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Musk’s Purges Suddenly Take a Horrific Turn—and Wreck an Ugly MAGA Lie

We can now be depressingly confident that their mass cuts are killing people.

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Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Ugly Turn, Putting Starving Kids at Risk

Two U.S. nonprofits that manufacture a treatment sent by USAID to help severely malnourished children abroad say the process is in chaos. This isn’t what Marco Rubio said would happen.

People walk on the street in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

Melissa Gira Grant

This Shocking Moment at a GOP Town Hall in Idaho Is a Foreboding Sign

Private, unidentified security personnel dragged a woman out of the event. It raises questions not just about tolerance for dissent but about who gets deputized to do what.