Trump loves such pampering, and the word's out among nations and companies seeking his favor. Tributes fit for a king — especially gold — catch his eyes and his heart.

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A police chief's agreement to partnership with ICE roils a village of 1,719.

Trump has demanded his attorney general, Pam Bondi, target individuals. But the role of the Justice Department is to investigate crimes, enforce federal laws, ensure public safety, and administer justice fairly for all Americans.

The shooter had four legs. That was the initial conclusion of an investigation by police who responded to a call about a shooting.

A self-described stable genius announces he's cutting ties with a zany Republican House member who claims Jews have a secret space laser that they have used to set U.S. national forests ablaze.

When democracy dies. Rudolf Schlichter’s “Jenny” (1923). Highly popular during the Weimar Republic, Schlichter could read the political winds and spoke out against and denigrated Jewish art as the Nazis rose to power. Nevertheless, he was declared a degenerate artist and his work was banned in 1937.

Feel the joy in photographer Lester Talkington’s “Skipping Rope" (Manhattan, 1950).

Canadian editorial cartoonist Michael de Adder brings up a question being asked by a growing number of Americans.

Italian editorial cartoonist Kutoshi Kimimo captures the fears that Trump’s erratic behavior and saber-rattling is frightening the world.

Editorial cartoonist Ruben Bolling shares diagnostic advice and an RFK Jr.-approved remedy.

Trump claims the Epstein story is a hoax. But now he demands his attorney general, Pam Bondi, investigate Epstein's ties to prominent Democrats. How do you investigate a hoax? Does it sound like look at them, not at me?

It was a tough to sell to claim prices are down and inflation is whipped as Americans watched the cost groceries soar. Trump's retreat comes after voters cited economic concerns as their top priority, contributing to significant Democratic victories in Virginia and New Jersey.

As medical professionals warn of the dangers, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. touts the benefits of peptides. He has repeatedly vowed to end “FDA’s war” on peptides, which have become popular among followers of his Make America Healthy Again movement.

What's good for Texas, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio is unacceptable for California?

For a handful of Indian households with the means and awareness, access to clean air is available through a novel approach that mimics how laboratories and factories create contaminant-free rooms, but it costs nearly 70 percent of the average annual income.

Informing 101? The professor’s lesson came to light after an Indiana University student contacted Republican Sen. Jim Banks, a staunch Trump ally. Banks then complained to the school.

Do robots drink vodka? The humanoid robot powered by artificial intelligence — believed to be one of the first in Russia — face-planted during its highly anticipated debut in Moscow after briefly staggering onstage.

Americans aren't buying Trump's claim — amid his double-digit tariffs — that prices are down. The move would be the latest rollback of one of Trump's key economic policies over growing concerns about affordability. Last week, Democrats won elections by harnessing worries about the cost of living.

A recipe for further chaos? The contradiction — especially on immigration, a defining issue for Trump — sends conflicting signals to employers, lawmakers and federal agencies just as they begin implementing the administration’s agenda.

Grin and bear it. Photographer Vivian Maier’s “Just Put On A Happy Face” (Chicago, 1976).

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Historic profiling. In November 1935, the Nazis instituted the supplementary decree to the Reich Citizenship Law, outlining the definition of who was Jewish in Nazi Germany and who would be stripped of German citizenship.

Nigerian editorial cartoonist Kenny Tosh weighs in on the Trump administration’s response to climate change, and what appears to be its war on science.

International editorial cartoonists have fun with Trump’s growing Epstein problem and his efforts to deflect from the scandal.

French editorial cartoonist Anne Derenne laments climate-change indifference.

Editorial cartoonist Andrew Winters finds humor in the White House response to damaging revelations suggesting Trump had ties to sexual predators.

Editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich weighs in on a troubling pattern — unless you’re a Jan. 6 rioter or someone who is doing millions of dollars in business with the Trump family.

Boomerang. Trump and his top allies — from Vice President Vance to FBI director Kash Patel to Attorney General Pam Bondi — promised to release the investigative files. That promise energized Trump's conspiracy-thirsty MAGA base, which believes the files will expose pedophilia among America's elites.

Blaming others. Pleading ignorance. Using the term “the globalist class."

This comes after Arlington National Cemetery in March removed references to the history of Black and female service members from its website.

Victims are not faceless. Erich Gottlieb was deported on Oct. 26, 1942, from the Theresienstadt Ghetto to Auschwitz, where he was murdered.

How do you see yourself? Photographer Zsuzsi Ujj’s “Self-portrait” (1987).

Argentine editorial cartoonist Alejandro Becares hits below the belt.

Editorial cartoonist Dennis Goris on Trump’s priorities.

Cuban editorial cartoonist Ramses Morales Izquierdo weighs in on Trump’s growing Epstein problem, which now includes the sex trafficker believing he was in a position to blackmail the self-proclaimed genius.

What does Ghislaine Maxwell know? Editorial cartoonist Jeff Danzinger weighs in after Jeffrey Epstein’s emails suggest the infamous sex trafficker believed he had leverage to blackmail Trump.

It's tough to sell that prices are down and inflation is whipped when Americans are watching the cost groceries soar, losing their jobs, and small businesses are getting hammered by your trade policies.

Emotional conversations were common and users often shared highly personal details about their lives. In some chats, the AI tool could be seen adapting to match a user’s viewpoint, creating a kind of personalized echo chamber in which ChatGPT endorsed falsehoods and conspiracy theories.

A troubling brew as Jew haters Nick Fuentes and Candance Owens seek to capitalize on the death of Charlie Kirk. Owens claims that Kirk was killed because he was coming around to her line of thinking.

Never a good idea to make your bed with a sex trafficker. This may explain why Trump's attorney general, Pam Bondi, has reneged on her promise to release the Epstein files and why convicted child sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell believes she has the leverage to have Trump commute her prison sentence.

When democracy dies. Wilhelm Lachnit’s “Man and Woman in the Window” (1923). Highly successful during the Weimar Republic, Lachnit’s work was declared degenerate when the Nazis took power. His paintings were confiscated and he was prohibited from producing art.

Stand out today. Paula Mela’s “Spring Fox" (2013).

“Donzilla, Terror of the Caribbean.” German editorial cartoonist Paolo Calleri weighs in on the Trump administration’s deadly attacks on alleged drug runners, which has resulted in British intelligence services cutting back cooperation with the U.S.

Editorial cartoonist Clay Bennett issues a Veterans Day reminder that Trump described U.S. service members wounded or killed in action as “losers” and “suckers.”

Editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson cuts to the chase — a U.S. president actually petitioned the Supreme Court to allow him to cut food assistance to 42 million Americans and their children.

A newly released Jeffrey Epstein email says Trump “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims. Other messages indicated Epstein believed Trump was well aware of the sexual predator’s illicit operation.

Interesting and mixed responses. My favorite? “I’m 94, and I told my doctor I hope I live to see him in jail.” — Judith Wishnia, 94. Retired professor of history and women’s studies, Setauket, New York.

Great pursuits. Claude Monet’s “In the Woods at Giverny” (Blanche Hoschedé at her easel with Suzanne Hoschedé reading) (1887).

Victims are not faceless. Gertruda Kleinová was deported from the Theresienstadt Ghetto on Sept. 6, 1943, to Auschwitz, where she was murdered.