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David Kurtz is TPM's executive editor and Washington Bureau chief. He oversees the news operations of TPM.

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Trump Wants To Install His Personal Lawyers In Top DOJ Posts

INSIDE: Matt Gaetz ... Pete Hegseth ... RFK Jr.

By David Kurtz | November 15, 2024 9:39 a.m.

Representative Matt Gaetz, a Republican from Florida, listens during a House Judiciary Committee markup on H.R. 7120, the "Justice in Policing Act of 2020," in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. The House bill would make it easier to prosecute and sue officers and would ban federal officers from using choke holds, bar racial profiling, end "no-knock" search warrants in drug cases, create a national registry for police violations, and require local police departments that get federal funds to conduct bias training. Photographer: Erin Scott/Bloomberg

Matt Gaetz Is Trump’s Way Of Humiliating Senate Republicans

INSIDE: Tulsi Gabbard ... Pete Hegseth ... John Thune

By David Kurtz | November 14, 2024 9:12 a.m.

Jack Smith Plans To Close Up Shop Before Trump’s Inauguration

INSIDE: Pete Hegseth ... Mike Huckabee ... Elon Musk

By David Kurtz | November 13, 2024 8:43 a.m.

Trump II’s Big Talk And Overt Threats Have A Power Of Their Own

INSIDE: Mike Davis ... Marco Rubio ... James Ho

By David Kurtz | November 12, 2024 9:23 a.m.

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES - 2021/01/06: Security forces respond with tear gas after the US President Donald Trump's supporters breached the US Capitol security. Pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol as lawmakers were set to sign off Wednesday on President-elect Joe Biden's electoral victory in what was supposed to be a routine process headed to Inauguration Day. (Photo by Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Hundreds Of Jan. 6 Rioters May Ultimately Avoid The Law

INSIDE: Donald Trump ... Jerome Powell ... Susie Wiles

By David Kurtz | November 8, 2024 9:57 a.m.

Autocracy Has Come To America And It Won’t Be Pretty

INSIDE: Jack Smith ... Kamala Harris ... KSM

By David Kurtz | November 7, 2024 10:05 a.m.

Not The Fight We Wanted Or Signed Up For But It’s The One We Got

INSIDE: Donald Trump ... Kamala Harris ... You

By David Kurtz | November 6, 2024 9:18 a.m.

The Sun Still Rises

By David Kurtz | November 6, 2024 7:09 a.m.

TPM Reader JB:

Not sure I’ve ever written in before. I’m feeling crushed, and fearful, and grim—of course. But thanks to all your efforts, for better or for worse I’m not shocked and I’m not demoralized.

A Plaintive Cry For Election Reforms Before It’s Too Late

INSIDE: Luke Meyer ... Elon Musk ... Tina Smith

By David Kurtz | November 5, 2024 9:47 a.m.

Trump Spent The Final Weekend Showing Exactly Who He Is

INSIDE: Kamala Harris ... Elon Musk ... Quincy Jones

By David Kurtz | November 4, 2024 9:59 a.m.