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Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha (front row, left) have been raising their family with interfaith values - her Hindu background and his recent Catholic faith. They appear at many events together, even a public mass, but now, Vance expresses his desire for Usha to convert to Christianity. But did he mean Catholic Christianity or Christian evangelicalism? Hindus and Catholics are left questioning his comment. (Alessandra Benedetti - Corbis / Corbis via Getty Images)

Vance wishes Usha becomes a Christian

CK Smith

Vance hoping Hindu-born wife converts draws outrage, highlights how often religion and political identity collide

Chloe Fineman as First Lady Melania Trump and James Austin Johnson as President Donald Trump during "White House Makeover." (Photo by: Nora Rockwell/NBC)

SNL Trump brings HGTV to the White House

Alex Galbraith

The Trumps called in the Property Brothers for help with the demolition of the East Wing in a recent sketch

Charlie Kirk in the Oval Office on May 28, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

AZ Halloween costumes outrage Kirk fans

Alex Galbraith

The bloodied t-shirts of Arizona math teachers were believed to be a reference to Kirk's assassination

Dodgers are baseball champions once again, triumphing over the Blue Jays in Game 7 of the World Series with all the flair and flash of a Hollywood movie. But from a historic dynasty, can you expect anything less? (Emilee Chinn / Getty Images)

Hollywood end: Dodgers are champs again

CK Smith

11-inning Game 7 of chaos, records, and confetti, the Dodgers delivered box-office baseball over Blue Jays

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James Austin Johnson as President Donald Trump during the "NYC Mayoral Debate" Cold Open on Saturday, November 1. (Photo by Will Heath/NBC)

Trump hijacks NYC mayor debate on "SNL"

Alex Galbraith

The president roasted the candidates in turn before singing a selection from "Phantom of the Opera"

Donald Trump | Nuclear Blast (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Making America radioactive again

Heather Digby Parton

Trump's order to resume nuclear weapons testing "immediately" should worry us all

Elon Musk and Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka Tommy Robinson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Patrick T. Fallon/Thomas Krych/Anadolu/Tuomas A. Lehtinen)

Elon's dubious British bromance

Andrew O'Hehir

Elon Musk has convinced himself that English con man Tommy Robinson will save civilization. Honestly, it's sad

Zohran Mamdani (D), Curtis Sliwa (R) and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (I) participate in the second New York City mayoral debate on Oct. 22, 2025. (HIROKO MASUIKE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

NYC mayoral race approaches a nasty end

David Daley

Ranked choice voting worked in the Democratic primary. New Yorkers should take note

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters near Air Force One on August 03, 2025 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Red states hit by Trump disability rules

Eli Hager - ProPublica

Particularly in states that voted for Trump, millions may find it harder to qualify for disability benefits

(Taylor Hill / Jason Kempin / Getty Images)

Eilish calls out billionaires

CK Smith

Musician’s critique of billionaires meets Parton’s decades of philanthropy, proving fortune can uplift millions

The New York Times posted an eerily prophetic headline last year about Trump's second term. Online media picked it up and showed how accurate it's been. (Gabriel Ramos / Getty Images)

The NYT said it, then Trump proved it

CK Smith

Social media is abuzz as last year’s NYT warning of Trump's future deportations and disaster politics proves true

Blue states fight back via SNAP websites, matching Trump's administration's online finger-pointing with their own. (jetcityimage / Getty Images)

Blue states fight back against shutdown

CK Smith

Democratic states use SNAP websites to show human toll of Trump’s shutdown and push back against federal blame

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A woman cries over her empty fridge (Leonardo Moreno/Getty Images)

Trump's SNAP shutoff is cruel by design

Andi Zeisler

Nationwide mutual-aid efforts and federal judges stepped up to address the crisis. They shouldn't have to

The cast of "DOWNTON ABBEY: The Grand Finale," a Focus Features release (Rory Mulvey)

What's on the table at Downton Abbey?

Melanie McFarland

TV’s most lavish dinner table reminds us why dressing up for dinner — and making the duck — is worth the trouble

Local community food banks saw long lines of people needing assistance this week as SNAP benefits might be cut this month. While these Floridians got food, some politicians got dramatic. (Paul Hennessy/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Court feeds people, GOP feeds on drama

CK Smith

Judges stepped in to keep Americans fed. GOP prioritizes tantrums, shutdowns and tee times over feeding families.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon,  June 26, 2025. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump regime just looks fascist

Mike Lofgren

Mark Lilla claims MAGA isn't even conservative, let alone fascist. This kind of cowardice won't age well

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A grocery store with sign in the window accepting Electronic Benefit Transfer cards and food stamps in St. Paul, Minnessotta. (Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Stop asking who’s “winning” the shutdown

Chauncey DeVega

The media must focus on the real story — how Washington’s gridlock is hurting ordinary Americans

US President Richard Nixon (left) and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger talk together, Washington DC, November 25, 1972. (White House via CNP/Getty Images)

New Kissinger doc gilds the stinkweed

Ken Hughes

I've spent 25 years studying presidents' White House tapes. This isn't Kissinger's real "American Experience"

House Speaker Mike Johnson shakes hands with President Donald Trump. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

Johnson pushes House into irrelevance

Charlie Hunt - The Conversation

The House has all but abdicated its position as “The People’s Chamber”

Cá Chiên Nước Mắm and crab fried rice at La Dong (Jodyann Morgan )

A week of worth-it bites in NYC

Chaya Milchtein

From khachapuri to cosmic brownies, a weeklong tasting tour through some of New York’s best dishes

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Ghost in a corn field (Massonstock/Getty Images)

I smell dead people

Kelly McClure

You may believe that ghosts don't exist because you've never seen one, but eyes aren't the only indicators

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk holds a press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 26, 2025. (Photo by Krishan Kariyawasam/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

"No justification" for drug boat strikes

Troy Farah

Rep. Sara Jacobs also said these are "extrajudicial killings where we have no evidence"

Emma Stone stars as Michelle in "Bugonia" (Atsushi Nishijima/Focus Features)

"Bugonia" makes listening a radical act

Coleman Spilde

In Yorgos Lanthimos' latest, Emma Stone is not an alien intent on destroying Earth — if only anyone would listen

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at the annual Halloween at the White House event on Oct. 30, 2025. ( Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The horror of Donald Trump's America

Brian Karem

With SNAP benefits set to lapse, it's all tricks and no treats from Trump and MAGA

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