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Conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point Action, speaks during a meeting on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson on October 17, 2024. (Photo by Olivier Touron/Getty Images)

Trump seeks Kirk motive in nonprofits

Beth Gazley - The Conversation

Trump is focusing on progressive nonprofits following Charlie Kirk's death. It will probably turn up nothing

Roseanne Barr, host of FOX Nation’s "Cancel This!," Visits FOX News Channel’s "Gutfeld!" on February 14, 2023 in New York City. (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)

Barr, McCain celebrate Kimmel ouster

Alex Galbraith

"Yeah, imagine an administration putting pressure... to fire a comedian they didn’t like," Barr wrote

Tucker Carlson speaks at his Live Tour at the Desert Diamond Arena on October 31, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Carlson warns against speech crackdowns

Garrett Owen

The influential conservative podcaster worried that Charlie Kirk's death will be used to curtail free speech

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth helps curb his lie detector program just as he faces scrutiny for his own leaking scandal. (Celal Gunes / Anadolu / Getty Images)

Dems: Hegseth should pay for name change

Garrett Owen

Maryland senators introduced legislation to pull costs of the Defense Department name change from Hegseth's budget

Mahmoud Khalil speaks to the press (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

Dems react to Khalil deportation order

Blaise Malley

An immigration judge ruled earlier this week that activist Mahmoud Khalil be deported to Algeria or Syria

"Alien: Earth" (FX)

The "Alien: Earth" terror we can't unsee

Melanie McFarland

This new space creature doesn't have teeth, but it may be the most unnerving one yet

Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr speaks during the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on February 24, 2024. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Jeffries: FCC chair "disgraced" himself

Garrett Owen

House Democratic leaders accused Carr of abusing his power to force Jimmy Kimmel off the air

Paula Deen at a 2017 book signing (Tara Ziemba/Getty Images)

Paula Deen's scandals: A timeline

Joy Saha

The infamous celebrity chef is the subject of an all-new documentary, titled “Canceled: The Paula Deen Story”

A banner showing a picture of U.S. President Donald Trump is displayed outside of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) building on June 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

MAGA business gets special treatment

Russell Payne

Emails show a Trump official intervening to help a Florida business owner who has been pictured with the president

Jimmy Kimmel attends the 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sept. 7, 2025 in Los Angeles, Calif. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Kimmel falls victim to Trump's media war

Heather Digby Parton

POTUS and his henchmen are intent on bringing the left to heel

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears at a pretrial hearing in his securities fraud case before state District Judge Andrea Beall in the 185th District Court Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at Harris County Criminal Courts at Law in Houston. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Paxton bribery suit against Beto falters

Eleanor Klibanoff - The Texas Tribune

The court, appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott, cast doubt on Paxton’s main arguments

Tents between puddles and mud on the grounds of the "Burning Man" festival. Tens of thousands of visitors to the desert festival "Burning Man" are stranded on the site in the US state of Nevada after heavy rainfall over the weekend. September 2023. (David Crane/picture alliance via Getty Images)

New details in Burning Man murder case

Nicole Karlis

Police are still searching for a suspect in the August 2025 killing at the sprawling, desert festival

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speak at a press conference on June 11, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Dems should play hardball over shutdown

Chauncey DeVega

The party has a chance to protect Obamacare — and begin to craft a new, compelling narrative for voters

Jimmy Kimmel attends the 28th Annual UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation's "Taste For A Cure" event at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on May 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images)

Kimmel pulled over Kirk commentary

Alex Galbraith

The late-night host has been yanked off the air "indefinitely" following comments about Charlie Kirk's killer

Jimmy Kimmel at Jeff Ross' "Take A Banana For The Ride" Broadway Opening Night. (Photo by John Nacion/Variety via Getty Images)

FCC's Carr threatens Kimmel over Kirk

Garrett Owen

The head of the FCC said the late-night host's statements about Kirk's killer crossed a line

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel prepares to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Patel grilled over Epstein files

Blaise Malley

House members accused the FBI director of running interference for people named in Epstein's case files

Susan Monarez takes part in a hearing on her nomination for Director of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

RFK Jr.'s requests went against "oath"

Garrett Owen

Former CDC head Susan Monarez said that RFK Jr. asked her to promote policies without "scientific evidence"

Former Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry and former Director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Susan Monarez testify before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on September 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony from fired CDC employees and the implications on children’s health. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

RFK Jr.'s policies end in "kids dying"

Garrett Owen

The former chief medical officer of the CDC criticized the current head of U.S. public health in Senate testimony

Jerry Greenfield and Ben Cohen, co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s, partnered with MoveOn to hand out free ice cream. (Lisa Lake/Getty Images for MoveOn)

Jerry Greenfield leaves Ben & Jerry's

Joy Saha

"This is one of the hardest and most painful decisions I’ve ever made," Greenfield wrote in an open-letter Tuesday

Hannah Einbinder on the red carpet at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, CA, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Hannah Einbinder said what she said

Andi Zeisler

At the Emmys, the “Hacks” star challenged a zero-sum media narrative

Attorney General Letitia James sits in the courtroom for the civil fraud trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump in New York State Supreme Court on January 11, 2024 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

DOJ wants bogus fraud case against NY AG

Blaise Malley

Despite a lack of evidence, the White House wants to see Letitia James face charges over mortgage fraud

"Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle" (Koyoharu Gotoge/Shueisha Aniplex/ufotable)

The anime antidote to American fatigue

Coleman Spilde

Amid a slog of familiar stories and nationalist culture, Americans are adopting a wave of new Eastern obsessions

Charlie Kirk debates with students at the Cambridge Union at the University of Cambridge on May 19, 2025. (Nordin Catic/Getty Images for The Cambridge Union)

"Debate Me" Bros ruined civil discourse

Katherine Kelaidis

How entertainment culture has replaced genuine political dialogue

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

How Pam Bondi became MAGA’s patsy

Sophia Tesfaye

The right needs a hate speech scapegoat

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