoff on Capitol Hill t…

In the latest week of chaos, President Donald Trump’s wars and tariffs continued to unmoor the economy as the GOP-driven partial government shutdown is adding to the strain on Americans already managing rising living costs, all brought on by Trump’s constant “winning.” And it was all on video. Watch clueless Ted Cruz deliver brutal self-own YouTube Video Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas delivere…

If there’s a single thread running through the top stories this past week at Daily Kos, it’s that the facade is cracking. And not just around President Donald Trump—now increasingly exposed as a demented buffoon—but across the entire ecosystem that put him back in power and continues to profit from it. You might’ve expected his track record of corruption and failure to have done it. Or his crude,…

Caribbean Matters is a weekly series from Daily Kos. Hope you’ll join us here every Saturday. If you are unfamiliar with the region, check out Caribbean Matters: Getting to know the countries of the Caribbean . When we discuss the history of American African enslavement here in the U.S., we tend to only focus on U.S. history and tend to have little interest in exploring the facts about the rest o…

Donald Trump’s second presidency has been a disaster since the beginning, but it appeared to further spiral out of control this week. Almost all of Trump's woes harken back to his stupid decision to launch a war in Iran, which has proven to be a much more difficult endeavor than he thought it would be. Iran continues to fight back against the United States and Israel's aggression, attacking oil i…

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. This weekend's 'No Kings' protests could be the biggest yet ‘No Kings’ No. 3 kicks off Saturday. Democrats win funding battle over ICE All it took was an enormous amount of chaos at airports across the nation. Pete Hegseth turns the bigot spigot to full gush Bold man, bold action, bold ra…

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House Republicans are refusing to pass a Department of Homeland Security funding bill approved by the Senate early Friday morning , complaining that the Senate jammed them with legislation that doesn't include money for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “We are not gonna eat the crap sandwich the Senate sent us,” House Speaker Mike Johnson told House Republicans on Friday, according to MS Now.…

This Keystone Cops-ass administration will not stop getting worse. The FBI, the very same one that brags about investigating “ The Cyber Threat ,” was just forced to confirm that Iran-linked hackers broke into the personal email of the dorkishly incompetent FBI director, Kash Patel Honestly, the pictures are pretty much what you would expect: Patel with cigars, Patel with rum, Patel looking at hi…

The Conservative Political Action Conference is underway, and for the first time in a decade will be President Donald Trump-free since he chose not to attend this year. That didn’t stop alleged groper and American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp from trying to fire up the crowd—but things went off the rails. “How many of you would like to see impeachment hearings?” Schlapp said, followed…

We regret to inform you that President Donald Trump is, unfortunately, still acting just as you’d expect around women. President Donald Trump embraces U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle at a reception celebrating Greek Independence Day on March 26. The 79-year-old took to the mic in the White House’s East Room Thursday to celebrate Greek Independence Day, and welcomed U.S. Ambassador to…