April 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM EDT
The FBI's shocking arrest of a judge should scare the sh-t out of you

The FBI arrested a Wisconsin judge Friday, charging her with obstructing the Trump administration's efforts to deport a Mexican immigrant, according to documents obtained by The New York Times. FBI Director Kash Patel announced on X the arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, saying that she "intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse, Eduardo Flores Ruiz, allowing the subject -- an illegal alien -- to evade arrest."

April 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT
Churches fight back against Trump's purge of Black history

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month targeting the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and other museums that tell the truth about U.S. history. And now Black church leaders are urging their congregations to fight back. Trump signed the executive order on March 27 ordering Vice President JD Vance to purge the Smithsonian museums of exhibits that don't align with Trump's white supremacist worldview.

April 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT
Pete Hegseth is spiraling""and our national security is at risk

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, whose tenure at the Pentagon has been anything but smooth, recently threatened his staffers with polygraph tests in a frantic bid to stop leaks from inside his department. According to The Wall Street Journal, Hegseth lost it last month after The New York Times correctly reported that Elon Musk had been scheduled to attend a top-secret military briefing on U.S. plans for China. President Donald Trump ultimately barred Musk from the meeting, but the leak infuriated both Hegseth and Trump, setting off alarm bells across the Pentagon. 

April 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM EDT
Trump pardons politician who paid for cosmetic surgery with funds to honor a slain officer

President Donald Trump has pardoned a Nevada Republican politician who was awaiting sentencing on federal charges that she used money meant for a statue honoring a slain police officer for personal costs, including plastic surgery. Michele Fiore, a former Las Vegas city councilwoman and state lawmaker who ran unsuccessfully in 2022 for state treasurer, was found guilty in October of six counts of federal wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. She was out of custody ahead of her sentencing, which had been scheduled for next month.

April 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM EDT
Trump brags about 200 trade deals he's definitely made

President Donald Trump, in a rambling and frankly terrifying interview with Time magazine, claimed that he's made 200 trade deals with countries across the world, but he wouldn't give any details about what those purported deals entail""because he is obviously lying. "[T]here's many deals," Trump told Time, responding to a question about whether he's made progress on his administration's promise to make 90 trade deals in 90 days.

April 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM EDT
MAGA suckers rejoice! Trump's got a fun new way to take your money

President Donald Trump's online store now sells "Trump 2028" hats for $50 a pop. It's unclear if that includes potential markups as a result of his boneheaded trade war. Since winning the 2024 election, Trump has been peddling self-branded cologne and perfume, tacky MAGA guitars, and other MAGA merchandise. But this latest item, an overture to running for an unconstitutional third term, is distressing.

April 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM EDT
DOGE pillages another federal agency in the dead of night

There's nothing like waking up to the news these days to find out that yet another horrible thing has happened under the radar while we were busy worrying about all of the other dreadful things.  Last week, with no notice or fanfare, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum signed over his agency to the so-called Department of Government Efficiency""the latest step in DOGE's takeover of the federal government.

April 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM EDT
Hegseth had unsecured internet in his office to connect to Signal

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon's security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer, two people familiar with the line told The Associated Press. The existence of the unsecured internet connection is the latest revelation about Hegseth's use of the unclassified app and raises the possibility that sensitive defense information could have been put at risk of potential hacking or surveillance.

April 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT
Fox News tries to hide its own poll showing Trump's abysmal approval

Fox News released a new poll on Wednesday that shows that President Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen to a new low, with only 44% approving and 55% disapproving. But apparently the right-ring network doesn't want its viewers to know the bad news. Compared to other presidents in the same poll, Trump's numbers are anemic. At this point in their presidencies, Joe Biden had 54% approval, Barack Obama had 62%, and George W. Bush had 63%.

April 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM EDT
Cartoon: Wipe away your rights

A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related | Trump threatens press freedom by defying court order

April 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM EDT
Here's how Democrats can take back the House

Democrats face hard math in retaking the Senate. But in the House, it's another story. Democrats hold 213 House seats to Republicans' 220, with two vacancies in safely Democratic districts that will be filled through special elections later this year. If all goes as expected, Democrats will have 215 seats, three shy of a majority in the chamber.

April 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM EDT
The Recap: Elon is big mad, plus more Trump voters suffer the consequences

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Who's Musk screaming at in the Oval Office now?