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President Donald Trump has ringside seat with UFC officials to watch the latest heavyweight match in Miami. He also promoted his birthday UFC fight in June as peace deals with Iran fall through and tensions escalate. (Jim WATSON / Getty Images)

Trump touts UFC event over Iran tensions

CK Smith
Vice President JD Vance (R) speaks at a new conference following failing to reach a ceasefire agreement in the Iran War. Jared Kushner (L) and Steve Witkoff also attended the peace talks on behalf of the U.S. (JACQUELYN MARTIN / Getty Images)

No peace deal as Trump orders blockade

CK Smith
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Vice President JD Vance at a rally in Budapest, April 7, 2026. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

MAGA's big bet on Hungary backfires

Andrew O'Hehir
President Donald Trump (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

A coalition under constant strain

Brian Karem
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Vice President JD Vance and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban address the media during a joint press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Budapest, Hungary, on April 7, 2026. (Photo by Balint Szentgallay/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Vance: Hungary must reelect Viktor Orbán

Garrett Owen
Pope Leo XIV holds the Easter candle at St. Peter's basilica in the Vatican, April 4, 2026. (Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images)

Why does the right hate the pope?

Andrew O'Hehir
Vice President JD Vance (Oliver Contreras / AFP via Getty Images)

The strategy behind Vance’s demon talk

Amanda Marcotte
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at the 2026 CPAC, an annual conservative conference. With little to no "big names" on the stage, attendees didn't exactly turnout in the droves they have for the last decade to validate the de factor leader of the GOP - Donald Trump. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)

United in Trump, divided on the rest

CK Smith
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Vice President JD Vance (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

How Iran emasculated JD Vance

Amanda Marcotte
Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Iran exposes Vance and Rubio's rivalry

Heather Digby Parton
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., at the Munich Security Conference, Feb. 13, 2026. (Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images)

AOC vs. Marco: First throwdown of 2028?

Andrew O'Hehir
At the 2025 Munich Security Conference, Vice President JD Vance chided Europeans on limiting free speech. (Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

JD Vance doesn't believe in free speech

Austin Sarat, Thomas Dumm
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Elon Musk envisioned a future with optional work and irrelevant money thanks to the domination of artificial intelligence. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

MAGA loves bad dads

Amanda Marcotte
Former President Barack Obama isn't shying away from addressing current issues of division and cruelty. Even when it involves him directly. (Kyle Mazza / Getty Images)

Obama calls out Trump's racist ape video

CK Smith
The TikTok logo is seen on a mobile device (Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

TikTok fuels Springfield rumors

Amanda Becker - The 19th
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 17: President Donald J. Trump returns to the White House before his address tonight on December 17, 2025 in Washington, D.C.. (Photo by Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

MAGA blame game shows Trump in retreat

Sophia Tesfaye
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Megyn Kelly uses her own Sirius XM show to push several controversial ideas. The latest is to defend Trump's latest attack on female reporters by invoking a sexual predator, her former boss Roger Ailes. (Gary Gershoff / Getty Images)

Kelly cites Ailes defending Trump’s jab

CK Smith
James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump during the “Trump Awards” Cold Open. (Photo by Will Heath/NBC)

"SNL" throws Trump his own awards show

Alex Galbraith
An ICE patch and badge are seen on a DHS agent during Vice President JD Vance's visit to Minneapolis on Jan. 22, 2026. (Jim Watson - Pool/Getty Images)

MAGA blindsided by ICE blowback

Sophia Tesfaye
ames Austin Johnson as Donald Trump and Colin Jost as Pete Hegseth during the "Cabinet Meeting" Cold Open. (Photo by Will Heath/NBC)

"SNL" roasts entire Trump cabinet

Alex Galbraith
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Greenlanders demonstrate against Donald Trump's threats against their sovereignty on Jan. 17, 2026 in the capital of Nuuk. (Alessandro RAMPAZZO / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s Greenland fixation

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump: Civil rights "hurt" white men

Garrett Owen
Karoline Leavitt speaks at the White House press briefing room in Washington DC, United States, on December 11, 2025. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The politics of a White House pregnancy

Andi Zeisler
(Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images)

MAGA's circular firing squad intensifies

Sophia Tesfaye
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