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Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.

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MAGA infighting erupts at Turning Point USA Conference

22:41 - 18/12/2025

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Two of the night’s headliners — Ben Shapiro and Tucker Carlson — threw jabs at each other in their speeches.

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Erika Kirk endorses JD Vance for president

21:43 - 18/12/2025

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Vance was an ally of Turning Point USA before the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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Four-term North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt, a leader in education reform, dies at 88

18:46 - 18/12/2025

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Hunt's career, including an unprecedented 16 years in the governor's office, provided a prototype for the modern “education governor.”

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Democratic National Committee blocks release of its 2024 election autopsy

11:00 - 18/12/2025

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Despite a pledge from DNC Chair Ken Martin to release the post-election report, the committee announced Thursday it would not share it publicly.

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Pramila Jayapal pushes Medicare for All polling

05:55 - 18/12/2025

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The Washington Democrat plans to brief her House Democratic colleagues on the findings in early 2026.

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Poll: The economy is fueling political anger in 5 major countries

00:01 - 18/12/2025

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The international poll illustrates the uphill battle many leaders face in trying to contain the intertwined economic and political backlash.

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Ramaswamy calls on conservatives to reject Groypers

12:12 - 17/12/2025

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In a New York Times op-ed, the former GOP presidential candidate said Nick Fuentes and his supporters have “no place in the conservative movement.”

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Republicans push mail-in voting for the midterms in defiance of Trump

05:55 - 17/12/2025

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Fearing a turnout slump, Republicans are promoting mail voting to keep Trump’s supporters engaged — even as he tries to end the practice.

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Michelle Obama pushes back on Trump’s Rob Reiner comments

12:24 - 16/12/2025

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The former first lady said Reiner and his wife were not “deranged or crazed.”

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US justice department releases batch of Epstein files

22:26 - 19/12/2025

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Heavily redacted documents includes images of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump

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Delaware high court reinstates Musk’s $56bn Tesla pay package

21:44 - 19/12/2025

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Justices find revocation of remuneration was inappropriate and left electric car chief uncompensated for his work

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US Christmas tree growers boosted by Trump tariffs

21:00 - 19/12/2025

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Consumers shun artificial evergreens as levies increase prices

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US to release ‘several hundred thousand’ Epstein files on Friday

20:27 - 19/12/2025

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Deputy attorney-general Todd Blanche says thousands more documents will be unveiled in ‘next couple of weeks’

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The SEC is heading into dangerous territory

18:00 - 19/12/2025

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From January the US financial watchdog’s commissioners will all be Republicans

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Tether-owned firm sells crypto miner to companies run by its founder

17:41 - 19/12/2025

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Stablecoin giant’s Devasini is director of groups that bought Peak Mining from Northern Data

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Jamieri, a Georgian treasure trove in Brooklyn

17:00 - 19/12/2025

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Keti Chichinadze’s store offers design and food with a Tbilisi twist

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How Ford’s bet on an electric ‘truck of the future’ led to a $19.5bn writedown

16:00 - 19/12/2025

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The F-150 Lightning economics did not add up but also reflected industry-wide miscalculation of US EV uptake

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Satellite images track Trump’s squeeze on Venezuela

15:18 - 19/12/2025

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Photos, data and videos show increasing military pressure on Nicolás Maduro after US president refuses to rule out war

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Prediction markets barely make money; sportsbooks make money

15:03 - 19/12/2025

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Kalshi’s ‘truth machine’ is financialising differences of opinion (about sports)

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For Trump, Epstein is the story that won’t go away.

22:18 - 19/12/2025

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What is the origin of the Epstein case?

22:10 - 19/12/2025

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U.S. Strikes Islamic State Targets in Syria

22:35 - 19/12/2025

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American forces struck dozens of suspected ISIS sites, making good on President Trump’s vow to avenge two American soldiers and a civilian U.S. interpreter killed by the group last week.

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Trump’s Name Joins Kennedy’s on Performing Arts Center’s Facade

21:26 - 19/12/2025

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Workers hauled up large letters spelling out Mr. Trump’s full name to add to the white marble face of the building on Friday morning.

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How to See the Epstein Files Released on Friday

21:22 - 19/12/2025

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The searchable database published by the Justice Department is broken into multiple categories.

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How The Times is covering the latest release of Epstein files.

21:18 - 19/12/2025

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Scott C. Beardsley Named University of Virginia’s New President

21:22 - 19/12/2025

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The selection of Scott Beardsley by the G.O.P.-appointed board comes after the previous president resigned under pressure from the Trump administration. A new Democratic-appointed board could try to overturn the choice.

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How the T.S.A. Is Helping ICE

20:18 - 19/12/2025

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In a previously undisclosed partnership, the Transportation Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are sharing data to identify passengers on upcoming flights whom ICE can arrest. Our reporter Hamed Aleaziz, who learned of this partnership, describes what to know about it and the ICE arrests that have followed.

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The untold story of how Jeffrey Epstein got rich.

20:17 - 19/12/2025

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Here’s the latest.

22:34 - 19/12/2025

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Full DOJ release of Jeffrey Epstein records could take a 'couple of weeks,' Deputy AG says

18:21 - 19/12/2025

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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department would release "several hundred thousand documents" from its Jeffrey Epstein investigative files on Friday — but that there's still much more to come.

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How Epstein survivors helped force the release of DOJ files

21:34 - 19/12/2025

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NBC News chief Capitol Hill correspondent Ryan Nobles joins Meet the Press NOW as the Department of Justice releases a batch of files relating to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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WH touts transparency after DOJ releases Epstein files

21:34 - 19/12/2025

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NBC News senior White House correspondent Gabe Gutierrez reports on the Trump Administration’s reaction to the release of the DOJ Epstein files.

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Democrats release more Epstein photos with a promise of more to come

00:47 - 19/12/2025

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The Jeffrey Epstein estate has turned over roughly 95,000 photographs to the House Oversight Committee.

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GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik drops out of New York governor's race

21:20 - 19/12/2025

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Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik said Friday that she is ending her campaign for New York governor and will not run for re-election to her House seat next year.

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Suspect In Brown University Shooting Found Dead: Latest Details

12:34 - 19/12/2025

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After a six day manhunt, law enforcement has announced the suspect in Brown University shooting was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The U.S. Attorney in Massachusetts says that the suspect is also responsible for killing MIT professor Nuno Loureiro in his home near Boston. NBC’s Erin McLaughlin reports and Tom Winter joins TODAY to share analysis on how the suspect was identified.

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How a Reddit tipster cracked the Brown University and MIT professor shooting cases

14:41 - 19/12/2025

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Having unleashed a multiagency manhunt — involving the Providence police, the FBI and a $50,000 reward — the clue investigators needed in the Brown University shooting was ultimately found not on a street corner but in a Reddit thread

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Brown Univ. shooting suspect attended same college as slain MIT professor, U.S. attorney says

04:37 - 19/12/2025

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The Brown University shooting suspect attended the same Lisbon university as MIT professor Nuno Loureiro, who died in a Boston shooting the suspect is also believed to be involved in. Loureiro was found fatally shot in his Brookline home two days after the shooting at Brown, officials said.

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What we know about the Brown University shooting suspect who is also accused of killing MIT professor

03:37 - 19/12/2025

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Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, the man suspected of killing two students and wounding nine at Brown University, was found dead Thursday in a New Hampshire storage unit.

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GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik drops out of New York governor's race

21:20 - 19/12/2025

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Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik said Friday that she is ending her campaign for New York governor and will not run for re-election to her House seat next year.

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3 killed in knife attack in Taiwan, suspect falls to his death from store

12:29 - 19/12/2025

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Police said the suspect was declared dead at a hospital after jumping from the building's sixth floor, the Central News Agency reported.

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European Union loans Ukraine billions as Putin boasts about war

09:46 - 19/12/2025

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Russian President Vladimir Putin reacted to the European Union's massive loan to fund Ukraine's war against Russia. Haley Ott reports.

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Ukraine claims strike on oil tanker as Putin plays down peace prospects

09:44 - 19/12/2025

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Putin claims no "willingness from Ukraine" to negotiate a peace deal as he touts battlefield gains, and Kyiv claims a brazen strike on a ship far from Russia.

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12/18: CBS Evening News

08:48 - 19/12/2025

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Greg Biffle killed in plane crash; Maurice DuBois and John Dickerson sign off from the "CBS Evening News."

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Australia announces gun buyback plan just days after Bondi Beach attack

06:33 - 19/12/2025

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Australia will use a sweeping buyback scheme to "get guns off our streets," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday.

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Texas rabbi shot trying to help faces long recovery after Australia attack

20:18 - 18/12/2025

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As the youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim is mourned, a Texas couple tell CBS News about their "quick thinking" son's bid to intervene, and his road to recovery.

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U.S. rabbi who survived Bondi attack took off own shirt to help wounded officer, father says

20:05 - 18/12/2025

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Among the dozens wounded in the shooting targeting a Hanukkah celebration on Australia's Bondi Beach was American Rabbi Leibel Lazaroff. Anna Coren spoke to his father.

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TikTok signs deal for sale of U.S. operations to American investors

19:30 - 18/12/2025

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TikTok's China-based parent company ByteDance must sever ties with TikTok or lose access to U.S. app stores and web-hosting services

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Witkoff to meet with Kremlin envoy in Miami on U.S. peace plan for Ukraine

12:53 - 18/12/2025

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A U.S. official says a Kremlin envoy will travel to Florida to discuss a U.S.-proposed plan to end the war in Ukraine.

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Teen inmate captured weeks after escaping prison with bedsheets

10:48 - 18/12/2025

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The inmate and another detainee fled an overcrowded jail after sawing through their cell bars with blades that investigators suspect were delivered by drone.

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Nets coach vows support for Jewish community following Australia Hanukkah attack: 'A sad day'

17:31 - 19/12/2025

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Brooklyn Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez said that the team will do anything they can to support the Jewish community following the Australia Hannukah attack.

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Republican Sen Cynthia Lummis will not seek re-election in 2026, citing the 'energy required'

17:05 - 19/12/2025

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Republican Cynthia Lummis announced she won't seek re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2026, citing exhaustion and a feeling like "a sprinter in a marathon" after serving Wyoming.

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Fiery plane crash that killed NASCAR legend Greg Biffle and family captured in new video

17:04 - 19/12/2025

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Seven people, including NASCAR champion Greg Biffle and Dennis Dutton, were killed when their plane crashed during landing at North Carolina's Statesville Airport.

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DAVID MARCUS: At AmericaFest, two legacies hang in the balance, Charlie Kirk’s and Donald Trump’s

16:50 - 19/12/2025

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Young conservatives gather in Phoenix to shape America's political future as competing visions for post-Trump era emerge at annual AmericaFest gathering.

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Former NFL standout climbed out of second-story window, fell before facing gun charges, police say

16:44 - 19/12/2025

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Former NFL linebacker Myles Jack was arrested in Frisco, Texas, on gun-related charges after a welfare check led to gunshots, a standoff and hospitalization.

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'SNL's' Bowen Yang leaving show midseason

16:37 - 19/12/2025

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Veteran "Saturday Night Live" cast member Bowen Yang will exit the show midway through season 51, with his final episode airing this Saturday.

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Stefanik exits NY governor race, will not run for re-election to US House

16:30 - 19/12/2025

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Rep. Elise Stefanik is ending her New York governor campaign, citing family priorities and motherhood in surprise announcement weeks after launching her bid.

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Mets owner Steve Cohen rips 'payroll watchers' after team's All-Stars leave in free agency: 'Usual idiots'

16:20 - 19/12/2025

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Steve Cohen defended the New York Mets' decisions amid growing fan outrage over the roster overhaul that saw the departures of Edwin Diaz and Pete Alonso.

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Colorado school district in the hot seat for allegedly factoring in race for disciplinary procedures

16:20 - 19/12/2025

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A school district is allegedly factoring in race when determining how to discipline students, citing specific examples where students got different treatment for the same infractions.

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Fox News True Crime Newsletter: Brown and MIT shooting suspect, Nick Reiner's lawyer, Brian Walshe's sentence

16:04 - 19/12/2025

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Stay up to date with the Fox News True Crime Newsletter, which brings you the latest cases ripped from the headlines, from crime to courts, legal and scandal.

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