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Prince Harry (R) crashes Stephen Colbert's monologue for political jabs and a role in a Christmas movie. (Scott Kowalchyk courtesy of CBS Broadcasting Inc.)

Harry’s Colbert cameo lights up audience

CK Smith

Prince Harry’s surprise cameo sparked boos, laughter and instant conservative misinterpretation and rage bait

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Sept. 4, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

RFK vaccine overhaul puts kids at risk

Nicole Karlis

A vaccine advisory panel on Friday voted to end its recommendation that kids receive hepatitis B vaccine at birth

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a Cabinet meeting on Oct. 9, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Hegseth could be investigated by 5 orgs

Joshua Kastenberg - The Conversation

But none are likely to lead to charges

A poster reads "ARRESTED" in bold letters as Attorney General Pam Bondi (3rd-R), accompanied by (L-R) U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Washington Field Office Special Agent in Charge Anthony Spotswood, FBI Director Kash Patel, and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, speaks during a news conference on an arrest of a suspect in the January 6th pipe bomb case at the Department of Justice on December 4, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Bomb suspect believed 2020 conspiracies

Garrett Owen

Brian Cole will make his first appearance in court on Friday

Amanda Seyfried as Ann Lee in "The Testament of Ann Lee" (Searchlight Pictures)

9 films that made an insane year livable

Coleman Spilde

Amid scandals, boycotts and political turmoil, these standout films helped us keep perspective

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. (Celal Gunes / Anadolu / Getty Images)

Boat strike footage removes "fog of war"

Garrett Owen

Lawmakers disagree whether the survivors were "returning to the fight"

President Donald Trump attends a Cabinet Meeting at the White. House on Aug. 26, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Desperate Trump puts his racism on show

Heather Digby Parton

The president’s attacks on Somali-Americans are the latest sign he is failing — and he knows it

(Photo Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Nanzeeba Ibnat)

"Rage bait" is an ideal Word of the Year

Amanda Marcotte

Oxford Dictionary elevates the name of the MAGA addiction — the first step to a solution

Donald Trump, taking questions from reporters in the Oval Office. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Image)

Trump is dragging the media even lower

Brian Karem

I guess the barrage of lies and insults aren't enough. Now Trump wants the media's complete submission

Zohran Mamdani campaigns for mayor of New York City on an affordability platform (Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Rich won't leave Mamdani's New York City

Cristobal Young - The Conversation

Wealthy New Yorkers have threatened to leave the city. They aren't going anywhere.

Rep. Marc LaHood, R-San Antonio, looks at a congressional redistricting map during debate of a congressional redistricting plan in the House Chamber at the Capitol in Austin. (Photo by Jay Janner/Getty Images)

Kagan rages at SCOTUS' Texas decision

Alex Galbraith

The justice lambasted the court's conservatives for allowing redrawn Texas congressional maps to take effect

A worker paints the White House May 2, 2019, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

Pantone draws a blank

Alex Galbraith

The trend forecasters at Pantone confused some readers with their choice for color of the year

U.S. Vice President-elect Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) arrives for the Senate Republican leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Vance joked about Signalgate in chat

Alex Galbraith

The inspector general's report revealed that the vice president made light of the controversy

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives for his Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

IG: Hegseth put troops at risk

Blaise Malley

The Pentagon claimed the report is a "total exoneration"

A stop sign outside the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on March 18, 2025. Cost-slashers of US President Donald Trump seized control on March 17 of the institute, ousting the leader of the taxpayer-funded center for conflict resolution created by Congress in 1984. ((Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images))

USIP renamed for Trump amid dispute

Blaise Malley

Trump’s name was added to the independent institute months after his administration purged staff

Elf on the Shelf Scout Elves (The Lumistella Company)

The Elf on the Shelf, Christmas narc

Andi Zeisler

For 20 years, an inconspicuous felt toy has delivered formative training in surveillance culture

Costco Wholesale store exterior, Connecticut. (Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Costco sues the Trump administration

Francesca Giangiulio

Costco joins growing corporate pushback, seeking refunds for tariffs it says were unlawfully imposed by Trump

Caviar from Island Creek Oysters (Island Creek Oysters)

Gift guide: Splurges for every table

Chaya Milchtein

From rare cuts to artisanal sweets, this guide gathers the best edible gifts and upgrades to make every meal shine

A tuna melt on sourdough (SherSor/Getty Images)

A better tuna melt, with a kick

Ashlie D. Stevens

Elevate the humble diner classic with a pop of Calabrian chili, caramelized shallots and gooey Fontina

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (R) speaks alongside, US President Donald Trump during a Cabinet Meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on December 2, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Boat strikes: War crime or "hoax"?

Sophia Tesfaye

Even as some Republicans turn on the ghastly Pete Hegseth, right-wing media can't handle the truth

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a meeting of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House on December 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump is collapsing — what about MAGA?

Chauncey DeVega

Even Republicans are unhappy with Trump's vicious, failing agenda. That doesn't mean they're ready to bail

One of two groups of cattle are pushed across Salt Spring Valley on their way 14 miles up to higher grazing lands. (Michael Macor/Getty Images )

How taxpayers prop up wealthy ranchers

Mark Olalde, Jimmy Tobias - ProPublica

The Trump administration is supercharging a system that props up a wealthy few while harming the environment

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Shapiro speaks during a rally with Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman, former U.S. President Barack Obama, and President Joe Biden at the Liacouras Center on November 5, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)

Shapiro: Harris tried "cover her a**"

Alex Galbraith

The Pennsylvania governor objected to some characterizations in the former vice president's campaign memoir

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he departs the White House on Sept. 26, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump legal fees could cost GA taxpayers

Garrett Owen

Trump's attorney said the legal fees in a recently dismissed racketeering case could cost millions.

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