This Week / January 18, 2025

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Former House speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois attending the unveiling of his portrait at the Capitol on July 28, 2009, in Washington, DC.

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Newly minted Donald Trump $1 coins on September 3, 2026, in Washington, DC.

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One is an imperial gangster; the other seeks to create a world “not based on greed but based on justice, on decency.”

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Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed answers questions at a town hall event in Waterford, Michigan, on September 3, 2026.

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We must counter fear and division with solidarity.

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