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"South Park" (Comedy Central)

“South Park” gives Carr toxoplasmosis

Angelina Mazza

After a rare delay, the animated series resumes its satirical take on current events, blasting the FCC chairman

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)

Hegseth order sparks military "anxiety"

Garrett Owen

Top military officials said they were alarmed after the defense secretary demanded an all-hands meeting

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, Republican from Texas speaks during a press conference following a shooting at an ICE detention facility in Dallas, Texas, on September 24, 2025. (ARIC BECKER/AFP via Getty Images)

MAGA blames Dems for Dallas ICE shooting

Blaise Malley

Friends of the alleged shooter told one journalist that they do not believe he was motivated by opposition to ICE

The U.S. Department of State sign in Washington, DC, United States of America on July 9th. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Trump nominee deletes call for violence

Garrett Owen

State Department nominee Jeremy Carl had called for the head of a teacher's union to be executed, CNN reported

The boundaries of boundaries (We Are/Getty Images)

Set boundaries, don't weaponize them

Andi Zeisler

Therapy-speak has slowly but surely turned into social media’s bluntest instrument

"After the Hunt" (Amazon MGM Studios)

“After the Hunt”: a bold MeToo labyrinth

Coleman Spilde

In Luca Guadagnino’s timely drama, Julia Roberts is out for millennial blood at a steep cost

Protesters burn a Confederate battle on Aug. 12, 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

GOP keeps pushing flag-burning ban

Russell Payne

Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Pa., is floating the idea of imprisoning "radical left" flag burners

After a full month since a major food shopping trip had been taken, the refrigerator at the home of Raphael Richmond was near empty. Richmond and her six children adjust to the recent cut in their food stamp (SNAP) allotment. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Hunger surges — so Trump stops counting

Ashlie D. Stevens

The government has ended its annual food security survey, immediately following cuts to key hunger safety nets

Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett greet President Donald Trump after his address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

SCOTUS just told us how its term will go

Heather Digby Parton

The conservative majority once again uses the shadow docket to side with POTUS

Demonstrators march through downtown Chicago to protest President Donald Trump's threats against the city. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Trump looks ready to invade Chicago

Chauncey DeVega

At Charlie Kirk's memorial, he vowed to "save" the Windy City

In this photo illustration, a woman browses Reddit website on her laptop. (Photo Illustration by Serene Lee/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The online space for "recovered doomers"

Nicole Karlis

Sickened by the onslaught of terrible news, a corner of the internet is choosing hope

Freshly baked brioche (VIKTORIIA DROBOT/Getty Images )

How to handle yeast, "Bake Off" style

Joy Saha

Want a loaf worthy of Paul Hollywood’s handshake? These expert tips will keep your yeast happy and rising

Andrew Bailey during the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference the Gaylord National Convention Center in Fort Washington, Maryland, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. (Photo by Dominic Gwinn/Getty Images)

New FBI lead waged Missouri culture war

Jeremy Kohler - ProPublica

Andrew Bailey used his office to score culture war points. Now he's co-deputy director of the FBI

Costco Wholesale store exterior, Connecticut. (Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Costco tuna recalled over Listeria risk

Joy Saha

The product was sold at 33 locations nationwide

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on September 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump team to blame for errors, UN says

Garrett Owen

The United Nations said Trump's aides were likely responsible for issues he had with a teleprompter and escalator

Sydney Chandler as Wendy and Alex Lawther as Hermit in "Alien: Earth" (Patrick Brown/FX)

"Alien: Earth" and the monsters we make

Melanie McFarland

The first season finale reaffirms that our quest to dominate life, and other lifeforms, will likely be our undoing

Zohran Mamdani speaks to supporters during a Democratic primary election night gathering after running on a platform of affordability. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Mamdani campaign vets lend Dems a hand

Russell Payne

The team behind Zohran Mamdani's viral videos is now working to elect more progressives from coast to coast

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and President Donald Trump during a dinner at the White House for tech and business leaders on Sept. 4, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Calling Mark Zuckerberg's bluff

Jenna Sherman

The CEO has caved to Donald Trump on fact-checking and hate speech

Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel ( Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)

Kimmel’s return is a Project 2025 defeat

Sophia Tesfaye

Resistance through humor and public outrage still carries weight

Erika Kirk speaks during the memorial service for her husband, right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, on Sept. 21, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Erika Kirk can’t keep Charlie’s audience

Amanda Marcotte

She can't replicate his brand of gutter misogyny

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. and Donald Trump (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The FCC's phony right-wing critics

Charles R. Davis

Jimmy Kimmel returned to the air Tuesday, but no thanks to the FCC's conservative "critics" like Sen. Rand Paul

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)

TV networks vulnerable to Trump pressure

Sage Meredith Goodwin, Oscar Winberg - The Conversation

Media consolidation has left television more vulnerable to attempts at political intimidation than ever before

Tao Tsuchiya as Usagi and Kento Yamazaki as Arisu in "Alice in Borderland" (Netflix)

"Alice" goes down the rabbit hole again

Hanh Nguyen

Netflix's popular death game series "Alice in Borderland" goes off-book for its riskiest season yet

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters on September 23, 2025 in New York City. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Critics mock "embarrassing" UN speech

Blaise Malley

President Trump used his UN speech to call climate change a "hoax" and tell other nations they are "going to hell"

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