Political cartoons for April 24

Friday's political cartoons include Fed independence, stock market shenanigans, and the FBI's most wanted

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This cartoon depicts Jerome Powell in a small lifeboat labeled “Fed Independence.” The lifeboat is on the side of a large submarine that has surfaced. Donald Trump glares down at Powell from the submarine.

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

This cartoon depicts four men in high-ranking military uniforms and Donald Trump around a table. The military men use sticks to war game out scenarios in Iran, including pushing fighter jets and war ships. Trump pushes in a scared-looking bull labeled “Stock Mkt. Manipulation”.

(Image credit: Steve Sack / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

A sign on the wall at FBI headquarters lists the following people with headshots: “Jim Beam, Bloody Mary, Samuel Adams, Richard Hennessy, Johnnie Walker, Tom Collins, Dom Perignon,Capt. Morgan, Jose Cuervo, and Jack Daniels.” Kash Patel points at the sign and says, “My ten most wanted!”

(Image credit: Mike Luckovich / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

A woman and child walk past a doctor’s office and the mother looks at the door. It reads, “R. Dolan MD. Specializing in diseases of the insured.”

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

A harried-looking woman madly taps away on a computer in an office cubicle. She’s being watched by a robot, a security camera and a drone. They say to her, “Faster. Faster. Faster, feeble human.”

(Image credit: David Horsey / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

Donald Trump has a painful-looking bear trap labeled “War” stuck on his foot. He says, “If you don’t fix this right now, I will have no choice but to give you more time to do it!”

(Image credit: Pedro Molina / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

Two men in MAGA hats are at a bar watching Tucker Carlson on TV. Tucker says, “I misled you about Trump…” One of the men watching says, “But I can still believe in the great replacement theory, pizzagate, chemtrails, and Jewish space lasers, right?”

(Image credit: Clay Jones / Copyright 2025 Claytoonz)

This cartoon depicts an elephant in a suit and a donkey in a suit labeled “VA. Dems”. The donkey is drawing the image of a screw into the back of the elephant and says, “Hey! Hold still while I’m redrawing…”

(Image credit: Steve Kelley / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

A drunk-looking Kash Patel is on the ground learning against a column and is surrounded by empty bottles in this cartoon. He says, “Of course my defamation lawsuit is for a quarter of a billion dollars…I’ve got a lot of bar tabs to settle!”

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

Donald Trump screams after he has painted himself into a corner of a room in this cartoon. The room is painted blood red and is labeled “IRAN”.

(Image credit: Michael de Adder / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

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