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NOVEMBER 30: ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One en-route to Washington, DC on November 30, 2025. The first family is returning to Washington, DC after spending the Thanksgiving holiday weekend at his Mar-A-Lago Resort In Florida.  (Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

Trump isn't sure why he got an MRI

Garrett Owen

Trump's health has been under intense scrutiny since taking office

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., ahead of the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 21, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump is elevating Mark Kelly for 2028

Jason Kyle Howard

The president's threats are setting up the Arizona senator for a presidential bid

Allie Beth Stuckey on the set of Candace Owens' show on Dec. 6, 2021. (Jason Davis/Getty Images)

MAGA's war on empathy began with a woman

Amanda Marcotte

Allie Beth Stuckey weaponizes her gender to sell the idea of a cold-hearted Jesus

Tennessee special election heats up

Russell Payne

Tennessee’s 7th District race is challenging assumptions about how Democrats win red states

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem participates in a roundtable event with President Donald Trump in Texas. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Lawmakers want probe of Noem-linked firm

Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliot, Alex Mierjeski - ProPublica

A ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign

An Oklahoma student is decrying her failing grade on a reflection essay for psychology course. Her instructors say it was well-deserved not for her religious views but for her lack of empirical evidence, not following directions and a poorly written assignment. (Pawel Kacperek / Getty Images)

Student cries bad grade is faith attack

CK Smith

OU psych student appeals failing grade on Bible-based essay that ignored instructions and lacked any academic rigor

Sen. Cory Booker (R) and Alexis Lewis wed in 2 private ceremonies this week in Newark and D.C., surrounded by close family. (Bobby Bank / Getty Images)

Sen. Booker weds in 2 private ceremonies

CK Smith

The popular NJ senator marries girlfriend Alexis Lewis, adding a fresh layer to his highly-visible national profile

George Clooney attends the "Wolfs" photocall during the 81st Venice International Film Festival at Palazzo del Casino on September 01, 2024 in Venice, Italy. (Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

Clooney: Pressuring Biden was "mistake"

Alex Galbraith

The actor reconsidered his campaign to force the former president to drop out in a new interview

Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare in "Hamnet" (Focus Features)

"Hamnet" tests our will to weep

Coleman Spilde

Chloé Zhao’s mournful Shakespeare riff leans so hard on tragedy that it leaves little room for nuance

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt answers questions during the daily press briefing on Sept. 9, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

WH launches "media offender" list

Alex Galbraith

The Trump administration is using the "lügenpresse" strategy to push back against negative coverage

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a Cabinet meeting on Oct. 9, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Kelly: Hegseth's double-tap a war crime

Alex Galbraith

The former Navy pilot added that Hegseth was the least qualified secretary of defense in history

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The fruity martini's colorful comeback

Francesca Giangiulio

From Instagram feeds to the cocktail glass, fruity martinis are back — brighter, sweeter and craftier than ever

Incarcerated fathers line up in tuxedos and pink boutonnieres to wait for the arrival of their daughters for a new tradition at a Lousiana prison: a father-daughter dance. It was a way for families to reconnect with a loved one behind bars and part of a re-entry program for the prisoners. (God Behind Bars)

A brief escape: One night for family

CK Smith

A new feature of the family-reentry program lets incarcerated fathers dance with daughters they rarely get to see

World Bank president David Malpass (left) interviews former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, Oct. 11, 2022. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The left was right about Larry Summers

Andrew O'Hehir

Long before the Epstein scandal, it was clear Summers was a viper. Clinton and Obama simply didn't want to know

New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani interacts with pre-K students on Nov. 13, 2025 in Flatbush, Brooklyn. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Affordable care is a political winner

Anna Wadia, Julie Kashen

Recent wins by Mamdani, Spanberger and Sherrill prove the power of fixing the "care economy"

Republican presidential nominee former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Israeli American Council National Summit at the Washington Hilton on September 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

How Trump redefined antisemitism

Mattea Kramer - TomDispatch.com

With help from the Heritage Foundation, Trump is building a fascist regime by attacking free speech

(Photo by Stefan Coders / pexels.com)

Pros and cons of using a VPN

Jared Howe

VPNs offer numerous benefits, but they're not a one-click solution for all of your needs

In the latest episode of The Kardashians, Kim finds out she has "low brain activity." But neurologists point to inconsistent data, scans and misdiagnoses. (Mike Marsland / Getty Images)

Kim K.’s "low brain activity" scan

CK Smith

Kim says the scan "explains a lot," though doctors say such findings are often inconclusive without proper context

90-year-old English legend Dame Judi Dench shared that her eyesight is almost completely gone due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD). (Karwai Tang / Getty Images)

Judi Dench on her AMD vision loss

CK Smith

The 90-year-old actor says advanced macular degeneration has taken away her ability to see faces and read scripts

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Sports venues are going gourmet

Katie Lockhart

From Wimbledon to the Grand Prix, fans are lining up for truffles, caviar and chef-driven menus

Reports are now out that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered multiple missile strikes to make sure there were no survivors on the supposed "drug boats" from South America. (Felix Leon / AFP via Getty Images)

Hegseth ordered 2nd strike on survivors

CK Smith

Hegseth's alleged strike order raises concerns on US adherence to international law, ethics and human rights

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AI fuels a new wave of political lies

Davina Hurt, Ann Skeet

Across races from Georgia to New York, deepfakes are steering political narratives and voter perception

(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Kevin Dietsch / Peter Stark)

Why RFK's individualism is so dangerous

Troy Farah

The debate isn’t about “trusting experts.” It’s about who shoulders responsibility for staying healthy

Demonstrators hold signs during the "Remove the Regime" protests against President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, on November 21, 2025. (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

They rode two nights to protest Trump

Amanda Becker - The 19th

After Trump called a reporter “piggy,” dozens of women boarded a bus in Ohio for a 36-hour “turn and burn” trip

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