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MAGA media confronts Trump's vengeance

Sophia Tesfaye

The FBI raid on John Bolton draws blowback for its "gratuitous viciousness"

President Donald Trump visits the U.S. Park Police Anacostia Operations Facility on Aug. 21, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

MAGA knows DC takeover isn't about crime

Amanda Marcotte

Trump's war on the Smithsonian reveals that this is about childish resentment, not safety

Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) speaks at a campaign event with Republican  JD Vance on October 28, 2024 in Racine, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images))

Pro-life GOPer scrubs anti-abortion text

Tatyana Tandanpolie

Rep. Bryan Steil swapped the “pro-life” section of his issues page for a single sentence ahead of the midterms

A billboard in Times Square calls for the release of the Epstein files on July 23, 2025 in New York City. (Adam Gray/Getty Images)

Poll: Trump's Epstein problem is real

Tatishe Nteta, Adam Eichen, Alexander George Theodoridis, Jesse Rhodes, Raymond La Raja - The Conversation

Many in his base disapprove of his handling of the files, and some supporters are having second thoughts

National Security Advisor John Bolton (R) listens to U.S. President Donald Trump talk to reporters during a meeting of his cabinet in the Cabinet Room at the White House (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

John Bolton is in Trump's crosshairs

Jesselyn Radack

What's happening to the former national security advisor should chill Americans

Texas chain Trump Burger has now seen two of its owners arrested by the ICE agents they champion. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP / Getty Images)

Serving MAGA, getting deported

CK Smith

TX restaurant celebrated Trump’s policies, but owner faces the harsh realities of the laws he embraced

Vice President JD Vance continues to push the Trump diplomatic agenda. After an interview, social media takes sides with very different views of who won. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

Same interview, different outcomes

CK Smith

Interview showcased divide between Trump’s allies and critics over diplomacy, and the media’s role in the fight

Chris Hemsworth in "Limitless" (National Geographic/Evan Paterakis)

Screaming our way to a fitter world

Melanie McFarland

"The Biggest Loser" taught us that abuse is a motivator. But on "Limitless" Chris Hemsworth only preaches potential

Ice cream scoops and bright red cherries (Adela Belovodjanin / Getty Images)

Yes, I tried breast milk ice cream

Joy Saha

Human breast milk consumption is more visible than ever, but a NYC ice cream stunt shows how taboo it still feels

National Guardsmen are surrounded by thousands of protesters in Washington, D.C., on August 16, 2025. (DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Pentagon readies Chicago deployment plan

Alex Galbraith

President Trump has repeatedly threatened U.S. cities with federal action

Sydney Sweeney, Halsey at Lionsgate's "Americana" Los Angeles Special Screening. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Getty Images)

Halsey defends movie with Sweeney

Alex Galbraith

The singer said her film debut was "unrelated to a (pretty dumb) advertising take"

Dr. James Dobson (R), founder of the Family Research Council and Focus on the Family, participates in the National Day of Prayer ceremony at the White House on May 3, 2007. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

James Dobson left behind a cruel legacy

Heather Digby Parton

Long before Rush Limbaugh, Dobson took to the airwaves with his hardcore message

(Nic Antaya/Getty Images)

Democracy has failed: Can it be saved?

Mike Lofgren

It's time to look in the mirror, America: We chose catastrophe — there's no one else to blame

California Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a bill signing event after the state legislature passed a constitutional amendment referendum  to redraw the state’s congressional maps. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Fox News fears Gavin Newsom's trolling

Sophia Tesfaye

That’s why the network’s stars are fuming

CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk speaks at 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)

Taliban took man's family over DOGE post

Avi Asher-Schapiro, Christopher Bing - ProPublica

DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit

Sometimes, a potato chip is a potato chip. Sometimes, it's a bag of money. That's just New York politics these days. (Jakub Porzycki / NurPhoto / Getty Images)

Salty politics in New York City

CK Smith

Cuomo leans into humor as Adams grapples with aide accused of attempting a payoff stuffed in potato chips bag

Since Garcia's abduction earlier this year, citizens have been rallying across the country to bring him home. Now that it looks like they succeeded, the Trump administration is still trying to find a way to deport the Maryland father. (Astrid Riecken / Getty Images)

García freed, faces new removal threat

CK Smith

Kilmar Abrego García’s release from jail comes as ICE plans to send him to Uganda, furthering immigration debate

(Cornel van Heerden/Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Hooters rebrand: "tacky family-friendly"

CK Smith

The once-controversial chain leans on retro kitsch while trying to survive in a fast-changing restaurant world

Margaret Qualley as Honey O’Donahue in "Honey Don't!" (Karen Kuehn/Focus Features)

Margaret Qualley is in total control

Coleman Spilde

Nepo baby no more: In Ethan Coen's "Honey Don't!," Qualley is officially our most subversive screen siren

In 1996, Erik (L) and Lyle (R) Menendez were convicted of killing their parents. After a social media push and recent Netflix true crime series and documentaries, their case was reexamined. The brothers were denied parole this week and remain in jail. (KIM KULISH / Stringer / Getty Images)

Menendez case hype meets hard justice

CK Smith

From dramatizations to documentaries, the Menendez case went viral — but parole board stuck to the record

Gwyneth Paltrow, at A Dreamy Evening with Goopglow on July 18, 2022 in East Hampton City. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Goop)

Why Gen Z eats like Gwyneth Paltrow

Francesca Giangiulio

From bone broth to oysters, what feels like TikTok-era food traces back to Goop’s clean-eating empire

Metal tables and chairs along with yellow umbrellas decorate a paved over historic White House Rose Garden lawn on Aug. 16, 2025. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)

Modern farmhouse devours the Rose Garden

Alex Galbraith

Trump brought a real estate flipper's eye to the iconic space

President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Aug. 18, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Beware of Trump's Budapest peace talks

Chauncey DeVega

His preference for Hungary's capital holds dark symbolism for Ukraine — and the US

Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser (R), joined by Chief of Police at the Metropolitan Police Department Pamela Smith, speaks at a press conference after President Donald Trump announced a federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department at the Wilson Building on August 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump targets cities led by Black women

Amanda Becker, Barbara Rodriguez - The 19th

“This is in many ways a political warning, a political message"

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