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A member of the right-wing group Oath Keepers stands guard during a rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on January 5, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

The Oath Keepers are coming back

Alexander Lowie - The Conversation

Years after the arrest of the group's leader, the far-right militia is returning

Chappell Roan performs on Day 3 of Outside Lands Festival 2024 at Golden Gate Park on August 11, 2024 in San Francisco, California. (Steve Jennings/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

Roan walks back Bardot tribute

Alex Galbraith

"Holy s**t I did not know all that insane s**t Ms. Bardot stood for,” Roan wrote

President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One on Nov. 30, 2025. (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

US carries out first strike in Venezuela

Garrett Owen

Trump said he knows "exactly" who is responsible for the strike, but refused to give details

Is there a MAGA divorce in progress? Trump has now publicly called out Rep. Greene for her views on Epstein and endorsed her opponent in the primary. She's standing firm. (ELIJAH NOUVELAGE / Contributor / Getty Images))

Trump vexed by "friends" in Epstein docs

Garrett Owen

In a new interview, MTG claims Trump revealed his reason for slow-walking the documents

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PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 28: U.S. President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at his Mar-a-Lago club on December 28, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump invited Zelensky to his private club to work on the U.S.-proposed peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, as the conflict approaches four years since the sudden full-scale invasion by Russia on February 24, 2022. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

US offers Ukraine 15 years security

Garrett Owen

Zelensky had originally asked for guarantees of up to 50 years

(Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images)

MAGA's circular firing squad intensifies

Sophia Tesfaye

MAGA's true believers are realizing that Trumpism is about spectacle over substance — and they're angry

Rhea Seehorn and Karolina Wydra in "Pluribus" (Apple TV)

2025 was the year of the hive mind

Melanie McFarland

The fear of surrendered will is a common theme in the past year's biggest films and shows. What is that telling us?

A billboard in Times Square calls for the release of the Epstein files on July 23, 2025 in New York City. (Adam Gray/Getty Images)

Epstein held a mirror up to MAGA in 2025

Amanda Marcotte

Trump is desperate to distract his base

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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 fears grow ahead of 2026 midterms

Charlie Hurt - The Conversation

Speaker Mike Johnson has to defend a thin majority as he faces a near-record number of retiring Republicans

Sunday, President Trump welcomed President Zelenskyy to Mar-a-Lago to explore further progress on the "20-point peace plan". They left optimistic but with no solid deal. (Jim WATSON / Getty Images)

Trump frames Ukraine talks as his win

CK Smith

The Mar-a-Lago summit ended with optimism and plans for another meeting, but no cease-fire or concrete peace deal

Sabrina Carpenter and Marcello Hernandez at the Variety Power of Young Hollywood Event at the Santa Monica Proper Hotel on August 8, 2024 in Santa Monica, California. (Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty Images)

Hernández: Fans think I'm Domingo

Alex Galbraith

The "Saturday Night Live" star spoke about his breakout character

While the Kennedy Center bears President Trump's changes in person, a comedy writer preemptively claims the space online. (Hamburg Studios / Getty Images)

Kennedy Center culture war is now online

CK Smith

Part prank, part protest, this move serves as a reminder that culture wars always end up in the digital world

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The Metrocard has become a New York icon of its own. The MTA is retiring them for the tap-to-pay option most riders already use. (TinaFields / Getty Images)

End of the line for the NYC MetroCard

CK Smith

The MTA is phasing out the iconic yellow plastic card that carried millions through decades of daily commutes.

Labubu at Copenhagen Fashion Week, on August 04, 2025 in Copenhagen, Denmark (Edward Berthelot/Getty Images)

2025, the year of overconsumption

Andi Zeisler

Our tech overlords are determined to keep us shopping. It's working

Nancy Pelosi attends the 67th GRAMMY Awards Pre-GRAMMY Gala & GRAMMY Salute to Industry Icons Honoring Jody Gerson on February 01, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Pelosi: GOP has "abolished Congress"

Alex Galbraith

Pelosi said the legislature bends to Trump, before predicting Democrats would take the House back in 2026

A delicious budget meal (Greg Pryor / 500px / Getty Images)

8 ways to eat better, for less, in 2026

Ashlie D. Stevens

Simple strategies and smart pantry moves to help you eat well, save money and start the new year with confidence

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Controversial French film icon and animal advocate Brigitte Bardot died. In her later years, she became known also for her far-right politics. (PIERRE BOUSSEL / AFP / Getty Images)

Brigitte Bardot, French icon, dead at 91

CK Smith

Bardot rose as a cinematic sex symbol before retreating from fame to become an animal advocate and far-right patron

Volunteers hand out signs opposing a data center complex in Tucker County, West Virginia, following a public meeting on June 30, 2025. (ULYSSE BELLIER/AFP via Getty Images)

West Virginia's new strip mines

Sean Carlton

The Mountain State is experiencing a data center boom — and using the old coal playbook

This photo illustration shows the representation of the $Trump meme coin in Brussels, Belgium, on February 13, 2025. (Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The president who cried "hoax"

Kirk Swearingen

Both impeachments, the Epstein scandal, COVID, climate change — it's all a "hoax." Is Trump telling us something?

Yemen's Houthi fighters carry weapons in protest against the U.S. and Israel, Nov. 6, 2025 in Sanaa. (Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

Who's worse: Trump or the Houthis?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies

Somehow, seizing Venezuelan tankers is legal while the Houthis' Red Sea attacks are labeled as terrorism

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Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The legal tax tricks billionaires use

Ray Madoff - The Conversation

Billionaires can enjoy growing wealth entirely free of income tax and reporting

Media mogul Tyler Perry has been accused again of sexual assault this year. (Emma McIntyre / Getty Images)

Perry sued for another sexual assault

CK Smith

An actor alleges unwanted advances and sexual battery, marking the second suit filed against the mogul this year

President Trump continues adding his mark on public institutions. This time, it's marble armrests at the "Trump Kennedy Center," as he calls it. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's Kennedy Center marble armrests

CK Smith

Marble armrests become the latest symbol of the president’s luxury-first approach to public institutions

Heavy snow in the Northeast led to hundreds of delays and cancellations and thousands of holiday travelers stuck. An already weakened aviation system just amplified problems. (Zhang Fengguo/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Storms expose already weak travel system

CK Smith

Snow and flooding trigger mass flight cancellations, amplifying policy choices and cuts of the weakened system

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