October 10 editorial cartoons

Friday's political cartoons include overcoming enmity, a new healthcare plan for Americans, ICE agents vs. Lady Liberty and more

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This is a cartoon that depicts the White House, drawn in an accurate and exacting style. There are three voices coming from inside. They say, “There is so much hatred. It will be a miracle if they reach a deal.” “We’ll keep talking to the Israelis and Hamas.” “We meant the government shutdown.”

(Image credit: Michael Ramirez / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

In this cartoon, a man sits in a chair watching the news on a television in his living room. The female newscaster says, “A new public healthcare option will allow Americans to migrate to Canada for socialized medicine.”

(Image credit: Harley Schwadron / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon takes place in Washington DC where two masked ICE agents speak to each other near a group of scared-looking brown-skinned kids. One ICE agent says, “It’s easier putting children in zip ties than it was storming the Capitol.”

(Image credit: Clay Jones / Copyright 2025 Claytoonz)

This cartoon takes place in the foyer of a cozy home where a woman is headed out the door into a fall day. She is putting on a jacker and leaves fall just outside the door. A man sits at a desk inside the house working at a computer and says to her, “I thought you wanted to check out the latest A.I. artwork?” The woman responds, “A.I. as in autumn-inspired!”

(Image credit: Joe Heller / Copyright 2025 Hellertoon.com)

This two panel political cartoon is titled “How It Started” on the left panel. It depicts a man in black clubbing a Capitol P.D. police officer as a crowd with a TRUMP flag storms the Capitol. The right panel is labeled “How it’s going” and shows the same person, now with an ICE badge, clubbing a frightened Lady Liberty.

(Image credit: Pat Bagley / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon is titled “The Duelists.” It depicts a donkey on the left and and elephant on the right walking away from each other with their fingers raised, as if they are about to duel. A man in the middle represents government employees and reads from a piece of paper titled “Shutdown rules.” He says, “Sigh. Brandish fingers, proceed 10 paces, turn, and commence blaming.”

(Image credit: John Cole / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This editorial cartoon is titled “Tales from the Front: Portland Edition.” Two armed Narional Guardsmen speak to each other. One is eating a colorful donut. The other says, “I saw a guy playing the bagpipes on a unicycle and someone selling homemade kombucha from a bathtub, other than that, it’s pretty quiet.”

(Image credit: Drew Sheneman / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

This cartoon takes place in Gaza, where two armed and masked men stand atop ruined buildings filled with people labeled “Gazans.” One of the masked men says, “Are we freeing these hostages too?”

(Image credit: Bill Bramhall / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

This cartoon is drawn in a wildly artistic, yet simple way. With swirls and swoops, it depicts a man working on a computer and they two have been fused together, so both look at each other, somewhat warily.

(Image credit: Peter Kuper / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This political cartoon depicts a police lineup at the Department of Homeland Security. Two armed and masked ICE agents look at a group of five different Lady Liberty figures lined up, as if they are suspects. One agent says, “If you ask me, they all look like they’re here illegally!”

(Image credit: R.J. Matson / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

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