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Election signs decorate the sidewalk at the Ben Hur Shrine polling place in Austin as early voting begins for the March primary elections in Texas, Feb. 17, 2026. Voters can cast their ballots to decide who represents Republicans and Democrats in the November midterm elections. (Sara Diggins/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)

Dem turnout breaking records in Texas

Paul Cobler - The Texas Tribune

Turnout during the first week of voting exceeded the same period for the past two presidential elections

US Representatives Ilhan Omar, Democrat from Minnesota, and Rashida Tlaib, Democrat from Michigan, look on as President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2026. (Photo by Mandel Ngan/Getty Images)

Trump: Omar, Tlaib are "lunatics"

Alex Galbraith

The president said the progressive pair had the "bulging eyes of crazy people" during his State of the Union speech

Former Treasury Secretary & White House Economic Advisor Larry Summers. (Robin Marchant/Getty Images)

Summers to resign from Harvard

Alex Galbraith

The former Treasury secretary has faced intense scrutiny since appearing in the Epstein files

Donald Trump's State of the Union dazzled right-wing media, but it also exposed the limits of his MAGA vision (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump woos MAGA media with bigoted SOTU

Sophia Tesfaye

MAGA media outlets declare the president's 107-minute address the best in history

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Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies as Jeffrey Epstein survivors stand in the background, during the House Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice,” in Rayburn building on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)

Democrats call for Bondi investigation

Jelinda Montes

Lawmakers says Bondi perjured herself on Trump’s involvement in Epstein files

Democrats were divided in their responses to Trump's State of the Union (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

SOTU exposes Democrats' biggest problem

Jason Kyle Howard

Both inside and outside the House chamber, Democrats showed they still don't know how to effectively counter Trump

Peter Claffey in "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" (Steffan Hill/HBO)

In Westeros, the soul outweighs the body

Nicholas Liu

"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" shows that true knighthood is supreme grace, not an invented tradition

Sunday reset cleaning (SeventyFour/Getty Images)

Why we’re watching strangers tidy up

Andi Zeisler

From “Sunday resets” to “house burping,” mundane chores are being rebranded as aspirational lifestyle content

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President Donald J. Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. (Pool photo by Kenny Holston/The New York Times.) (Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump hides in plain sight at the SOTU

Amanda Marcotte

The president waited until most viewers had tuned out to reveal his worst impulses

A Palestinian youth stands on a street strewn with rubble following an explosion in the Saftawi neighbourhood, west of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on August 25, 2025. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP via Getty Images)

How the Gaza war changed America

Nicholas Liu

Historian Bruce Robbins argues Gaza has shifted the debate over how and when the label is used

Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Gonzales asked for explicit photos

Eleanor Klibanoff - The Texas Tribune

His aide, Regina Santos-Aviles, later set herself on fire

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger waits to speak at a canvass launch event on November 02, 2025 in Lake Ridge, Virginia. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Spanberger slams Trump on affordability

Alex Galbraith

The Virginia governor's State of the Union response was "laser-focused" on kitchen table issues

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US President Donald Trump concludes his remarks during the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2026. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/GETTY IMAGES)

Trump attacks "crazy" Dems in SOTU

Alex Galbraith

The president used the annual address to air his grievances with Democrats, the Supreme Court

U.S. Rep. Al Green (D-TX) protests as President Donald Trump arrives to deliver the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress at the Capitol on February 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. Trump delivered his address days after the Supreme Court struck down the administration's tariff strategy, and amid a U.S. military buildup in the Persian Gulf threatening Iran. (Photo by Kenny Holston/Getty Images)

Green protests Trump ape clip at SOTU

Alex Galbraith

The Texas rep. held a sign up that said "Black people aren't apes"

Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Oct. 7, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

DOJ withheld Trump docs in Epstein files

Jelinda Montes

An NPR investigation found that documents surrounding Trump sexual abuse allegations were absent

Peter Attia at the Featured Session "Peter Attia: The Science and Art of Longevity" during SXSW Conference & Festivals in the Hilton Austin Downtown on March 8, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Renee Dominguez/Getty Images)

Attia steps down from CBS

Jelinda Montes

The longevity influencer’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein led to his departure from the network

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President Trump holds a press briefing on the Supreme Court's decision to strike down his global tariffs on Feb. 20, 2026. (Photo by Chen Mengtong/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

Lawmakers demand tariff refunds

Jelinda Montes

The demands were met with more tariff threats by the president

Odetta (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Dylan through the lens of Black America

Caryn Rose

"Highway of Diamonds" showcases decades of Black artists reshaping and sometimes radically reframing Dylan's work

Weeknight chicken worth texting about (Ashlie Stevens )

Chicken so good I texted my dad

Ashlie D. Stevens

A nostalgic weeknight chicken, reengineered — creamy beans, winter greens and crumbs toasted just shy of too dark

US President Donald Trump fields a question from a reporter during a roundtable about Antifa in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 8, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

Trump’s Iran bravado echoes Bush

Heather Digby Parton

“Real men want to go to Tehran,” Bush’s neocons said. Two decades later, Trump’s rhetoric follows a familiar script

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Donald Trump's recent fundraising emails have taken a creepy turn (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Why Trump's creepy emails work for MAGA

Chauncey DeVega

The president’s fundraising emails are part of a larger messaging campaign that has become increasingly menacing

Attorney General Pam Bondi attends a press briefing held at the White House February 20, 2026 in Washington. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images)

Pam Bondi’s brother keeps on winning

Russell Payne

Lawmakers demanded documents tied to Brad Bondi’s courtroom winning streak. The DOJ has missed the deadline

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

Epstein emails reveal misogyny in STEM

Jessica Kutz - The 19th

In one email, an AI researcher suggested it’s “hard to be brilliant if you are worrying if you look fat"

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference to kick off the Yes on 50 campaign at the California Democratic Party Headquarters on Aug. 21, 2025 in Sacramento, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Newsom to Hannity: Spare me fake outrage

Alex Galbraith

Newsom called Hannity a hypocrite after the television host accused the governor of racism

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