Political cartoons for March 24

Tuesday's political cartoons include goalposts on the move, a new lunar mission, and the price tag of war

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A man in a suit is on a football field at the 50-yard line. The goalposts are next to him, instead of in the end zone, and are labeled “Iran War.” Four men in suits are ready to move the goalposts again. The first man speaks into a phone and says, “Now we’re moving it where?”

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

A male and a female NASA worker are outside at the Kennedy Space Center looking at the Artemis II rocket looming in the distance on a launch pad. The man says, “It’s been 50 years, but we’re going back to the moon next month!” The woman responds, “That is if the astronauts can get through the TSA line in time!”

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

This cartoon shows a massive American aircraft carrier in the ocean as an Iranian drone flies overhead. The aircraft carrier has a price tag of $1 billion. The drone’s price tag is $500.

(Image credit: Taylor Jones / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon is titled “Sour Sixteen” and depicts a distraught man with a gambling addiction in the middle of a March Madness style bracket. Instead of teams, the bracket contains things like “Draft Kings” “Cash” “Bread” “Coin” “Bank” and “Fan Duel”.

(Image credit: Joel Pett / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

Donald Trump is depicted as a dog in this cartoon. He’s peed on the headstones of POWs, John McCain, and Robert Mueller. Trump says, “It’s the Golden Age of America.”

(Image credit: Adam Zyglis / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

An exasperated woman puts gas into her car as her female child watches. The woman looks at the gas pump, which reads: “Remember! Tax filing day April 15th. Would you like to donate another $200 billion to the Pentagon? Check one: Yes or Yes.”

(Image credit: John Deering / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

This cartoon is titled “The 1%: Sam Altman (b. 1985) net worth exceeds $2 billion.” Through four panels, it depicts Sam Altman gradually changing from a normal-appearing CEO speaking and making hand motions to a robot giving readers the finger. The caption at the bottom reads, “He’s the CEO of Open AI, developers of ChatGPT. Although Altman has expressed concern over the potential that A.I. will pose an existential threat to humanity, he recently signed a deal with the Pentagon for unfettered military use of OpenAI programs.”

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

Three masked ICE agents are beating a man at an airport TSA checkpoint. An elderly woman yells, “I told you not to bring 4 OZ. of liquids, Harold!”

(Image credit: Nick Anderson / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

This cartoon depicts Donald Trump with a head full of fiery, yellow hair labeled “Iran War”. He says, “Things are going extremely well!”

(Image credit: Chris Britt / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

This cartoon takes place underwater. A shark, labeled “Billionaires” swims from right to left. The shark is trailed by a giant school of small fish that have formed into a large mouth, about to eat the shark.

(Image credit: Milt Priggee / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

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