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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell talks to President Donald Trump as they tour the Federal Reserve’s renovation project on July 24, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

DOJ Powell probe could have consequences

Cristina Bodea - The Conversation

A central bank scholar explains what’s at stake if the Fed loses independence

NUUK, GREENLAND - JAN 13: Greenland residents and political leaders have publicly rejected suggestions by U.S. President Donald Trump that the Arctic island could become part of the United States. Greenland, an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, has emphasized that its future will be decided by its own people, with officials stating that the island is not for sale and does not wish to become American. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)

GOP senators vow: No war with Greeland

Garrett Owen

“We cannot do military action in Greenland. Should not, cannot," said Sen. James Lankford

George Martin (Robert Essel)

The architect of The Beatles’ sound

Kenneth Womack

A new book of Martin's Beatles scores makes a compelling case for his unmatched influence on the band’s legacy

Michael Rapaport in "The Traitors" (Euan Cherry/Peacock)

The best worst person on "The Traitors"

Melanie McFarland

Peacock’s hit reminds us that being a loud trash talker is good TV, but not good gaming

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MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES - JANUARY 14: Federal agents deploy tear gas as residents protest a federal agent-involved shooting during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States on January 14, 2026. The protest comes after a federal agent-involved shooting during immigration enforcement, exactly one week after a federal agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good. (Photo by Madison Thorn/Anadolu via Getty Images)

ICE officers shoot man in Minneapolis

Garrett Owen

The shooting escalated tensions in the city as more protests erupted in response

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 08: A portrait of Renee Nicole Good is pasted to a light pole near the site of her shooting on January 08, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to federal officials, an ICE agent shot and killed Good during a confrontation yesterday in south Minneapolis. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

When protesters become the Other

Chauncey DeVega

Renee Good's killing shows how standing with marginalized communities means losing privilege and protection

ICE agents. (Photo by Bryan Cox/Getty Images)

Leak details scale of ICE surveillance

Garrett Owen

The documents show the spying practices of ICE on immigrants and citizens alike

Ema Datshi (bhontan / Getty Images)

A fiery chili-cheese stew from Bhutan

Katie Lockhart

In the remote Himalayas, ema datshi emerged as the ultimate comfort food

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We need Wikipedia more than ever

Troy Farah

Wikipedia has lasted 25 years, and keeps getting better. So of course Elon wants to destroy it

A banner showing a picture of U.S. President Donald Trump is displayed outside of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) building on June 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Trump is something worse than a fascist

Heather Digby Parton

We've been using the wrong word to describe the president and his approach to ruling

President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, for a summit meeting on Russia's war on Ukraine. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Trump on well-trod path to autocracy

Konstantin Zhukov - The Conversation

The administration's latest actions are awfully familiar

Noah Wyle attends the Los Angeles Red Carpet Premiere of Max Original Drama Series THE PITT at DGA Theater Complex on January 07, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images)

Wyle PSA roasts RFK Jr.

Garrett Owen

The TV doctor floats wild conspiracy theories in a send-up of the Trump administration

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Emily Bader as Poppy in "People We Meet on Vacation" (Haide Costa/Netflix)

What "People We Meet" gets right

Angelina Mazza

"The heart of the film is pulled straight from the book," says author Emily Henry

President Donald Trump speaks as he signs a series of executive Orders in the Oval Office at the White House on August 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

MAGA craves praise for shoddy work

Alex Galbraith

Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth and Kristi Noem all want "attaboys" despite their poor performance

The Washington Post Building at One Franklin Square Building on June 5, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

FBI raids WaPo journalist’s home

Jelinda Montes

The journalist was not the subject of the investigation that lead to the search

US and Qatari troops and staff await US President Donald Trump at the Al-Udeid air base southwest of Doha on May 15, 2025. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

US pulls troops as Iran strike looms

Garrett Owen

European officials say a U.S. strike could come within the next 24 hours

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American Civil rights activist Claudette Colvin, 7th April 1998.  On March 2, 1955, at the age of fifteen, Colvin was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white person in Montgomery, Alabama. This predated the arrest of Rosa Parks and the the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott by nine months.  (Photo by Dudley M. Brooks/The The Washington Post via Getty Images) (Photo by Dudley M. Brooks/Getty Images)

Claudette Colvin dies at 86

Jelinda Montes

Before Rosa Parks made civil rights history, a defiant teen refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus

ICE Police watch as Rep. Ilhan Omar, center, U.S. Representative Kelly Morrison, left, and U.S. Representative Angie Craig, (not shown) on right, make their way into the the entrance of the Whipple Federal Building in Fort Snelling, MN on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. (Elizabeth Flores / Getty Images)

Tribe president walks back ICE claims

Garrett Owen

President Frank Star Comes Out called the tribe's sovereignty "not conditional"

Bob Weir accepts the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year award on January 31, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Bob Weir was the boomer who did it best

Andi Zeisler

The Grateful Dead guitarist held the band together in its prime and steered it through a storied afterlife

A protester in Manhattan's  Grand Army Plaza following the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ( Jason Alpert-Wisnia / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images)

Who's thwarting Trump's civil rights war

Sophia Tesfaye

As Trump attempts to implement a white nationalist agenda, liberal white women are fighting back

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Businesses boarded up in Minneapolis display posters of Renee Nicole Good following her fatal shooting by an ICE agent. (Kerem YUCEL / AFP via Getty Images)

Resistance moms will save us

Amanda Marcotte

Renee Good's courage shows our single best hope lies with ordinary people

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 07: An onlooker holds a sign that reads "Shame" as members of law enforcement work the scene following a suspected shooting by an ICE agent during federal law enforcement operations on January 07, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to federal officials, the agent, “fearing for his life” killed a woman during a confrontation in south Minneapolis. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

ICE treating Minneapolis as a “war zone"

Russell Payne

The killing of Renee Good has left a chill across the Twin Cities

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Special Response Team Police and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) agents detain a demonstrator during a protest outside an ICE processing center in Broadview, Illinois, on September 19, 2025. US President Donald Trump ordered increased federal law enforcement presence in Illinois and stepped-up immigration enforcement actions by the Department of Homeland Security. (Photo by Octavio Jones/Getty Images)

Immigration agents keep using chokeholds

Nicole Foy, McKenzie Funk - ProPublica

There is a federal ban on chokeholds and similar tactics. But there's no sign of punishment for officers use them

Bill O'Reilly (Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images)

O’Reilly to ICE: Tone it down

Jelinda Montes

The conservative pundit said DHS has to de-escalate in the wake of Renee Good's killing

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