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January 6th 2021 Capitol building being ransacked by Donald Trump 2020 supporters after stop the steal rally alongside excavator destroying east wing of white house washington DC

Trump smashed the U.S. Capitol and the White House, piercing the soul of the nation as Joe Biden predicted

Opinion: This week, watching Trump raze the "People’s House," I felt the same heartbreak as I did on January 6, writes John Casey.

Richard Grenell

Oh, to dream the impossible dream of being a ‘normal gay’ like Richard Grenell

Opinion: Ric, if you’re the normal one, the normal gay, then thank God I’m not trying to be you, writes John Casey.

Shakira performs on the balcony of TSX Broadway on Times Square in New York, March 26, 2024

Shakira cancels Saturday concert at WorldPride

The singer cited logistical problems with moving her tour from Boston to Washington, D.C.

Donald Trump official presidential portrait

The huge banner of a glaring Trump in front of the USDA is a literal sign the U.S. has lost its democracy

Opinion: When public spaces glorify the ruler, dissent is silenced, and history is rewritten, it's the end of America as we knew it, writes John Casey.

A visitor looks at art at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art on March 28, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

Smithsonian National Museum of African Art abruptly postpones LGBTQ+ exhibit

The show, planned to coincide with this year's WorldPride, was postponed due to budget constraints, not Donald Trump's policies, a spokeswoman says.

Donald Trump followed by Billy Bush coming out of the Access Hollywood truck alongside Joseph McCarthy is shown as charged that three of the six Senators who investigated censure charges against him committed a fraud upon the Senate by not admitting bias

Trump’s tariff on foreign films is his revenge on Hollywood, a Red Scare redux, and an autocratic power move

Opinion: A wanna-be authoritarian leader like Trump cannot tolerate dissident artists, which inevitably means he can’t tolerate his citizens either, writes John Casey.

Donald Trump pointing from his POTUS dais next to Melania in inauguration day hat and dour clothing

100 days and 100 of the most hilarious, horrific, and heinous things done by the Trump administration

Opinion: A painstaking look at 100 of the top blunders, mishaps, and mistakes of Trump, his loyalists, and his minions, from John Casey.

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Drag artists organize rally outside Kennedy Center to protest Trump's hostile takeover

A collective of drag artists is taking to the streets of Washington, D.C. on Saturday.

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Drag group slams Donald Trump for takeover of Kennedy Center board and vowing to end drag shows

Trump said that he was specifically motivated to overhaul the center so he could end the drag shows it occasionally hosts.