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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 18: A protester holds a placard after the House voted 427-1 to approve the Epstein Files Transparency Act and the release of documents and files at the U.S. Capitol on November 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. The legislation instructs the U.S. Department of Justice to release all files related to the late accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. It now goes to the Senate for a vote before President Donald Trump can sign it into law.   (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)

Epstein files release will miss deadline

Russell Payne

Members of Congress have warned that officials could face legal repercussions for the delay

Paris, France - March 10, 2013: Old black and white and sepia photos at flea market. There are more than 20 flea markets in Paris.

Gen Z does not exist

Troy Farah

Generational labels have no scientific meaning. Experts say they’re tired — we should be too

President Donald Trump addresses the nation on Dec. 17, 2025. (Doug Mills / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's speech was his Joe Biden moment

Brian Karem

The president's nationally televised address will haunt him like Biden's debate performance

Construction on Trump's enormous ballroom began this week. Not everyone was pleased about it. Even on Fox News. (Salwan Georges / The Washington Post / Getty Images)

The White House ballroom ain't happening

Amanda Marcotte

Trump can't focus long enough, even on his $400 million passion project

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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 3: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on "The Abduction of Ukrainian Children by the Russian Federation" on Capitol Hill on December 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. Congressmen in the House and Senate on both sides of the isle joined the Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States and advocates to testify about the Russian war effort to abduct thousands of Ukrainian children and forced to undergo "re-education" and militarization. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Can a Democrat take McConnell’s seat?

Russell Payne

Rep. Charles Booker and racehorse trainer Dale Romans aim to test Democrat's electability in Kentucky

President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's Venezuela playbook is a retread

Betty Medsger - The Conversation

We’ve seen this before in run-ups to wars in Vietnam and Iraq

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 07: U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend the 48th annual Kennedy Center Honors at the Kennedy Center on December 07, 2025. (Photo by Allison Robbert/Getty Images)

Trump's name slapped on Kennedy Center

Garrett Owen

The president's hand-picked board voted to add his name to the performing arts venue

Jeffrey Epstein in 2004. (Photo by Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images)

Epstein was reading "Lolita" wrong

Alex Galbraith

You do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to Humbert Humbert

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Ghislaine Maxwell attends Polo Ralph Lauren host Victories of Athlete Ally at Polo Ralph Lauren Store on November 3, 2015 in New York City (Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

Maxwell pushes to vacate conviction

Blaise Malley

The filing lands days before a deadline to release sealed records released to Jeffrey Epstein

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks to the press on Oct. 17, 2025. (Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)

Congress punts on ACA subsidies

Garrett Owen

Lawmakers will go on holiday recess having failed to avoid a sudden rise in healthcare premiums

Yule log (Ptahi/Getty Images)

How the TV Yule log stole Christmas

Melanie McFarland

From flaming time-killers to franchise-branded blazes, TV fireplaces are now "home for the holidays" to stay

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 16: President Donald Trump speaks at a Hanukkah reception on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025 at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Peter W. Stevenson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

WH: We'd be "lucky" to have Trump 2028

Garrett Owen

The comments echo Trump's own hopes of a third term

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Icebox cake with layers of berry jam (Anastassiya Bezhekeneva / Getty Images)

Salon's most popular recipes of 2025

Ashlie D. Stevens

The comforting pastas, buttery breads, nostalgic desserts and cozy classics readers couldn’t stop cooking

President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation on Dec. 17, 2025. (Doug Mills - Pool/Getty Images)

Trump's big speech was all gaslighting

Heather Digby Parton

The president's false claims about economic conditions are the latest indication that he's in serious trouble

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Not the last picture show

Coleman Spilde

So it turns out you can go home again — and what I found in two North Dakota movie theaters was marvelous

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr testifies at a Senate oversight hearing on Dec. 17, 2025. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Trump's attack dog is Biden's legacy

Sophia Tesfaye

FCC Chair Brendan Carr should stand as a tough lesson for Democrats

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds her first news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on January 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Leavitt’s White House doublethink

Laura Beers

The press secretary's playbook is lifted from "1984"

Dan Bongino (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Bongino announces departure from FBI

Alex Galbraith

Recent reports had described the deputy director as "something of a clown" who will not be missed

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks during a news conference after the House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol Building on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

GOP revolts against Johnson on ACA vote

Garrett Owen

It is not clear if Johnson will hold a vote before the end of the year

Atmosphere at the after party for Sony Pictures Classics and The Cinema Society's special screening of "Eleanor the Great" held at Katz's Delicatessen (Adela Loconte/Variety via Getty Images)

Rob Reiner, remembered at Katz’s Deli

Francesca Giangiulio

The filmmaker behind “When Harry Met Sally” was a beloved regular at the iconic New York delicatessen

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Former Treasury Secretary & White House Economic Advisor Larry Summers is interviewed by FOX Business' Maria Bartiromo at FOX Studios on May 24, 2017 in New York City. (Robin Marchant/Getty Images)

Harvard launched probe over Summers vid

Garrett Owen

The university is investigating two students who recorded Summers' Epstein remarks

U.S. President Donald Trump departs the White House December 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump orders blockade of Venezuela

Blaise Malley

The president said the Maduro regime was "completely surrounded" in a post to social media

Billy Crystal as Harry Burns and Meg Ryan as Sally Albright in "When Harry Met Sally" (Columbia Pictures)

Rob Reiner's everlasting message of love

Coleman Spilde

A classic scene written to reflect Reiner's love for his wife, Michele, embraces a brighter future

Carmen Machi as Marga in "Rage" (Jau Fornes/HBO)

The 10 best TV shows of 2025

Melanie McFarland

From "Severance" to "Andor," here are the series that kept us tuned in to the small screen this year

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