Why Earth is spinning faster than before
Scientists may need to add a negative leap second so atomic clocks can remain accurate
Finding solace in scream hotlines
Since its launch in November, Just Scream! has received 20,000 messages from people, well, just screaming
Rioters stole Pelosi's laptop: aide
The alleged thefts by the pro-Trump mob could pose "national security" risks, said DOJ prosecutor Michael Sherwin
Melania was modeling as the mob raged
Melania hosted photoshoot as pro-Trump extremists swarmed the Capitol building, CNN reports
Hogan: Feds denied request to send Guard
The Pentagon blamed the Capitol Police, who turned down repeated offers of assistance before the deadly riot
Don't wait for inauguration: Impeach now
Donald Trump can't be trusted to oversee a peaceful transition of power
Proud Boy leader's business "career"
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio had a brief political career and is linked to a list of defunct or fake companies
Capitol officer dies from riot injuries
Officer Brian Sicknick is the fifth casualty of Wednesday's riot
Teflon Don no more: Trump will pay now
At the very least, Trump's post-presidency is looking less like a shadow presidency and more like permanent exile
Capitol rioters planned in plain sight
Insurrectionists made no effort to hide their intentions, but law enforcement was caught flat-footed
Trump's final pivot: To terrorism
Former Johns Hopkins professor forecasts "violence in the streets of Washington" — in an interview last week
Trump’s coup demands prosecution
Even as Trump’s violent mob laid siege to our Capitol, he repeated the big lie that the election was stolen
He has finally gone too far: Stop him
Donald Trump has no conscience, no shame and no self-control — and the whole world sees that now. We can't wait
Speaking out on Trump’s white riot
Dorian Warren was preparing to celebrate the Georgia Senate wins. Then everything changed.
Democrats enraged at Trump and GOP
Don Beyer argued audio of Donald Trump's call with Brad Raffensperger "makes Nixon's 'smoking gun' tape sound tame"
DeVos quits Trump's Cabinet — finally
Members of the Cabinet should instead remain in the administration and invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump
AOC ethers Cruz with coup receipts
AOC calls for Cruz and Hawley to resign: "If you do not, the Senate should move for your expulsion"
Why did Capitol security collapse?
Capitol Police chief, House sergeant-at-arms forced to resign amid suggestions security was unprepared — or worse
Parler users look to Trump for orders
On the so-called free speech platform, users were abuzz the day after Trump fans breached the Capitol
How Joanna & Ina rule comfort (food) TV
At the pandemic's start we tried to cook well. A year in, Joanna Gaines makes us feel better about semi-homemade
Cruz praises white supremacist 1877 deal
Cruz praised the compromise that ended the 1876 election even though it involved imposing white supremacy
Why are vaccines being wasted?
The US needs to vaccinate 9 million people a week to end the pandemic by July 1. We're very far from that goal
Nic Cage and the catharsis of swearing
“The History of Swear Words" showrunner spoke to Salon to draw back the curtain on this fun and bizarre series
Surviving the worst in Pieces of a Woman
Kornél Mundruczó's film addresses the fragmentation of a life after losing a child at birth