Political cartoons for June 26

Friday’s political cartoons include mission success, hostage negotiations, and more

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A rocket ship with an American flag on the side flies, doomed, into the Sun. A voice from inside the ship asks, “Remind me again, what’s considered a successful mission?”

(Image credit: Peter Kuper / Copyright 2026 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

Donald Trump has strapped multiple sticks of dynamite to himself that is labeled “Affordable Housing Act.” He holds his thumb on the plunger and says, “Pass the Save America Act or the idiot gets it!”

(Image credit: Drew Sheneman / Copyright 2026 Tribune Content Agency)

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