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President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy

Trump has declared war — on the Kennedys

Jason Kyle Howard

From Jack and Jackie to Bobby, Ted and Eunice, Trump is on a rampage against the Kennedy legacy

Nurse taking blood to check sugar levels of a patient (Getty Images/Anchiy)

Free clinic saves folks in hospital town

Katie Campbell, Almudena Toral, Mauricio Rodríguez Pons - ProPublica

Albany, Georgia's lone hospital is supposed to treat people regardless of ability to pay. Residents turn elsewhere

Armed supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro gather near the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Jan. 3, 2026. (Federico Parra / AFP via Getty Images)

Venezuela: Trump's latest crime scene

Andrew O'Hehir

A blatantly corrupt, anti-democratic and illegitimate president stages a criminal coup. He's not named Maduro

US President Donald Trump, alongside (L/R) Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks to the press following US military actions, "large scale attacks" and the capture of President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. (Jim WATSON / Getty Images)

Trump: US will “run” Venezuela for now

CK Smith

Trump outlines temporary governance, oil involvement and military readiness. Global reactions are sharply divided

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Empty shopping cart in front of a red wall (Getty Images/Christian Adams)

Grocery stores are about to get worse

Ashlie D. Stevens

Supermarkets face new SNAP restrictions from Republicans — and everyone might pay the price at checkout

Overnight, U.S. forces struck multiple targets in Venezuela and captured its president and his wife to face charges in the U.S, leaving a fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela's largest military complex as the sun rose. (STR / Getty Images)

Maduro captured, Venezuela hit

CK Smith

Trump says the strikes led to the arrest of President Nicolás Maduro and wife, but Caracas demands proof of life

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America at 250 needs many stories

Jamie Holmes

The country is fractured. Can we really celebrate its birthday?

Donald Trump takes questions at Mar-a-Lago on Dec. 22, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump is causing MAGA collateral damage

Sophia Tesfaye

The president's veto of a bipartisan Colorado clean water project is hurting his own voters

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Woman holding phone. (Tim Robberts/Getty images)

AI news is altering people's views

Adrian Kuenzler - The Conversation

AI bias can influence how users think or feel, regardless of whether the information presented is true or false

Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie in "Heated Rivalry" (Sabrina Lantos/HBO Max)

Do women love "Heated Rivalry" too much?

Coleman Spilde

The female fans who led the charge in making the gay hockey romance a hit are also the ones policing its subjects

President Donald Trump departing the White House on Sept. 11, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images))

Trump is not putting on the brakes

Brian Karem

Even as he falters, 2026 will be a make-or-break year for the president — and the country

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., at a House committee hearing on Dec. 11, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Why MTG says she's done trolling

Amanda Marcotte

It's not like she has anything else to offer

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Nick Fuentes, the leader of a Christian based extremist white nationalist group speaks to his followers, 'the Groypers.' in Washington D.C. on November 14, 2020 (Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Black conservatives drawn to Fuentes

George Michael - The Conversation

The white nationalist influencer has some unlikely fans

On January 1, 2026, Zohran Mamdani took the oath of office to become the mayor of New York City. He was joined by his wife Rama Duwaji and many notable allies like New York City-born Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders. (David Dee Delgado / Getty Images)

NYC’s Zohran Mamdani sworn in as mayor

CK Smith

The 34-year-old progressive leader begins his term vowing to tackle housing, transit and affordability challenges

President Trump vetoes two bipartisan bills that  directly affect Colorado and Florida for what opponents call "retribution". (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Trump veto bills may be "retribution"

CK Smith

The White House cited policy concerns, while opponents pointed to strained relationships with lawmakers and tribes

In a new investigation into the activities of Jan. 6, 2021, former investigator Jack Smith is recalled before the GOP-led committee to remind House members of the events that led up to and during that day almost five years ago. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

Transcript reinforces Smith’s conclusion

CK Smith

Smith told the House committee the attack on the Capitol "does not happen" without Donald Trump’s role

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Kristen Stewart directs Imogen Poots in "The Chronology of Water" (Andrejs Strokins)

Not every movie star should direct

Coleman Spilde

Kristen Stewart and Kate Winslet's debut features prove not every actor is cut out to step behind the camera

Pair of old ballet shoes hanging on a wall (ljupco / Getty Images)

Dance changed how I eat — for the better

Ashlie D. Stevens

This year, I chased sweat with sandwiches and discovered joy in hunger again

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which was recently renamed The Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, D.C. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump’s cultural coup is doomed to fail

Heather Digby Parton

Artists are protesting Trump's Kennedy Center takeover — and creating art in defiance of his repression

VERNON, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 20: An aerial view of a 33 megawatt data center (LOWER L) with closed-loop cooling system, amid warehouses on October 20, 2025 in Vernon, California. A surge in demand for AI infrastructure is fueling a boom in data centers across the country and around the globe. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

AI data centers' double-edged sword

Russell Payne

The data center buildout is papering over the economy most Americans are living with

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The state of North Carolina flag, and United States flag fly on September 22, 2018 at BB&T Field in Wake Forrest, NC. (Photo by Brian Utesch/Getty Images)

GOP lawmakers reshape NC government

Doug Bock Clark - ProPublica

North Carolina’s Republican-led legislature has siphoned off some of the governor’s traditional powers

President Donald Trump at the White House on Sept. 29, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump: Dems are "cheaters and thieves"

Alex Galbraith

The president spent the last day of 2025 attacking his enemies on social media

An undated photograph of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein (Democrats on the House Oversight Committee)

Trump, Epstein fell out over masseuse

Alex Galbraith

A new report from the Wall Street Journal dives into the origin of a rift between Trump and Epstein

Swedish pop group ABBA has always been popular in Vietnam, with one song in particular holding particular poignancy (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Sergio Mendoza Hochmann / Gus Stewart)

The ABBA song that's huge in Vietnam

Hanh Nguyen

This one song by the Swedish group has a poignant, unexpected hold on the country

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