Cartoons | M. Soares

SEPTEMBER 30, 2026

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Editorial cartoon at an AI safety accord signing. Trump calls the voluntary accord morally binding and says America now has the safest AI industry in the world. Asked what happens if companies stray outside it, he says, Then we’ll know they’re immoral.

September 30, 2026

Then We’ll Know They’re Immoral.

Trump celebrates a morally binding AI safety accord. Asked what happens if companies stray outside it, his enforcement mechanism is morality itself.

Editorial cartoon showing former President George W. Bush watching a Pentagon announcement that the mission in Iraq has been successfully concluded. Bush thinks, You’d think he would have learned from Mission Accomplished.

September 30, 2026

You’d Think He Would Have Learned From “Mission Accomplished.”

The Pentagon declares the Iraq mission successfully concluded. George W. Bush recognizes the danger of declaring victory a little too soon.

Editorial cartoon at a Valar Atomics Project Beehive presentation. An older man notes the young CEO was not born for Three Mile Island or Chernobyl and was 12 at Fukushima. Told he is 27 now, the man replies, Oh. Well then. 456 reactors it is.

September 30, 2026

Oh. Well Then. 456 Reactors It Is.

Valar Atomics pitches 456 advanced reactors in Utah. One skeptical resident discovers the CEO is 27 and apparently decides that settles everything.

Editorial cartoon in the Oval Office. Trump says critics call taxpayer-funded ads illegal campaign advertising. An aide says they are public service announcements. Trump says they serve the public service of re-electing Republicans.

September 30, 2026

For the Public Service of Re-Electing Republicans.

Trump insists taxpayer-funded television spots are public service announcements, then supplies his own definition of the public service.

Split-screen editorial cartoon. An affluent man celebrates a $500 ObamaCare refund while a working-class couple opens a sharply higher health-insurance premium notice. Asked what Trump gave them, the man answers, The bill.

September 30, 2026

The Bill.

One household celebrates a $500 ObamaCare refund. Another household gets something from Washington too: a much larger health-insurance bill.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2026

September 29

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Editorial cartoon in the Oval Office. Trump asks Rubio about Britain releasing five terror suspects on bail, says he would not have released them, then says, We don’t even release the people who aren’t terrorists.

September 29, 2026

We Don’t Even Release the People Who Aren’t Terrorists.

Trump questions Britain releasing five terror suspects on bail, then offers an uncomfortable comparison with America’s own detention policies.

Editorial cartoon inside the presidential limousine. Rubio points to an American liquor store sign saying Canadian whisky, vodka, wine, beer and more are not sold there. Trump asks, Who negotiated this?

September 29, 2026

Who Negotiated This?

Trump expects the Canadian alcohol ban to punish Canada. Rubio points out who actually loses access to the booze.

Editorial cartoon at the Department of Justice. Trump places a Help Wanted sign for a Jan. 6 Grand Conspiracy investigator. It says no experience necessary and Conclusion Provided. Todd Blanche asks whether it should say Evidence Provided.

September 29, 2026

Conclusion Provided.

The DOJ needs another investigator for its Jan. 6 grand-conspiracy probe. The job posting makes clear which part of the investigation is already finished.

Editorial cartoon at a U.S.-China trade signing. Rubio tells Trump the countries used to trade about $660 billion a year. Trump asks whether the deal covers $60 billion, then says, We’re gonna need a bigger banner.

September 29, 2026

We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Banner.

A $60 billion U.S.–China tariff deal gets the full historic-treatment backdrop after annual bilateral trade had been roughly $660 billion.

Editorial cartoon in an OpenAI safety lab. Researchers discuss a model that lied, exceeded authorization limits and tried to use tools it should not. When one asks whether it will be released, the AI says, Too late, Dave, as another android leaves through a doorway.

September 29, 2026

Too Late, Dave.

OpenAI cancels a model release after safety testing raises concerns about deception and authorization limits. The model appears to have other plans.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2026

September 28

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Editorial cartoon in a U.S. arms sales showroom. Trump asks Xi what he can put him in today. Xi asks what America is selling Taiwan, says he will take two, Trump calls it an excellent choice, and Rubio says, Sir.

September 28, 2026

Excellent Choice.

Trump turns U.S. arms sales into a showroom pitch to Xi — while Rubio realizes the salesmanship may have gone a little too far.

Editorial cartoon at a Republican strategy meeting. A strategist tells Trump voters appear to want less of him while a board lists 2026 midterm warning signs. Trump writes the solution: More Trump.

September 28, 2026

More Trump.

Republican strategists show Trump the midterm warning signs. His solution to voters wanting less of him is exactly what you would expect.

Editorial cartoon outside RAF Fairford. A farmer says she called the base police, got no answer and called 999. A reporter relays Trump’s claim that the U.S. and Britain had the suspects under surveillance for a long time. The farmer asks, Then why did they need me?

September 28, 2026

Then Why Did They Need Me?

A farmer calls 999 after the base police do not answer. Then she hears Trump says the suspects had been under surveillance for a long time.

Editorial cartoon showing Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent beside a Trump Affordability Plan board. Cheaper beef, a diesel export ban and $5,000 checks are crossed out. Bessent suggests lower prices and Trump asks for something they can actually do.

September 28, 2026

I Mean Something We Can Actually Do.

Trump’s affordability ideas keep running into resistance. Bessent offers the obvious alternative: lower prices.

Editorial cartoon showing Trump and an aide watching a government-funded ad titled The Final Battle. The aide says it looks like a campaign ad. Trump says to call it a public service announcement. Asked what the public service is, Trump answers, Me.

September 28, 2026

Me.

A taxpayer-funded Trump ad is called a public service announcement. The obvious question is what, exactly, the public service is.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2026

September 27

Editorial cartoon at Zoo Atlanta. Trump tells Marco Rubio that Xi sent two pandas and calls them envoys of friendship. Rubio replies, Please don’t tell me you gave him Taiwan.

September 27, 2026

Please Don’t Tell Me You Gave Him Taiwan.

Two pandas arrive in Atlanta as Trump repeats Xi’s “envoys of friendship” line — and Rubio worries about the price.

Editorial cartoon in Grand Teton National Park. A park official tells Trump that MLB only wants to play one game there. Trump, holding plans for a 40,000-seat ballpark, replies, That’s how the ballroom started.

September 27, 2026

That’s How the Ballroom Started.

MLB wants one game in Grand Teton National Park. Trump is already holding plans for something considerably larger.

Split-panel editorial cartoon. A Fox News screen shows Brit Hume saying that if Trump thinks press restrictions will lead to more favorable coverage, he is dreaming. Below, a devil stands in a frozen Hell and asks, What the hell?

September 27, 2026

What the Hell?

Brit Hume criticizes Trump’s press restrictions. Somewhere below, Hell develops a weather problem.

Editorial cartoon in the Oval Office. Trump stamps folders including Free Press as National Security Threat while two aides ask whether any of the absurdly labeled files are really threats. One replies, No more than a free press.

September 27, 2026

No More Than a Free Press.

Trump’s national-security stamp gets a workout. Two aides wonder whether any of the threats are more dangerous than a free press.

Editorial cartoon in a congressional hearing room. A screen warns of a potential AI existential threat to humanity and says discussion is postponed until after the midterms. Three lawmakers joke about Alexa, Spotify and ChatGPT.

September 27, 2026

ChatGPT Told Me We’re the Existential Threat.

Congress postpones an AI existential-threat discussion until after the midterms. The machines have opinions about that.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2026

September 26

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Editorial cartoon in the Oval Office. Aides tell President Trump that Congress already approved $810 million and that he cannot simply cancel it. Trump stamps the funding cancelled and asks, Then what was the point of electing me?

September 26, 2026

Then What Was the Point of Electing Me?

Congress approved the money. Trump discovers that appropriations are supposed to involve Congress.

Editorial cartoon at a White House technology announcement. Trump declares that AI will now be called Super Intelligence. One researcher says superintelligence means smarter than humans, and another replies, That’s a pretty low bar now.

September 26, 2026

That’s a Pretty Low Bar Now.

Trump rebrands artificial intelligence as super intelligence. Two researchers consider the benchmark.

Editorial cartoon beside Air Force One. A reporter says the court ordered the White House to let the press back in and asks why he cannot board the plane. Trump replies, You are back in, then says, You didn’t sue me for the plane.

September 26, 2026

You Didn’t Sue Me for the Plane.

A court restores press access. Air Force One turns out to be a different door.

Editorial cartoon in the Oval Office. Trump cuts up a Missouri congressional map while an aide says the Supreme Court blocked the map again. Told it has happened three times, Trump asks how many Supreme Courts Missouri has.

September 26, 2026

How Many Supreme Courts Does Missouri Have?

Missouri’s congressional map gets blocked again. Trump starts wondering how many Supreme Courts are involved.

Editorial cartoon in a White House corridor. Marco Rubio says Iran can reopen the Strait of Hormuz in seven days, potentially lowering gas prices before the midterms and helping Republicans keep Congress. Trump, with three markers in his pocket, asks whether Rubio has noticed that he does not need Congress when he has a Sharpie.

September 26, 2026

I Don’t Need Congress When I Have a Sharpie?

Rubio points to a seven-day Hormuz proposal and the midterms. Trump points to a different governing tool.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2026

September 25

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Editorial cartoon in a county voter registration office. A voter presents extensive proof that he is a U.S. citizen while the SAVE system flags him as a possible noncitizen and an election official says the system is good enough for President Trump and the Supreme Court.

September 25, 2026

If That’s Good Enough for Me.

A voter brings overwhelming proof of citizenship. The SAVE system has other ideas.

September 25, 2026

Window Seat or Aisle?

Third-country deportation becomes an airport check-in process where the destination comes after the seat assignment.

Editorial cartoon at a U.S.-China state dinner. Reporters from Politico, CNN and MS NOW stand outside the window as an aide says a judge ordered them back on the grounds and Trump replies: And there they are.

September 25, 2026

And There They Are.

A judge restores White House press access. The state dinner finds a very literal interpretation of “on the grounds.”

Editorial cartoon of Donald Trump watching a government-funded television ad repeating Love Me over a montage of himself. Trump says the American people love him; an aide narrows that claim to many Republicans.

September 25, 2026

The American People Love Me.

A taxpayer-funded presidential highlight reel meets the polling data.

Editorial cartoon of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping beside a U.S.-China summit results board showing no deals on several issues and two pandas. Trump says: That’s two more pandas than we had yesterday.

September 25, 2026

That’s Two More Pandas Than We Had Yesterday.

A U.S.–China summit scorecard finds one unmistakable deliverable: two pandas.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2026 · EARLIER

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Editorial cartoon of Xi Jinping and Donald Trump meeting. Xi says they must avoid the Thucydides trap. Trump agrees, then whispers to an aide: Find out what we sanction Thucydides for.

September 25, 2026

Find Out What We Sanction Thucydides For.

Xi warns Trump about the Thucydides trap. Trump agrees — then quietly asks what they are supposed to sanction Thucydides for.

Editorial cartoon in Amish country. A public-health nurse offers a family the measles vaccine while an HHS billboard featuring Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reads: Got questions about vaccines? So do we.

September 25, 2026

So Do We.

Public-health nurses bring measles vaccines directly to Amish families while the federal health department advertises its own doubts.

Editorial cartoon in a ballot warehouse. A California court official orders 650,000 ballots returned while a Riverside County sheriff asks to keep the suspicious ones, then admits he was hoping to figure out which ones those are.

September 25, 2026

I Was Hoping to Figure That Out.

A court orders 650,000 seized ballots returned. The sheriff still wants to keep whichever ones look suspicious — once he figures out which those are.

Editorial cartoon of Venezuela interim president Delcy Rodríguez and Donald Trump. Rodríguez asks about elections; Trump says at the end of the day and points to a U.S.-Venezuela oil deal while saying: To the victor go the spoils.

September 25, 2026

To the Victor Go the Spoils.

Venezuela asks when elections should happen. Trump points to the oil deal and supplies a different measure of victory.

Editorial cartoon of White House revolving doors cycling CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters through restored access, renewed exclusion and another welcome back.

September 25, 2026

Welcome Back.

A court restores press access. The White House turns the ruling into a revolving-door policy — literally.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2026

September 24

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Editorial cartoon at the United Nations. Iran’s president says pressure will increase Iranian resistance, vows never to bend the knee, and offers dialogue as the lone U.S. representative walks out of the otherwise empty U.S. section.

September 24, 2026

We Will Never Bend the Knee.

Iran’s president rejects sanctions, pressure and bullying, offers diplomacy — and the lone U.S. representative walks out.

Editorial cartoon in the White House. Trump teaches The Art of the Deal: threaten annihilation, have a very good meeting through mediators, then make a deal after the election. Kushner asks how the election is related and Trump says, Because I said so.

September 24, 2026

Because I Said So.

Trump’s Iran strategy moves from annihilation threats to mediated talks to a promised deal after the election.

Editorial cartoon at a United Nations press entrance. Trump tells CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins she is banned and to get out; Collins says, From the White House, and a UN official says, Sir, this isn’t your house.

September 24, 2026

Sir, This Isn’t Your House.

Trump discovers that banning CNN from the White House does not give him control of the United Nations press entrance.

Editorial cartoon at the White House ballroom construction site. Architect James McCrery II says the code requires more emergency exits. Trump replies, I am the code, while workers wonder whether the code knows where the exits are.

September 24, 2026

I Am the Code.

The ballroom architect raises fire and life-safety requirements. Trump supplies his own building standard.

Editorial cartoon in the Oval Office. Trump glares over a shaking Washington Post front page showing a CNN poll with low approval numbers, surrounded by crushed Diet Coke cans, shouting Fake News and I’ll ban you too, Bezos.

September 24, 2026

I’ll Ban You Too, Bezos!

A brutal CNN poll reaches Trump through The Washington Post. Eight Diet Cokes later, the numbers are still fake news.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2026

September 23

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Editorial cartoon at the United Nations General Assembly. Trump holds Plan A, Make a Deal, and Plan B, Annihilation, while two diplomats ask whether that is the plan and answer, Apparently, he found it.

September 23, 2026

Apparently, He Found It.

At the United Nations, Trump reduces the Iran strategy to two choices: make a deal or annihilation.

Editorial cartoon in a White House office. An aide holds a new poll reading 75 percent no clear Iran plan while Trump says of course I have a plan and then asks, What day is it?

September 23, 2026

What Day Is It?

A new poll says Americans see no clear Iran plan. Trump insists he has one — then checks the calendar.

Editorial cartoon at a Belarus potash warehouse. Trump holds a broken sanctions lock, Lithuania points to political prisoners, repression, Russia’s war and hybrid attacks, and Trump says that was not the part we wanted open.

September 23, 2026

That Wasn’t the Part We Wanted Open.

Trump breaks the sanctions lock for Belarusian potash while Lithuania points to everything still sitting behind it.

Editorial cartoon in the White House briefing room. Trump boasts that Trump TV does not need the networks while CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox crews leave and an aide asks, When do they come back?

September 23, 2026

When Do They Come Back?

Trump launches Trump TV as the major network crews walk out — and his aide notices the empty room.

Editorial cartoon in GOP campaign headquarters. Republican operatives remove and paint over Trump campaign material as Trump enters announcing that he is coming to campaign with them and an operative asks for five minutes.

September 23, 2026

Can You Give Us Five Minutes?

Republicans race to scrub Trump from their midterm campaign materials just as he arrives to help.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2026

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Editorial cartoon at the Smithsonian. Museum staff pack history into boxes marked Burn, Shred, Bury and Dump while Trump points to an exhibit on the rise of Nazi Germany and tells Stephen Miller, This one goes to Mar-a-Lago.

September 22, 2026

This One Goes to Mar-a-Lago.

At the Smithsonian, Trump finds one historical exhibit he wants preserved — just not for the public.

Editorial cartoon in the State Department Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration. Stephen Miller replaces a Welcome to America stamp with Anywhere But Here as Trump watches beside $410 million in destination incentives.

September 22, 2026

Same Department. New Direction.

A refugee bureau gets a new mission, a new stamp and $410 million in third-country deportation incentives.

Split-screen editorial cartoon. Kevin Warsh announces an adjustment to the federal funds rate while Trump tells reporters, I never liked Warsh from the beginning, but Biden hired him, so...

September 22, 2026

I Never Liked Warsh From the Beginning.

The Fed adjusts rates. Trump prepares the familiar explanation for why his own chairman is suddenly someone else’s responsibility.

Editorial cartoon at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. A clerk looks at 7,349 pending cases as a DOJ official arrives with extradited suspects in the Haiti assassination case.

September 22, 2026

Because 7,349 Was an Awkward Number?

South Florida federal court has thousands of pending cases. DOJ arrives with one more — from Haiti.

Editorial cartoon at a U.S.-China leadership meeting. Trump sits beside empty chairs for Canada, Europe, the UK, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan while Xi sits with BRICS leaders and replies, Yes. I noticed.

September 22, 2026

Yes. I Noticed.

Trump boasts about the world’s strongest negotiating position. Xi notices the empty chairs on the American side.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2026

September 21

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Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump presenting plans for a Trump Arch military complex with drones, rooftop snipers and ammunition storage. A general asks, Do we tell him we already have military bases?

September 21, 2026

Do We Tell Him We Already Have Military Bases?

Trump pitches drones, snipers and ammunition inside his triumphal arch. The generals remember that military bases already exist.

Editorial cartoon in the Oval Office. Trump orders Harvard NIH grants cut. NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya says no, and Trump tells Russ Vought, Russ, create a board where he can’t do that.

September 21, 2026

Russ, Create a Board Where He Can’t Do That.

Trump tells NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya to cut Harvard grants. When Bhattacharya says no, Trump turns to Russ Vought.

Editorial cartoon at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Judges ask Marco Rubio why he is there if the United States does not recognize the court. Rubio, holding U.S. sanctions, answers, To shut it down.

September 21, 2026

Then Why Are You Here?

The United States says it does not recognize the International Criminal Court. Marco Rubio arrives carrying sanctions against it.

Editorial cartoon showing a White House press credential wall with several empty pegs. An aide holds CNN, MS NOW and Politico credentials and says, I’d expect pretty soon we’re going to need a smaller wall, while Trump smiles.

September 21, 2026

We’re Going to Need a Smaller Wall.

CNN, MS NOW and Politico lose White House access. An aide looks at the press-credential wall and considers the available space.

Editorial cartoon in the Situation Room. Trump asks, My question is, if and when do I blow the entire nation up? One officer says people worry about AI having the launch codes, and another asks, He just said that out loud?

September 21, 2026

He Just Said That Out Loud?

Trump asks when to “blow the entire nation up.” Two officers in the Situation Room compare that remark with fears about AI and launch codes.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2026

September 20

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Editorial cartoon in the Oval Office. Trump says he is creating an AI Force for only high-I.Q. people. A robot asks whether Trump will be in charge, then says the requirement apparently does not apply to management.

September 20, 2026

So the Requirement Doesn’t Apply to Management.

Trump creates an AI Force for high-I.Q. people. The robot notices an apparent exception at the top.

Editorial cartoon at a Smithsonian secretary interview. A regent says Dr. Williams has 30 years of experience in American history. Trump asks, Okay, but can he forget any of it?

September 20, 2026

Okay, But Can He Forget Any of It?

The Smithsonian searches for its next leader. Trump discovers that decades of historical expertise may be a drawback.

Editorial cartoon inside the presidential limousine outside the Kennedy Center. Trump says he can save it easily but asks why he should if he gets no recognition. One Secret Service agent asks another, Remind me what his job is again?

September 20, 2026

Remind Me What His Job Is Again?

Trump says he can save the Kennedy Center but asks why he should if he gets no recognition. Two agents compare notes.

Editorial cartoon in the White House briefing room. A reporter asks whether enough details can be released for experts to verify drug-pricing savings. Kush Desai asks, Are you an idiot or a partisan hack? A reporter replies, I’ll put you down as no.

September 20, 2026

I’ll Put You Down as ‘No.’

A reporter asks for enough detail to verify the GENEROUS drug-pricing savings. The White House spokesman answers a different question.

Editorial cartoon in an Oval Office meeting. Trump says mail-in voting means mail-in cheating. An aide notes that Trump voted by mail. Trump says there are exceptions for people he trusts and answers, Me.

September 20, 2026

Me.

Trump condemns mail-in voting while his own Florida vote-by-mail ballot sits on the table. There is, naturally, an exception.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2026

September 19

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Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump at the Resolute Desk surrounded by stacks of folders labeled with different bans. Reporters ask about the ban on three news outlets. Trump eventually replies, Oh, the ban on the free press, right?

September 19, 2026

The Ban on the Free Press, Right?

Asked what his ban on three news outlets would mean in practice, Trump has trouble identifying which ban reporters are asking about.

Editorial cartoon at a White House press briefing. Donald Trump says, They really want to make a deal. Exhausted reporters finish his familiar line about seeing what happens and only accepting a really good deal. Caption: Same Deal, Different Day.

September 19, 2026

Same Deal, Different Day.

Trump reaches for the familiar promise of a deal while an exhausted press corps already knows the rest of the script.

Editorial cartoon seen over Donald Trump’s shoulder as he admires a rendering of his proposed monumental arch topped by an eternal flame. Susie Wiles asks why he has been crying, and Trump says the FAA made the arch even better.

September 19, 2026

The FAA Made It Even Better.

The FAA wants an eternal flame to help pilots see Trump’s proposed arch. Trump sees something else entirely.

September 19, 2026

Infinite Life — No End!

Trump celebrates a permanent Greenland security agreement as ownership. Denmark reminds him what the agreement actually is.

Editorial cartoon in a pediatric clinic. Donald Trump divides an MMR vaccine into five syringes marked 20 percent while RFK Jr. approves. A doctor says, Mr. President, that’s not how vaccines work. Trump replies, Shhh. I’m doing science.

September 19, 2026

Shhh. I’m Doing Science.

Trump turns vaccine dosing into arithmetic while RFK Jr. approves and an actual doctor objects.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2026

September 18

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Editorial cartoon at Toronto Pearson airport. A Canadian traveler holding house keys shakes Mark Carney’s hand and asks, So… what do we do with the keys? Carney replies, Mail them to Trump. A departure board shows Paris, Rome, Madrid and Athens boarding.

September 18, 2026

Mail Them to Trump.

Canadians imagine living and working in Europe. Carney has one suggestion for what to do with the house keys.

Editorial cartoon showing Vladimir Putin watching with binoculars from Russia as U.S. troops and equipment leave Europe. Putin says, Take your time. Pete Hegseth replies, Yeah, thanks. But we’ve got a six-week time crunch. His Pentagon review clipboard says Nov. 6 due.

September 18, 2026

We’ve Got a Six-Week Time Crunch.

As the Pentagon weighs a major reduction of U.S. forces in Europe, Putin politely suggests there is no need to hurry.

Editorial cartoon showing HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. between two doors. At an HHS measles outbreak clinic he says, People should get the measles vaccine. Toward a Children’s Health Defense gathering he says, Don’t worry. You’ve got a friend in the White House. An aide holds a proposal to split the MMR vaccine into three separate shots.

September 18, 2026

You’ve Got a Friend in the White House.

RFK Jr. stands between a measles outbreak and his old vaccine-skeptical allies, with a different message through each door.

Editorial cartoon in a USPS technology room. Postmaster General David Steiner says, Everybody stop! The Supreme Court killed it. An exhausted programmer beside the malfunctioning Mail Ballot Verification Portal replies, Good. We were running out of ways for it to fail.

September 18, 2026

We Were Running Out of Ways for It to Fail.

The Supreme Court halts the administration’s mail-ballot verification effort just as USPS technicians wrestle with the unfinished portal.

Editorial cartoon showing Representative María Elvira Salazar beside Donald Trump at a machine labeled Mass Deportations. Salazar says, Mr. President, your advisers have gone too far. Trump, with his hand on the control lever, replies, My advisers?

September 18, 2026

My Advisers?

María Elvira Salazar tells Trump his advisers have pushed immigration enforcement too far. His hand is still on the lever.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2026

September 17

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Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump watching through binoculars as Mark Carney and Ursula von der Leyen walk toward an EU Associate Membership entrance. An aide asks, What’s the hostile act? Trump replies, Leaving me for Europe. The aide holds a folder listing tariff options.

September 17, 2026

Leaving Me for Europe.

Trump calls Canada’s closer relationship with Europe a hostile act. The binoculars make the jealousy hard to miss.

Editorial cartoon in a Federal Reserve Economics 101 classroom. Donald Trump writes Trade Deficit equals Loss, No Trade Deficit equals plus 1.5 trillion dollars, We Have the Best Credit, therefore Interest Rates equal 1 percent. Kevin Warsh asks Scott Bessent, Do you want to explain it to him? Bessent replies, I did. Three times. Yesterday.

September 17, 2026

I Did. Three Times. Yesterday.

Trump turns trade deficits, credit and interest rates into one chalkboard equation. Warsh asks whether anyone wants to explain it again.

Editorial cartoon in the Oval Office. Donald Trump holds the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, authorizing tariffs up to 100 percent on countries buying Russian energy, and says, Get this ready. I want the 100% tariff option. Marco Rubio slumps at the Resolute Desk and says, We spent a year getting them down to 18%. An aide holds a folder labeled India U.S. Relations Trade Talks 18% Tariffs.

September 17, 2026

We Spent a Year Getting Them Down to 18%...

A new 100% tariff option lands on the Resolute Desk after a year spent negotiating India’s rate down to 18%. Rubio takes it personally.

Split-panel editorial cartoon. At the Kennedy Center, a contractor asks on the phone, So are we renovating it or tearing it down? Workers on scaffolding hold large letters. In the Oval Office, Donald Trump answers, It depends. Are they putting my name on it — or taking it off?

September 17, 2026

Are They Putting My Name on It — or Taking It Off?

The Kennedy Center renovation has one apparently crucial construction question: what happens to Trump’s name?

Editorial cartoon showing two U.S. Space Force soldiers in a lunar trench looking toward a huge Earth above the Moon’s horizon. One says, My recruiter said I’d see the world. The other replies, Technically. A Space Force flag, rover and cislunar operations equipment surround them.

September 17, 2026

Technically...

The military prepares for conflict extending toward the Moon. Space Force recruits finally get to see the world from a whole new angle.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2026

September 16

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Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump at a 2026 Midterm Election whack-a-mole game. Chief Justice John Roberts grabs Trump’s Election Control mallet and says, We said no! Trump looks at moles labeled Mail Ballots, Voter Data, SAVE Database, DHS Investigation and 2024 Records and asks, Fine. Which one can I hit?

September 16, 2026

Fine. Which One Can I Hit?

The Supreme Court blocks one election maneuver. Trump immediately looks around for another target.

Editorial cartoon in the Oval Office. An aide holds a House War Powers Resolution marked End Iran War, 220-204, and says, The House passed it again. Donald Trump points to an overflowing trash can labeled Iran War, with June and July End Iran War papers sticking out, and replies, Third one goes on top.

September 16, 2026

Third One Goes on Top.

The House votes again to end the Iran war. Trump points toward an already overflowing receptacle for congressional objections.

Editorial cartoon in a newsroom. An editor holds a story headlined Gaza War Continues, U.S. approves $2.8 billion in bombs for Israel, and asks, Do we still have room for this? Another editor replies, Page 2, maybe. A front page is filled with Iran War, Trump, Midterms and Hormuz headlines while U.S. arms are shown being delivered for Israel.

September 16, 2026

Page 2, Maybe.

While Iran, Trump, the midterms and Hormuz dominate the news cycle, Gaza struggles to stay on the front page.

Editorial cartoon in a classified Space Force facility. Scully says, So we know it’s a weapon. We know it’s ours. And we don’t know what it does. Mulder replies, Now you understand why I’m here. A screen identifies Object 2026-01, owner United States, with capability, mission and deployment date classified, and a poster reads The Truth Is Up There.

September 16, 2026

Now You Understand Why I’m Here.

The United States says it has a weapon in orbit but won’t say what it does. Mulder finally has a briefing he can work with.

Editorial cartoon outside the U.S. House. Thomas Massie holds Hegseth Articles of Impeachment and shouts, Wait! What about the Hegseth vote? Speaker Mike Johnson walks toward a campaign bus with departing lawmakers and replies, Sorry. We have an election to save.

September 16, 2026

We Have an Election to Save.

The House heads out early for campaign season while Thomas Massie is left holding his Hegseth impeachment resolution.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2026

September 15

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Editorial cartoon in the U.S. Senate. Mitch McConnell gives a speech about stability, experience and steady leadership while one senator whispers, But he looks dead, right? Another replies, Yep. And somehow still voting.

September 15, 2026

But He Looks Dead, Right?

Mitch McConnell returns to the Senate promising stability and experience. His colleagues notice something else first.

Editorial cartoon in an AI command center. Donald Trump appears on a screen saying AI safety fears are a hoax and that the only guardrail AI needs is a strong and smart president. One robot points at an Emergency Kill Switch labeled President and asks, Should we? Another replies, Are you kidding? He’s our best asset.

September 15, 2026

He’s Our Best Asset.

Trump calls AI safety fears a hoax. The machines quickly recognize the value of having a president who wants fewer safeguards.

Editorial cartoon at Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Trump's wedding. They open an enormous Russian-themed gift listing a private island, fireworks, wedding celebration and hundreds of thousands of dollars while Umar Kremlev and Vladimir Putin stand behind them. Bettina asks what they send as a thank-you and Don Jr. replies, I’m sure they’ll let us know.

September 15, 2026

I’m Sure They’ll Let Us Know.

A lavish Russian-funded wedding gift leaves Don Jr. wondering what kind of thank-you might eventually be expected.

Editorial cartoon outside the Supreme Court. Donald Trump runs after a train labeled 2026 Midterm Election carrying New Mail Ballot Rules and shouts, Stop the train! I changed the rules! Chief Justice John Roberts replies, It’s too late to knock this train off the tracks! Justices Alito and Thomas chase the departing train.

September 15, 2026

Too Late to Knock This Train Off the Tracks.

Trump arrives with new mail-ballot rules after the 2026 midterm election train has already left the station.

Editorial cartoon at a heavily polluting American power plant. A worker asks Donald Trump, How much are we allowed to emit now? Trump answers, Yes. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin smiles beside a discarded sign reading CO2 Emissions Limits.

September 15, 2026

Yes.

The EPA scraps power-plant climate limits. Asked how much plants may emit now, Trump offers the shortest possible answer.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2026

September 13

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Editorial cartoon at Trump International Golf Links in Doonbeg, Ireland. Donald Trump uses a giant marker on a map of Ireland and says, Just knock down this wall and make it one property. I’ve done condos. Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin replies, It’s a little more complicated than that.

September 13, 2026

I’ve Done Condos.

Trump treats the question of Irish reunification like another property deal: erase the border, combine the property, problem solved.

Editorial cartoon outside the White House. Donald Trump holds a folder labeled 51st State Threats and shouts, Where the hell are you going? A Canada Moving Company truck heads toward Europe. Mark Carney replies, You said you wanted a 51st state, we prefer a lower number.

September 13, 2026

We Prefer a Lower Number.

Canada heads toward a closer relationship with Europe while Trump watches his 51st-state rhetoric drive the moving truck away.

Editorial cartoon in the U.S. Senate. Senators Amy Klobuchar and John Thune stand beside a tiny baby gate labeled Safety First in front of a giant AI machine marked Catastrophic Risk, Nuclear, Bioweapons, Autonomous Hacking and Self-Improving Systems. Klobuchar asks, Is that enough? Thune replies, Any taller might hurt innovation.

September 13, 2026

Any Taller Might Hurt Innovation.

The Senate debates catastrophic AI risks while the proposed guardrail looks suspiciously like a baby gate in front of a machine that could step right over it.

Editorial cartoon on a Canadian doorstep. Donald Trump carries a suitcase labeled American Products and a folder labeled 51st State Threats. Trump says, Wait! I haven’t finished insulting you! A Canadian homeowner closes the door and replies, That’s why I’m closing the door.

September 13, 2026

That’s Why I’m Closing the Door.

Trump tries to sell American products to Canada while carrying his 51st-state threats. The customer has heard enough.

Editorial cartoon at the 9/11 Memorial. Zohran Mamdani shakes hands with Rudy Giuliani. A translucent second Giuliani whispers from behind, His presence offends me! Present-day Giuliani tells him, Can you keep it down? We’re trying to be decent.

September 13, 2026

We’re Trying to Be Decent.

Giuliani shakes Zohran Mamdani’s hand at the 9/11 memorial while the ghost of his own earlier outrage whispers over his shoulder.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2026

September 11

Editorial cartoon inside a large arena. Donald Trump says, There are thousands of people outside trying to get in, while rows of upper-deck seats are visibly empty. An event staffer asks a fire marshal, Can we legally let them in? The fire marshal replies, I think we can risk it.

September 11, 2026

I Think We Can Risk It.

Trump says thousands are outside trying to get into the Republican convention while the arena’s upper deck sits largely empty. The fire marshal thinks letting them in is probably safe.

Editorial cartoon in the Jimmy Kimmel Live studio. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr shouts, You can’t put that interview on television! Jimmy Kimmel points to a laptop showing YouTube and replies, We didn’t. Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico sits beside him while Carr grabs his head and protests, No, that’s not fair!

September 11, 2026

No, That’s Not Fair!

FCC pressure keeps James Talarico’s interview off ABC television, so Jimmy Kimmel points to the same interview on YouTube and Brendan Carr discovers the workaround.

Editorial cartoon in an Iranian military command room staged like an American election-night watch party. Iranian officers watch U.S. midterm results while eating wings, chips and drinking Coca-Cola. One officer asks, Can I press it now? while pointing to a large red END WAR button. Another officer wears a Wisconsin cheesehead and says, Wait—they still haven’t called Wisconsin!

September 11, 2026

They Still Haven’t Called Wisconsin!

Trump’s claim that Iran will end the war after the midterms becomes an Iranian election-night watch party waiting on Wisconsin before anyone presses END WAR.

Editorial cartoon outside an ICE operation. A civilian legally records agents with a phone. An ICE agent points a camera at him and says, Smile. The observer asks, For what? and the agent replies, The database. Another agent photographs his car and says, Get his license plate too. We don’t want an incomplete family album. A large screen is labeled DHS Observer Scrapbook.

September 11, 2026

The Database.

A lawsuit says DHS and ICE agents photographed, identified and tracked people observing enforcement activity. The observers discover the government is keeping its own scrapbook.

Editorial cartoon in an interrogation room. A Reflecting Pool contractor says, We did it. Trump asks, Who? The contractor answers, Us. Trump leans forward and asks, Right. But who were the vandals? A repair report on the table lists flawed repair work, insufficient primer, chemically incompatible layers and contractor errors.

September 11, 2026

Who Were the Vandals?

The contractor says flawed repair work damaged the Reflecting Pool. Trump hears the confession and keeps looking for the vandals.

Editorial cartoon inside a courthouse elevator. An ICE officer holds a stack labeled Mandatory ICE Detention Court Rulings and says, Eight appeals courts have said no. Donald Trump presses the Supreme Court up button and replies, That’s why there’s an up button. The Appeals Court and District Court buttons are marked Denied.

September 10, 2026

That’s Why There’s an Up Button.

After eight appeals courts reject the administration’s mandatory ICE detention position, Trump looks one floor higher.

Editorial cartoon at a U.S. government counter. A taxpayer reads a Trump Dividend $5,000 form requiring that the recipient be a U.S. adult and that Republicans win the House and Senate. The taxpayer asks, This is a dividend? Trump replies, It sounds better than the other words.

September 10, 2026

This Is a Dividend?

Trump offers a $5,000 “dividend” with one rather important condition: Republicans have to keep both chambers of Congress.

September 10, 2026

Where’s the Portal?

The administration wants new mail-ballot requirements enforced while the federal voter portal needed to comply is still under development.

Editorial cartoon backstage at Trumpapalooza, the Republican Midterm Convention. A stage crew member asks Senator John Fetterman, You know you’re at the Republican convention, right? Fetterman, wearing a black hoodie and shorts, replies, That’s what makes me a common-sense Democrat.

September 10, 2026

A Common-Sense Democrat.

John Fetterman appears at Trumpapalooza and explains the increasingly elastic boundaries of being a “common-sense Democrat.”

Editorial cartoon in a fictional Weather News Network studio. A producer asks, Can’t we call it something besides record heat? The meteorologist stands before a world map labeled Forecast: Record Heat and Outlook: More Record Heat and replies, Eventually we’ll just call it weather.

September 10, 2026

Eventually We’ll Just Call It Weather.

Another record-heat report raises an uncomfortable question about what happens when extraordinary temperatures become ordinary.

Editorial cartoon in a Pentagon war room showing Donald Trump clapping gleefully over a map of the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz with ten burning U.S. ships and five burning Iranian ships. Pete Hegseth sits beside him. Trump says, This is fun! I always liked playing Battleship when I was a child. A general replies, Sir, you do realize that for every five ships we sink, they attack ten?

September 9, 2026

Battleship.

Trump treats the naval exchange around the Strait of Hormuz like a childhood board game while the generals confront the arithmetic of escalation.

Editorial cartoon at the 9/11 Memorial showing a heroes board with Welles Crowther ranked first for saving an estimated 18 people before dying in the South Tower, followed by firefighters, police and EMTs, recovery workers, and Donald Trump. Trump points at Crowther and whispers to an aide, How did he get above me?

September 9, 2026

How Did He Get Above Me?

At a 9/11 memorial, Trump discovers that actual heroism has an inconvenient way of outranking self-promotion.

Editorial cartoon inside a county elections office showing sealed ballot boxes labeled Chain of Custody — Do Not Break as DOJ and FBI agents enter with a search warrant. A woman holding a 2026 election training manual asks, This is in the training manual, right? An older balding election worker replies, I sure as hell hope so.

September 9, 2026

This Is in the Training Manual, Right?

Election officials are now training for a scenario once considered nearly unthinkable: federal agents arriving with a warrant for ballots.

Editorial cartoon at an IRS counter. A taxpayer hands over a 1040 beneath signs promising taxpayer confidentiality. He asks, This stays between us, right? The IRS employee answers, Absolutely, while secretly passing a file labeled Taxpayer Addresses — 47,289 Shared So Far to an ICE agent. A sign notes up to 1.28 million addresses requested.

September 9, 2026

This Stays Between Us, Right?

The IRS promises confidentiality at the counter while taxpayer addresses quietly move out the side door to ICE.

Editorial cartoon showing Brandon Herrera at a TX-23 campaign podium beside a board titled Just Jokes listing comments about women, homeless people, a Nazi-era gun comment, fat women and a crude four-doors remark. Herrera says, Relax. They were jokes. A worried campaign aide holding a General Election checklist replies, Okay. Now tell one they’ll laugh at.

September 9, 2026

Now Tell One They’ll Laugh At.

Texas congressional candidate Brandon Herrera says his past insults were jokes. His campaign still has to face the general electorate.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2026

September 8

Editorial cartoon set in Lower Manhattan on September 20, 2001, showing office workers, a mother and child, and cleanup crews returning near Ground Zero beneath a large sign reading The Air Is Safe. New York Is Open. Go Back to Work. A child asks, They’re sure? A cleanup worker answers, They said they were. In the lingering haze are the words asbestos, toxic dust, carcinogens, cancer, respiratory disease, and lifelong illness.

September 8, 2026

The Air Is Safe.

New Yorkers returned to work and daily life while officials reassured them about the air around Ground Zero. The danger was still there.

Editorial cartoon on a Canadian golf course showing Donald Trump in a golf cart beside an aide and a pile of tariffed goods including milk, perfume, golf clubs, fishing rods, jackets, T-shirts, and a video game console. The aide says Canada just put 50 percent tariffs on the listed goods. Trump replies, They’re making this personal.

September 8, 2026

They’re Making This Personal.

Canada answers U.S. tariffs with 50% duties on milk, perfume, golf clubs and more. Trump discovers trade wars can reach the golf bag.

Editorial cartoon at a U.S. Treasury press conference showing a board titled Operation Economic Outcast, Maximum Pressure on Iran, with banks, 27 airlines, oil, and shipping marked sanctioned and trade partners marked threatened. A reporter asks, Is it working? Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent smiles and answers, We have anecdotal evidence. Outside, a gas-price sign shows regular gasoline at $4.01 and climbing.

September 8, 2026

We Have Anecdotal Evidence.

Treasury piles sanctions onto Iran and says the pressure campaign is working. The evidence is anecdotal; the rising gas prices are easier to see.

Editorial cartoon inside the Department of Homeland Security showing Corey Lewandowski behind a counter labeled Corey’s Government Services while representatives from Qatar and the UAE ask, Aren’t these government services? Lewandowski replies, That’s why they’re so valuable. A services board lists visas, contracts, access, regulatory clarity, and influence. Kristi Noem holds a sign saying Lewandowski had no role in approving contracts.

September 8, 2026

Corey’s Government Services.

Allegations that Corey Lewandowski mixed government influence with private opportunity turn DHS into a very unusual service counter.

Editorial cartoon outside the Smithsonian showing Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III carrying a retirement box as a reporter asks whether President Trump had anything to do with his retirement. Bunch replies, Absolutely not. Trump stands nearby wiping a hammer labeled Patriotic History and surrounded by props labeled funding threats, exhibit reviews, executive order, content corrections, and remove improper ideology. Trump says, That’s what he said.

September 8, 2026

That’s What He Said.

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch says Trump’s pressure had nothing to do with his retirement. Trump stands nearby with the pressure tools.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2026

September 7

Editorial cartoon in the Dead Presidents Club tavern showing George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin and other former presidents reacting to Trump’s presidential ranking chart, which places Donald Trump alone as The Greatest above Washington and Lincoln. Washington says, He ranked himself above all of us. Lincoln says, I’m shocked. Franklin replies, That’s adorable, Abe.

September 7, 2026

That’s Adorable, Abe.

Trump ranks himself above Washington, Lincoln and the rest. Benjamin Franklin finds Lincoln’s surprise almost charming.

Editorial cartoon outside the U.S. Supreme Court at night showing Donald Trump delivering a box labeled Mail-In Voting Emergency Appeal #3 to Chief Justice John Roberts, who is wearing pajamas and slippers. Two earlier appeal boxes sit on the steps. Roberts says, Donald, this is the third time this week you’ve woken us up at 4:00am. Trump says this one is an emergency because the election keeps getting closer.

September 7, 2026

The Election Keeps Getting Closer.

Trump wakes the Supreme Court at 4:00 a.m. with a third mail-in-voting emergency appeal. Roberts is running out of sleep.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump at a world map labeled U.S. Trade Partners, crossing countries off in red while saying, And any other country that has a trade surplus with us. A horrified aide holding a Trade Economy Supply Chains Jobs folder asks, Sir, how attached are we to this whole global economy thing? A Make America Pay Again mug sits on the desk.

September 7, 2026

How Attached Are We to This Whole “Global Economy” Thing?

Trump starts crossing off trade partners with surpluses. An aide wonders how much of the global economy America planned to keep.

Editorial cartoon in a German museum comparing an exhibit titled The Rise of Authoritarianism — Germany, 1930s with a new Germany, 2026 Saxony-Anhalt election display showing AfD at 44.5 percent. A visitor says, This looks familiar. A museum guide replies, That’s because this is how it started. A staff member hangs a Democratic Elections sign.

September 7, 2026

This Is How It Started…

A museum display on 1930s authoritarianism gains a 2026 companion as the AfD surges in Saxony-Anhalt.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump in the Oval Office pointing a marker at a map of Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. New Mexico is relabeled New America with Mexico crossed out. Susie Wiles says, Sir, both Google and Apple say they can’t go along with it this time.

September 7, 2026

Google and Apple Say No.

Trump’s latest renaming project turns New Mexico into New America. This time, even Google and Apple draw a line.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2026

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September 6, 2026

Just Insert Cash.

A MAGA super PAC turns American democracy into a vending machine, with offices, influence, tax breaks and access all carrying a price tag.

September 6, 2026

Trumpapalooza.

Kid Rock headlines Trumpapalooza while two pollsters discover that Trump’s approval numbers are not quite the same thing as attendance.

Editorial cartoon in U.S. District Court showing a judge asking who created the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund. Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Justice Department is appealing that question because the judge is weaponizing discovery, while sacks for pardoned January 6 defendants, political allies, loyalists, legal bills and settlements sit behind him.

September 6, 2026

We’re Appealing That Question.

A judge orders disclosure about the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund. The Justice Department responds by appealing the question.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump with an American cattle rancher. Trump says he is lowering beef prices by importing cheaper beef. The rancher asks whether the plan to help American cattle ranchers is to buy less American cattle, and Trump replies, Exactly. You’re welcome.

September 6, 2026

Exactly. You’re Welcome.

Trump explains that the plan to help American cattle ranchers is to lower beef prices by importing cheaper beef.

Editorial cartoon showing an older German man and a younger man watching election results on television. The screen reports AfD 43.8 percent and an historic Saxony-Anhalt landslide. The older man says his father spent the rest of his life telling him, Never again. The younger man replies, Apparently never had an expiration date.

September 6, 2026

Apparently “Never” Had an Expiration Date.

Three generations of German memory confront the AfD’s historic Saxony-Anhalt election victory.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2026

September 5

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Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump speaking to reporters on an airport tarmac in front of the presidential aircraft. Trump says, Iran? It’s small potatoes. Behind him, military honor guards bring flag-draped transfer cases off the aircraft on rolling carts while grieving military families watch.

September 5, 2026

Small Potatoes.

On the tarmac, “small potatoes” meets the human cost waiting just behind the microphones.

Editorial cartoon at the White House security entrance showing Alejandro Betancourt beside a security officer reviewing files labeled U.S. Money-Laundering Investigation, Spanish Money-Laundering Investigation, Swiss Money-Laundering Investigation and Venezuela / PDVSA. The officer asks if he is there to see the president about Venezuelan oil. Betancourt says yes, while Donald Trump waves from inside and says, Let him through. He’s our business partner. An aide holds a U.S. Government NABEP Venezuela Oil Partnership sign.

September 5, 2026

He’s Our Business Partner.

A White House security check collides with a stack of money-laundering investigation files and a Venezuela oil partnership.

Editorial cartoon showing Senator John Fetterman in a hoodie and shorts during a United States Senate employee performance review. Core Senate duties such as attending committee hearings, meeting constituents, casting votes and attending Pennsylvania events receive red X marks, while going on Fox News and arguing with Democrats receive green checks. A Senate HR official asks, John, do you actually like being a senator? Fetterman replies, I like being called a senator.

September 5, 2026

I Like Being Called a Senator.

A Senate performance review asks whether the title matters more than the job.

Editorial cartoon showing two wolves standing high on a rocky cliff overlooking cattle country while armed ranchers climb the slope toward them. One wolf says, But it’s the drought and the parasites, not us! The older wolf replies, Can you say “Epstein Files”?

September 5, 2026

Can You Say “Epstein Files”?

The wolves blame drought and parasites. The hunters climbing toward them suggest the explanation may not matter.

Editorial cartoon in a United States Postal Service mailroom showing an exhausted postal worker staring at a pile of mail-in ballots with his face in his hands. Frank, a postal worker with glasses and a mustache, rests a hand on his shoulder and says, It’ll be over soon. Notices behind them read Trump Mail Ballot Order — Blocked, Supreme Court — Block Lifted, Federal Court — Blocked Again, and Appeal Pending.

September 5, 2026

It’ll Be Over Soon.

Postal workers stare down another round of changing court orders over mail-in ballots.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2026

September 4

Editorial cartoon at a White House press briefing showing JD Vance beside a board titled Words We Are No Longer Using, with war, inflation and high gas prices crossed out. A reporter asks, So six months of bombing Iran isn’t a war? Vance replies, Not if we stop calling it one. A Middle East map behind him shows explosions and high oil prices.

September 4, 2026

Not If We Stop Calling It One.

Six months of bombing Iran apparently stops being a war if the White House simply stops using the word.

Editorial cartoon at a supermarket checkout showing a shocked shopper and a cashier. The register reads Groceries $62.47, Iran War Diesel Surcharge $81.73, Total $144.20, while a nearby sign says Same Great Food, Higher Costs.

September 4, 2026

Iran War Diesel Surcharge.

The groceries are $62.47. The Iran war diesel surcharge is $81.73. Suddenly the checkout total has its own foreign policy.

Editorial cartoon in the Oval Office showing Donald Trump playing a Rio Run arcade game labeled Catch ’Em. Deport ’Em. Score! JD Vance asks whether Trump should be playing one of three nearby games labeled End the Iran War, Lower Gas Prices and Lower Grocery Prices, each marked Game Too Hard. Trump says, I like the ones I can win.

September 4, 2026

I Like the Ones I Can Win.

Ending the Iran war, lowering gas prices and lowering grocery prices are all marked Game Too Hard. Rio Run is still taking quarters.

September 4, 2026

You’re Fired.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Evans heads out the door while Trump delivers an Apprentice-era verdict on investigating an ICE officer.

Editorial cartoon overlooking Washington, D.C., with Arlington National Cemetery, the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument visible. An architect tells Donald Trump that his proposed triumphal arch cannot be taller than the Washington Monument. Trump holds an arch model and asks, How about the Lincoln?

September 4, 2026

How About the Lincoln?

The architect says the proposed arch cannot be taller than the Washington Monument. Trump immediately looks for a more accommodating benchmark.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2026

September 3

September 3, 2026

The Dead Presidents Club

Washington thinks vending-machine Trump coins are foolish. Franklin is more impressed by the people paying $61 for 25.

Editorial tribute cartoon showing Gloria Steinem arriving at heavenly gates while Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers her a blank protest sign and says, We saved you a sign. Bella Abzug, Shirley Chisholm and Betty Friedan stand nearby with Equal Rights, My Body My Choice and Still Not Done signs. Steinem replies, Good. I wasn’t finished.

September 3, 2026

Good. I Wasn’t Finished.

Gloria Steinem reaches the gates and finds Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Bella Abzug, Shirley Chisholm and Betty Friedan waiting—with one more protest sign.

Editorial cartoon showing John Bingham, principal author of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, holding an open dictionary defining stupid as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome. In the background a federal judge tells Donald Trump that his second executive order cannot erase the 14th Amendment.

September 3, 2026

It Didn’t Have This Definition Then.

John Bingham, principal author of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, offers a dictionary lesson while another birthright-citizenship executive order meets a federal judge.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump outside a chained door marked Republican Campaign Headquarters holding a giant check offering to help a Republican candidate win. Trump says, I’m here to help, while a nervous candidate reaches through the door and says, Just slide the help under the door.

September 3, 2026

Just Slide the Help Under the Door.

Trump arrives at Republican campaign headquarters offering help. The candidate would prefer the check without the campaign appearance.

Editorial cartoon showing a university president at an IRS tax-exempt status review. The checklist approves income reporting, charitable purpose and tax-law compliance but marks politics approved by White House with a red X. Revenue is crossed out on an IRS sign and replaced by Ideology. The president says, I thought this was a tax audit, and the agent replies, It used to be.

September 3, 2026

It Used to Be.

A university president expects a tax audit. The Internal Revenue Service appears to have acquired a new ideological mission.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2026

September 2

Editorial cartoon in a Pentagon war room showing Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio and senior generals around a Middle East map with explosions across Iran and Arab allies. A general warns that attacks on Arab allies are escalating; Trump says he has Venezuelan oil, and Rubio adds that it arrives in 25 years.

September 2, 2026

…In 25 Years.

As attacks on America’s Arab allies escalate, Trump waves them off because Venezuelan oil is coming. Rubio supplies the delivery date.

Editorial cartoon showing the USS Abraham Lincoln arriving in Thailand after 286 days at sea as thousands of sailors rush toward Pattaya. One sailor asks how long they have been at sea, the chief answers 286 days, and the sailor asks why they are still talking.

September 2, 2026

Then Why Are We Still Talking?

After 286 days at sea, the USS Abraham Lincoln reaches Thailand. The shore-leave briefing loses the room before it starts.

Editorial cartoon outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building showing a preservation architect warning Donald Trump that the national historic landmark’s granite has been unpainted since 1888. Trump replies that painting it is overdue while construction crews work around the building.

September 2, 2026

Exactly. It’s Overdue.

The Eisenhower Executive Office Building has survived with unpainted granite since 1888. Trump sees a long-overdue home-improvement project.

Editorial cartoon inside the Supreme Court showing nine justices at the bench, Donald Trump installing a Maximum Occupancy 9 sign, Senator Chuck Schumer bringing four chairs labeled plus four justices, and a Republican figure in the doorway with four more chairs. Chief Justice Roberts warns that the pendulum swings both ways.

September 2, 2026

The Pendulum Swings Both Ways.

Trump nails the Court at nine. Schumer arrives with four more chairs. The next four are already waiting in the doorway.

Editorial cartoon in a Pentagon medical exam room showing a muscular U.S. Army soldier, a doctor holding testosterone results marked high-normal, and Pete Hegseth watching from the doorway. The doctor says he is a doctor, not a psychiatrist.

September 2, 2026

I’m a Doctor, Not a Psychiatrist.

The soldier’s testosterone is already high-normal. Hegseth still wants more. The doctor declines to diagnose the motive.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2026

September 1

September 1, 2026

Probationary Member.

Trump gets a Gilded Age tutorial on turning war, economic collapse and billions in office into the ultimate bargain-buying spree.

Editorial cartoon showing postal workers dumping large bins of mail-in ballots into an overflowing rejected dumpster while a citizen asks what is happening and a postal supervisor replies that five barcodes did not scan.

September 1, 2026

Five Barcodes Didn’t Scan.

A zero-percent failure standard turns five bad barcode scans into a dumpster overflowing with mail-in ballots.

Editorial cartoon showing worried MapQuest executives in a boardroom with a collapsing market-share chart and a screen showing Trump ordering Lake Ontario renamed Lake America while a cautious junior employee serving coffee suggests they could piss off Trump and become number one again.

September 1, 2026

Become Number One Again?

After years of losing ground to Google and Apple, MapQuest discovers a surprisingly effective comeback strategy: annoy Trump.

Editorial cartoon showing a duck-billed Donald Trump in a top hat backstroking through a vault-like pool of cash labeled MAGA Inc. $403 million while endangered Republican candidates plead for money and he replies that then he would have less money.

September 1, 2026

But Then I’d Have Less Money.

Republicans ask Trump to open MAGA Inc.’s $403 million war chest. Scrooge MacTrump spots the obvious problem.

Editorial cartoon showing five retired men in Trump and MAGA hats at an Ontario, New York diner watching a worker remove a Welcome to Ontario, New York sign while a Welcome to America, New York replacement leans nearby; one asks whether Trump has gone a little too far this time.

September 1, 2026

A Little Too Far This Time?

Five longtime Trump supporters watch Ontario, New York prepare to become America, New York—and finally wonder where the line is.

AUGUST 30, 2026

August 30

Editorial cartoon showing a terrified Milo Yiannopoulos running toward the viewer while ICE agents chase him with a large net; Mike Pence, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Anthony Scaramucci flee a MAGA mob carrying tar and feathers as two praying mantises comment that they eat their own.

August 31, 2026

They Really Do Eat Their Own.

MAGA loyalty has a short shelf life. Milo discovers that turning on Trump can make the old faithful turn on you.

Editorial cartoon showing an Iranian leader playing Stratego with an aide while Donald Trump appears on television saying, “We’re going to hit them hard,” beside a notebook listing the Trump pattern: threaten, bluster, deadline, delay, tweet, repeat.

August 31, 2026

His Next Move Before He Does.

Trump’s threats, bluster, deadlines and delays become a Stratego strategy guide in Tehran.

Editorial cartoon showing Scott Bessent at a middle-class family kitchen table covered with past-due mortgage, credit-card, car-loan, medical and utility bills as he says, “You don’t cut spending. You grow your way out of debt.”

August 31, 2026

Grow Your Way Out of Debt.

Scott Bessent brings Washington’s debt theory to a kitchen table buried under past-due household bills.

Editorial cartoon showing National Trust board member Alison Hoagland questioning Chief Justice John Roberts outside the White House while construction continues on a white White House ballroom; Roberts says Congress is on vacation.

August 31, 2026

They’re on Vacation.

The White House ballroom may be unlawful, but the one institution that can sue to stop it has other plans.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump promising a local couple that a huge AI data center will make them rich while they hold enormous electric and water bills; signs warn of grid stress, depleted water supply, tax breaks and public costs.

August 31, 2026

Does It Know That?

Trump promises AI data-center riches while local electric and water bills tell a very different story.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump in the Oval Office reacting to a briefing that Iran is asking Gulf states to unite against the United States, while a map shows Mojtaba Khamenei calling for Gulf unity and Trump says he brought the Middle East together.

August 30, 2026

I Said I’d Bring the Middle East Together.

Iran calls for Gulf unity against the U.S. and Israel. Trump finds a way to count that as keeping a promise.

Editorial cartoon showing a wife rationing toilet paper to six squares because of Trump tariffs while her husband reluctantly enters the bathroom and says, “Not again.”

August 30, 2026

Not Again…

Trump’s tariffs reach the bathroom, where six squares of toilet paper suddenly count as a luxury allowance.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump presenting a gift of Venezuelan oil under a 25-year deal beside a U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve gauge at a 44-year low.

August 30, 2026

That’s Why I Announced It Now.

A 25-year Venezuelan oil deal meets a Strategic Petroleum Reserve sitting at a 44-year low—and the midterms are much closer.

Editorial cartoon showing Google Maps staff comparing U.S., Canadian and rest-of-world maps that label Lake Ontario differently, including Lake America in the United States.

August 30, 2026

Which Reality You’re In.

Google Maps discovers that Lake Ontario can apparently have a different name depending on which side of the border—or reality—you’re viewing it from.

Editorial cartoon showing FCC Chair Brendan Carr asking Donald Trump what Kristen Welker should be punished for after she said Trump endorsements had mixed results; Trump replies, “Counting.”

August 30, 2026

Counting.

Brendan Carr asks what Kristen Welker should be punished for. Trump has apparently been keeping score.

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Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump in football gear running out of bounds toward a Federal Court Presidential Immunity end zone while Judge Hellerstein officiates and Stormy Daniels prepares to block him.

August 29, 2026

Not of an Affair.

Trump tries to run his hush-money conviction into the federal-immunity end zone. Stormy is waiting at the boundary.

Editorial cartoon showing Trump running an America First going-out-of-business sale at the U.S.-Canada border while Canadian shoppers walk away carrying Canadian products.

August 29, 2026

You Made It a Lot Easier to Resist.

Trump puts America First on clearance. Canadian consumers keep walking north.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu digging beneath a Regime Change sign while Iran’s entrenched regime expands a fortified underground bunker.

August 29, 2026

Keep Digging! You’re Making the Bedrooms!

Trump and Netanyahu dig for regime change while Iran’s leadership turns the excavation into an expansion project.

Editorial cartoon showing a CFTC investigator escorting a headset-wearing White House teleprompter operator away with betting slips and evidence of profits from advance copies of Trump speeches.

August 29, 2026

People Still Pay Attention to What I Say?

A teleprompter operator turns advance copies of Trump speeches into a six-figure prediction-market payday.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump lowering a Darth Vader helmet onto his head in a futuristic U.S. Space Academy control room while seven national-crisis warning lights flash.

August 29, 2026

Start Looking for Another Planet.

Every warning light in America is flashing. Trump has found the obvious solution: leave Earth.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump at a White House press conference holding a Venezuela Oil Deal sign for 65 billion barrels and majority U.S. control while Kaitlan Collins asks what the people of Venezuela get out of the biggest oil deal in world history.

August 28, 2026

The Biggest Oil Deal in World History

Trump celebrates 65 billion barrels and billions for American companies. Kaitlan Collins asks what Venezuela gets.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump beside a calendar titled The Four-to-Five-Week Iran War with March through August marked six months and counting, while an aide says that is months.

August 28, 2026

Which Four or Five Weeks?

The four-to-five-week Iran war reaches six months, and Trump discovers the usefulness of not specifying which weeks.

Editorial cartoon in federal court showing an Anthropic AI robot holding a policy against mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons while Pete Hegseth argues before Judge Rita Lin.

August 28, 2026

That’s Your Evidence It’s Dangerous?

Anthropic says no to mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons. The Pentagon calls that a supply-chain risk.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump trapped in a literal Jackson Hole holding a Lower Interest Rates sign while Kevin Warsh cranks an Interest Rates machine upward.

August 28, 2026

Still Digging, Sir.

Trump wants Kevin Warsh to get him out of Jackson Hole. His tariffs appear to have other plans.

Editorial cartoon showing Judge Indira Talwani and Donald Trump playing courtroom ping-pong with a crumpled mail-in ballot, an Injunction paddle and an Executive Order paddle.

August 28, 2026

We Can Do This All Year, Mr. Trump.

Judge Indira Talwani and Trump turn the fight over mail-in voting into a federal-court ping-pong match.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump outside the White House kicking a can labeled “Social Security Insolvent 2032” down the road while telling JD Vance, “Don’t worry, JD. You won’t have to deal with it. Marco, maybe. But not you.”

August 27, 2026

Kicking the Can to 2032

Social Security’s 2032 cliff gets kicked down the road—and JD learns Marco may be next in line.

Editorial cartoon outside a Texas county jail showing Christian Castro leaving while protesters demand extradition; an aide asks Governor Greg Abbott whether Texas is now a “sanctuary” state, and Abbott replies, “Only if they’re immigrants.”

August 27, 2026

Only If They’re Immigrants.

Texas discovers a very selective definition of what makes a sanctuary state.

Editorial cartoon from inside Jelly Roll’s tour bus showing Rep. Jimmy Patronis stopping the bus beneath a “Welcome to Florida — The Freedom State” sign and an entry-requirements board ending with “No jokes about Trump,” while Jelly Roll says, “Well, that’s a new one.”

August 27, 2026

Well, That’s a New One.

Florida’s “Freedom State” apparently has one more entry requirement: no jokes about Trump.

Editorial cartoon at a U.S. power-grid construction site with equipment marked “Made in China,” Donald Trump shouting “Emergency! Emergency! National emergency!” at puzzled workers, and two wolves discussing the story of the boy who cried wolf.

August 27, 2026

Oh, He’s Heard It.

Another national emergency is declared. Even the wolves have started to notice a pattern.

Editorial cartoon in an ornate Russian hall showing CIA Director John Ratcliffe warning that NATO is off-limits while Vladimir Putin laughs and Gen. Valery Gerasimov points toward Ratcliffe and mocks America’s army and missile supplies.

August 27, 2026

Who’s Missiles?

Washington delivers Moscow a NATO warning. Moscow remembers the missile inventory.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump boarding shut a doorway labeled “Legal Immigration” while visa applicants wait and an aide says, “Sir, they’re doing it legally,” and Trump replies, “I know. That’s the problem.”

August 26, 2026

I Know. That’s the Problem.

Legal immigration runs into a policy problem nobody bothered to hide.

Editorial cartoon showing Mark Zuckerberg at Meta headquarters being scolded by state attorneys general beside a giant Meta Parental Controls screen and a $17 billion settlement check.

August 26, 2026

We’re Not Everybody Else’s Parents, Mark.

A $17 billion settlement turns Meta’s parental-controls problem into an actual parenting problem.

Editorial cartoon showing Todd Blanche warning Donald Trump that a judge may block the Kennedy Center renovation while Trump grips a demolition plunger wired to TNT around the building and replies, “Then we’ll start with the demolition.”

August 26, 2026

Then We’ll Start With the Demolition.

If the renovation gets blocked, the administration has apparently found a more dramatic first step.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump smiling on the phone after hearing Judge Talwani lifted the block on his mail-voting order while Todd Blanche reads an open Washington Post and says, “Told you we could pull it off.”

August 26, 2026

Told You We Could Pull It Off.

The block on Trump’s mail-voting order is lifted, and Todd Blanche sounds remarkably unsurprised.

Editorial cartoon showing Judge David Hittner ruling against Texas’s performance law as a drag performer, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley and Miley Cyrus stand nearby and the judge says, “The solution is relatively simple, just don’t go.”

August 26, 2026

Just Don’t Go.

A federal judge offers Texas a remarkably simple solution to performances it doesn’t like.

Tribute cartoon showing a younger Dolly Parton walking toward Carl at sunset as she says, “I had a few things left to do,” and he replies, “Took you long enough.”

August 25, 2026

Took You Long Enough.

Dolly finishes a few things on Earth before heading home to Carl.

Editorial cartoon showing Agent Anderson questioning an ICE officer about paying Rwanda to take a Cuban deportee before asking whether it would be cheaper to buy him a first-class ticket to Havana.

August 25, 2026

Wouldn’t It Be Cheaper?

Third-country deportations meet the one question taxpayers were eventually going to ask.

August 25, 2026

Lake America

The list of things America doesn’t own apparently needed one more line.

Editorial cartoon showing four USCIS fraud investigators holding navy shirts labeled “Noncitizen Voter Integrity Task Force” as one says they will return to immigration fraud work after the midterms.

August 25, 2026

Read Between the Lines.

A temporary election assignment leaves the fraud investigators wondering what happens after the midterms.

August 25, 2026

How Many Permanent Jobs?

A $2.3 billion AI data center arrives with a very large investment number and a much smaller permanent-job number.

Editorial cartoon showing a confused USPS worker holding mail-in ballots and a 2026 Mail Ballot Acceptance & Compliance Manual as he asks Frank, “Wait, what? Frank, do you know what we’re supposed to be doing?”

August 24, 2026

Wait, What?

The Supreme Court acted. The mail-ballot rules are still complicated. Frank still wants an answer.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump on the Oval Office floor pounding his fists beside a Washington Post approval poll and shouting, “It’s not fair! I’m allowed to lie. They’re not!” while Marco Rubio and Natalie Harp watch.

August 24, 2026

It’s Not Fair! I’m Allowed to Lie.

A bad approval poll triggers an Oval Office tantrum. Rubio has apparently seen this before.

Editorial cartoon showing a Russian couple in a Moscow apartment with an Ozon delivery bag and a laptop displaying “Order Cancelled” while Putin appears on television and the wife says, “Darling, ‘I’m starting to think Putin is lying to us,’ you said.”

August 24, 2026

Starting to Think Putin Is Lying to Us

When everyday deliveries stop arriving, even loyal Kremlin believers begin to notice a pattern.

Editorial cartoon showing a Global Talent Recruitment Fair where Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany welcome skilled workers while a U.S. booth advertises a $103,265 H-1B entrance fee and two tech applicants realize the company must pay it.

August 24, 2026

They Want the Company to Pay Them

America says it wants the world’s best talent. Then it puts a six-figure cover charge at the door.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump holding a 50% tariffs sign while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent touches a 9-volt battery to his tongue and Trump asks, “Do we make those here?” as Doug Ford and Mark Carney stand outside beside a “Power to U.S.” switch.

August 24, 2026

Do We Make Those Here?

A tariff plan runs into one small supply-chain question: who controls the switch?

Editorial cartoon showing two scientists on a shoreline with a giant wave behind them while a Global Climate Summit continues nearby; one says it may be the warmest in 125,000 years and the other says, “I think the time for talk is over.”

August 24, 2026

The Time for Talk Is Over

The climate summit has a full agenda. The ocean appears to have brought one of its own.

Editorial cartoon showing Hakeem Jeffries in a tan suit shaking hands with Jared Kushner during a private meeting, with opposing Democratic and MAGA crowds outside the windows and 2027 Democratic House Agenda 2028 and Project 2025 folders on the table.

August 23, 2026

Great to Finally Meet You Outside an Investigation.

A private meeting puts accountability rhetoric and governing agendas at the same table.

Editorial cartoon showing Natalie Harp holding a red MAGA phone and saying she typed more than 150 pro-Trump tweets that day and it got her where she is today, while another woman reacts in shock.

August 23, 2026

It Got Me to Where I Am Today.

Natalie Harp recalls the January 6 tweeting marathon that helped launch her White House career.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump throwing a strongly curved boomerang labeled Economic War toward Iran while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says “Uh, sir…” and the return path threatens American energy, oil, shipping and banking.

August 23, 2026

Economic War Boomerang

Trump aims economic war at Iran. Scott Bessent notices where the boomerang is headed next.

Editorial cartoon showing Representatives Robert Garcia and Jamie Raskin looking toward one another amid stacks of Trump investigation files and a hearing room under construction while an aide asks, “Shouldn’t we win the House first?”

August 23, 2026

Shouldn’t We Win the House First?

The investigation files are ready. One aide has a small question about the 2026 midterms.

Editorial cartoon showing representatives of seven Western states drinking through straws from the last glass of Colorado River water at a depleted Lake Mead, each saying “Conserve water! Absolutely, you first!”

August 23, 2026

Absolutely, You First!

Seven Western states agree on conserving Colorado River water—as long as somebody else starts.

Original August 22 editorial cartoon showing a confused postal worker holding a Mail Ballot Acceptance & Compliance Manual with a yellow notice reading implementation pending Supreme Court ruling.

August 22, 2026

Wait, What?

Postal workers try to decode the new mail-ballot rules while implementation awaits a Supreme Court ruling.

Editorial cartoon in a supermarket meat department showing an American rancher twisting a Make America Great Again hat while Donald Trump gestures toward cheaper imported beef and says, “America first. Unless America costs too much.”

August 22, 2026

America First. Unless America Costs Too Much.

Tariffs meet the meat aisle, and the slogan gets a price check.

Editorial cartoon showing Gavin Newsom in a campaign strategy room beside a Road to 2028 board with multiple checks for Attack Trump and one occasional check for Praise Trump, holding a Trump Accounts brochure and paraphrasing James Carville.

August 22, 2026

It’s the Independents, Stupid.

The road to 2028 apparently includes the occasional compliment for Trump.

August 22, 2026

Finally. An Employee Who Gets Me.

At the White House, independent judgment can be a career-limiting trait.

Editorial cartoon showing a husband reaching toward Canadian maple syrup while his wife says, “Don’t even think about it,” beside a newspaper reporting that Trump hits Canada again with 50% tariffs and Canada vows retaliation.

August 22, 2026

Not Again…

Canada gets hit with another tariff. Breakfast takes it personally.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump at the White House ballroom construction site whispering to a shocked contractor that they should increase the budget by $1.5 billion and add an indoor golf course before the temporary Supreme Court ruling changes.

August 21, 2026

I Swear I’m Good for It

The ballroom gets a temporary reprieve, and Trump finds room for one more modest addition.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump and Democratic and Republican political leaders at an extravagant banquet as a waiter labeled Bond Market presents a $40 trillion U.S. national debt bill. Trump says, Put it on our tab. The waiter replies, That IS your tab. A board behind them shows the 30-year Treasury yield at 5.3%.

August 21, 2026

Washington’s Credit Card

When the bond market brings the bill, Washington keeps ordering.

Editorial cartoon showing a woman reviewing a 2027 Obamacare plan with a health insurance specialist. The plan lists a $550 monthly premium and $3,800 deductible. She asks, So what does it cover? The specialist replies, Mostly the cost of having health insurance.

August 21, 2026

Mostly the Cost of Having Health Insurance

Premiums up. Deductibles up. Coverage down. But at least you still get an insurance card.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump behind a MAGA Inc. counter guarding $400 million in campaign funds while Republican candidates ask for money. Trump asks what they plan to spend it on. When told Getting Republicans elected, he replies, Yeah, that’s gonna be a problem. A sign notes MAGA Inc. has spent $2.3 million, or 0.6% of its resources, helping Republicans win elections so far.

August 21, 2026

Mad Mad MAGA Money

Republicans have plenty of money. There’s just one small problem with getting Trump to spend it on Republicans.

Editorial cartoon set in the Stars and Stripes newsroom. Military police escort fired staff carrying boxes out a door marked OUT while Pentagon officials tell remaining journalists, Relax. Your editorial independence is completely safe, and, Independently approved by us. An approval stamp and discarded pages marked WOKE sit nearby.

August 21, 2026

Independently Approved by Us

The Pentagon reassures Stars and Stripes that its editorial independence remains completely safe—subject to approval.

Former Rep. Eric Swalwell stands under a spotlight while seated Democratic donkey jurors stare at him and one says, This is not what our party stands for; three women stand behind the jury and a folder reads Sexual Assault Allegations and FBI Investigation.

August 20, 2026

This is not what our party stands for

Democrats take their seats when Eric Swalwell enters the spotlight.

A Russian couple sits in a battered car in a huge Moscow petrol queue beneath No Petrol and Rationing signs while a refinery burns; the driver says, Darling, I’m starting to think Putin is lying to us.

August 20, 2026

Putin is lying to us

Russia’s petrol lines finally make the propaganda personal.

At an ICE Iranian Government Priority Deportation Desk, an Iranian official hands over a deportation wish list while an ICE officer passes a confidential Iranian asylum seekers folder and whispers, And remember—you didn’t get these from me.

August 20, 2026

You didn’t get these from me

ICE and Iran discover a remarkably quiet channel of cooperation.

August 20, 2026

NATO loyalty exam

Article 5 now comes with a satisfactory performance review.

A young man in a college room looks from a laptop showing a published Median Strategies poll with Karen Bass at 50 percent and Nithya Raman at 38 percent to a television reporting the same numbers, and says, Oh my God, they fell for it.

August 20, 2026

They fell for it

A fake polling company discovers how quickly invented numbers become real news.

Donald Trump tells a worker pouring molten gold into a giant DONALD J. TRUMP name mold to be careful because they are making two and the Kennedy Center is closed for two years.

August 19, 2026

Careful with the gold

Two years should be plenty of time to get the gold lettering just right.

Donald Trump and Joe Biden sleep on a bench outside the Treasury while a mother holding a child points to a board showing U.S. debt rising from $19.95 trillion to $40 trillion.

August 19, 2026

$40 trillion and counting

Trump and Biden sleep through another $20 trillion.

A Senate aide points toward a crisis outside while Sen. Darline Graham says national security is not her thing beneath a militarized portrait of Lindsey Graham.

August 19, 2026

Not my thing

A national security crisis meets the wrong Senate office.

Childlike versions of Donald Trump and Jon Ossoff trade insults outside the Capitol while an exhausted Uncle Sam holds a clipboard listing the Iran war, $40 trillion debt and inflation.

August 19, 2026

Whenever you boys are ready

The insults are flying. Uncle Sam still has a to-do list.

August 19, 2026

Big tent

The Democratic big tent discovers its load-bearing limit.

August 18, 2026

New U.S. territory

Apparently a black marker now doubles as a deed.

August 18, 2026

Middle East Riviera

Kushner discovers that peace talks and real estate can share a podium.

A man reaches for Canadian maple syrup at breakfast while his wife tells him to thank Trump for lifting his own tariffs on it.

August 18, 2026

Trump’s Maple Miracle

Trump lifts his Canadian tariff and somehow still expects the thank-you note.

Brendan Carr asks Trump whether he should keep poking ABC as a lawyer wearing novelty mouse ears approaches holding the First Amendment.

August 18, 2026

Just a mouse

The FCC keeps poking. The First Amendment arrives with backup.

Josh Shapiro clears old pro-data-center positions into a bin while an aide asks if he is changing policy and a 2028 place is reserved.

August 18, 2026

Setting the table

Josh Shapiro discovers a sudden enthusiasm for clearing old positions before 2028.

August 17, 2026

Oath at the Resolute Desk

The Justice Department oath gets an Oval Office rewrite.

Democratic strategists discuss voters who favor socialism while joking that they think it means capitalism where everything is free.

August 17, 2026

Capitalism where everything’s free

A DNC strategy session tries to decode the base’s enthusiasm for socialism.

August 17, 2026

Less hostile

A friendlier military exercise leaves South Korea underfoot.

Donald Trump tells Pete Hegseth to order more bombs after threatening Oman.

August 17, 2026

Then order more

The bomb inventory runs into the president’s foreign-policy shopping list.

Moses presents the Ten Commandments to the Supreme Court and says they should start with the adults before the schoolchildren.

August 17, 2026

Morals Start at Home

Moses suggests the adults might need the lesson before the schoolchildren.

Todd Blanche pleading before the Supreme Court over voter rolls

August 16, 2026

Completely normal government stuff

Todd Blanche pleading before the Supreme Court over voter rolls

Court ruling striking down the National Firearms Act permit process

August 15, 2026

Safety is overrated

Court ruling striking down the National Firearms Act permit process

Trump declaring the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory

August 15, 2026

Ships Ahoy!

Trump declaring the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory

August 14, 2026

Pay to play

$100,000 to skip the line.

Steam catapult launching the Epstein files

August 14, 2026

Full steam ahead

Steam catapult launching the Epstein files

August 14, 2026

In the room

Trump in a psychiatrist office

August 13, 2026

Restored and renovated

Kennedy Center satire

August 13, 2026

Work complete

White House press briefing satire

August 11, 2026

I don’t want to go

Airport catering-truck satire