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Tina Fey as Kristi Noem and Host Amy Poehler as Pam Bondi. (Photo by Will Heath/NBC)

Poehler, Fey roast Cabinet on "SNL"

Alex Galbraith

The two sketch show veterans reunited to poke fun at Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi

Various cheese on board on stone table (karandaev / Getty Images )

"Cheese Magic" is your new cooking bible

Ashlie D. Stevens

Erica Kubick’s cheese book looks like a seasonal treat, but quietly teaches skills that last all year

Donald Trump makes it clear his priorities are service members, while hundreds of thousands of other civil servants continue to go without pay during this shutdown. (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump pays troops, while others wait

CK Smith

By protecting troops while other federal workers lose jobs, Trump draws a political line in the budget crisis

Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims in St. Peter's Square on Oct. 11, 2025. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Pope Leo's anti-MAGA vision

Sophia Tesfaye

The American Pope is confirming MAGA's worst fears

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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a press conference on Oct. 10, 2025. (nna Rose Layden/Getty Images)

Mike Johnson's support may be eroding

Heather Digby Parton

Can Johnson hold his caucus together on health care and Epstein?

A billboard in Caracas accusing Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado (center) and other opposition leaders of supporting U.S. sanctions against Venezuela. (Federico Parra/AFP via Getty Images)

Did Trump win the Nobel after all?

Andrew O'Hehir

Nobel's cowardly shuffle: Prize goes to Venezuelan right-wing activist, who immediately "dedicates" it to Trump

CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk looks on during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center on February 20, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Musk company accused of 800 violations

Anjeanette Damon, Dayvid Figler, City Cast Las Vegas - ProPublica

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800

Legendary actress and activist Diane Keaton has died. (Axelle / Bauer-Griffin / FilmMagic / Getty Images)

Goodbye, Diane Keaton

CK Smith

The actor, who died at 79, turned eccentricity into elegance and inspired generations to embrace authenticity

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Qatar and US defense leaders agree to transition part of an Idaho air force base into a Qatari flight training facility. Not a wholly Qatari base on US soil, despite what some internet rumors say. (ALEX WROBLEWSKI / Getty Images)

Qatar isn't getting a US air force base

CK Smith

The arrangement strengthens ties with Gulf ally, testing public perceptions of foreign military presence on US soil

Trump threatens to up tariffs on Chinese imports to 100%. He says the move is in return for China holding out on "vital resources." (wulingyun / Getty Images)

Trump vs Xi: The sequel nobody asked for

CK Smith

Turning supply dispute into political spectacle, Trump revives old tactic — weaponizing trade for power, headlines

Restaurants and shops on the boardwalk (eurobanks/Getty Images)

When the tourists go, hunger moves in

Francesca Giangiulio

As summer crowds disappear, the workers who kept them fed face rising costs, scarce housing and bare pantries

The 2025 Government Shutdown enters Day 11 on Saturday amid announcements for permanent firings of over 4,000 furloughed workers. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images)

The federal workforce purge begins

CK Smith

OMB confirms sweeping layoffs across major agencies as unions sue and the shutdown grinds on

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Opioid epidemic health danger and medical crisis with a prescription painkiller addiction concept as a group of pills devastating a patient (Getty Images)

Surviving Appalachia’s opioid crisis

Mandi Fugate Sheffel

How I found recovery and redemption — and made amends to my community

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., joined by President Donald Trump, delivers at the White House on Sept. 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

RFK Jr.'s attack on mRNA will cost lives

Howard Dean

HHS shouldn't pull the plug on vaccine breakthroughs

Protester in a frog costume before federal officers outside an ICE  facility in Portland, Oregon, Oct. 6, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Who are the real Americans? We are

Kirk Swearingen

Never mind the ignorant fantasies coming from the White House. Chicago and Portland are showing us true patriotism

President Donald J Trump, flanked by Attorney General Pam Bondi, speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Monday, March 24, 2025. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

How Trump is making sure his foes suffer

Paul M. Collins Jr. - The Conversation

The indictments against Trump's foes may be weak — but the cases could be costly and lengthy

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Taylor Swift at the 67th annual Grammy Awards on February 02, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

We need a break from Taylor Swift

Andi Zeisler

It’s time to give the pop juggernaut — and ourselves — some breathing room

Max Parker as Sergeant Sullivan and Miles Heizer as Cameron Cope in "Boots" (Netflix)

"Boots" shows what warriors look like

Melanie McFarland

The Netflix show follows a closeted Marine and questions the type of courage that Pete Hegseth’s 1990 test ignores

President Donald Trump attends the men's singles final during the U.S. Open on Sept. 7, 2025. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

MAGA fumes over Trump Nobel prize snub

Igor Derysh

“Nobody has done more in decades to bring peace to the world than Donald Trump," argued GOP leader Steve Scalise

The Free Press' Honestly with Bari Weiss (pictured) hosts Senator Ted Cruz presented by Uber and X on January 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images)

CBS News' Bari Weiss is no LGBTQ icon

Nick Fulton

By platforming anti-trans content, Bari Weiss has betrayed her community

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President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Oct. 9, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

How far will Trump go to sell a lie?

Brian Karem

POTUS goes after Portland, Chicago and New York's attorney general, taking vengeance to another level

An image of US President Donald Trump hangs on the outside of the Department of Labor headquarters building in Washington, DC on October 7, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Federal agencies go MAGA amid shutdown

Russell Payne

The Hatch Act bars federal employees from taking part in political campaigns, but critics say it's not enforced

Former FBI Director James Comey (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Comey case echoes authoritarians

Cassandra Burke Robertson - The Conversation

Authoritarian regimes in history frequently used the courts against their political enemies

Drake performs onstage during "Lil Baby & Friends Birthday Celebration Concert" at State Farm Arena on December 9, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Prince Williams/Wireimage/Getty Images)

Drake's "Not Like Us" lawsuit tossed

Alex Galbraith

A federal judge ruled that Kendrick Lamar calling Drake a "certified pedophile" was "hyperbole"

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