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"Lady And The Tramp" lobbycard (LMPC via Getty Images)

Spaghetti is messy. Why is it romantic?

Joy Saha

"Lady and the Tramp" introduced us to the spaghetti kiss and forever transformed the pasta into a date night food

President Donald Trump (Win McNamee/Getty Images))

Trump gets help ignoring public opinion

Chauncey DeVega

Gallup's decision to stop tracking approval ratings could make it easier for Trump to shrug off public discontent

FBI Director Kash Patel is coming under fire for his handling of high-profile investigations ( Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Right-wing media turns on Kash Patel

Sophia Tesfaye

The FBI director is also facing criticism over his handling of the Epstein files

ICE officers depart the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building on February 4, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

The scars of occupied Minneapolis

Nicholas Liu

White House claims victory in retreat — but crackdown continues and so does resistance

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The TikTok logo is seen on a mobile device (Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

TikTok fuels Springfield rumors

Amanda Becker - The 19th

The conspiracy theories have triggered chaos in the Ohio city, where Haitian immigrant families are already on edge

The Moderna logo appears on a laptop computer screen in this photo illustration in Athens, Greece, on February 9, 2026. (Photo Illustration by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

FDA rejects Moderna flu vaccine

Garrett Owen

The move is further in line with HHS Secretary Kennedy's anti-vaccine policies

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks at a press conference on February 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Heather Diehl / Getty Images)

DHS to shut down, but ICE won’t stop

Jelinda Montes

Congress cleared out for their week-long recess early — running out the clock on a DHS shutdown

Savannah Guthrie poses alongside her mother Nancy Guthrie during a production break whilst hosting NBC's "Today Show" live from Australia at Sydney Opera House on May 4, 2015. (Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage)

Watching a true crime story in real time

Melanie McFarland

As the search for the "Today" host’s mother Nancy continues, the audience shares in her raw and public anguish

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Venerable Bhikkhu Pannakara is seen during the Walk for Peace closing ceremony in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC on February 11, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Buddhist monks vs. Trump's fake UN

Troy Farah

Over the last year, we've seen America's "forever war" come home. But wandering monks remind us peace is possible

Hudson Williams in "Heated Rivalry" (Sabrina Lantos/HBO Max)

What lesbians see in "Heated Rivalry"

Ava Pauline Emilione

Sapphic romances remain scarce, so queer women are projecting their own longing onto the show's characters

Donald Trump is creating a Washington that's becoming unrecognizable (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's Washington is unrecognizable

Brian Karem

The nation's capital and America's democracy have become shells of their former selves

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is under fire for her chaotic management of the agency (Al Drago/Getty Images)

Why Kristi Noem wants ICE body cams

Amanda Marcotte

The DHS secretary’s effort to avoid a shutdown is about propaganda, not transparency

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Minneapolis residents continue to pay tribute to Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both victims of fatal shootings by federal agents, and show their anger and demand that ICE leave their city. On February 9, 2026. (Photo by Jerome Gilles/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

America is learning from Minnesota

Russell Payne

Organizers from around the country are being trained by people in Minneapolis

Voters cast their ballots at the Lucky Shoals Park Recreation Center on November 5, 2024 in Norcross, Georgia. (Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)

Voting bill could cause ballot box chaos

Marissa Martinez - The 19th

The SAVE America Act could make it difficult for people who have changed their names to vote

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)

Pam Bondi's hearing erupts into chaos

Garrett Owen

Bondi may have lied under oath and had documents detailing the search history of lawmakers

Sarah Pidgeon as Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and Paul Kelly as John F. Kennedy Jr. in "Love Story" (FX)

The shrunken ambition of "Love Story"

Melanie McFarland

A decade after "The People v. O. J. Simpson" comes an empty romance whose existence hangs on the Kennedy name

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Bread with heart-shaped jam dot (Maria Camila Tobon / Getty Images)

Loaf-seekers find their match on Hinge

Joy Saha

One content creator is using the dating app to share her homemade sourdough with hungry suitors

Deli salads (AJ_Watt)

Why sides make the best dinner

Ashlie D. Stevens

Stop planning for just one star when the supporting cast — creamy, crunchy, fresh — can steal the show

Mayor Jacob Frey used salty language to condemn the shooting of a Minneapolis resident by ICE  in Minneapolis, Minn., on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Getty Images)

Frey: Minneapolis survived "occupation"

Alex Galbraith

The Minneapolis mayor celebrated his constituents after Tom Homan announced a drawdown of ICE agents in Minnesota

Bad Bunny performed mostly in Spanish at the Super Bowl LX halftime show, which angered many on the right (Kindell Buchanan/PA Images via Getty Images)

Bad Bunny and America's bilingual roots

Katherine Kelaidis

The singer's Spanish-language halftime show triggered MAGA — even though we were once a nation of many languages

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The Free Press' Honestly with Bari Weiss (pictured) hosts Senator Ted Cruz presented by Uber and X on January 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images)

Weiss' CBS "vision" prompts resignation

Alex Galbraith

A producer for "CBS Evening News" said network journalists were "hindered by fear" in her farewell letter

Thousands attended the "No Kings" protest in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 18, 2025. (Li Rui/Xinhua via Getty Images)

This isn’t Trump’s "Golden Age"

Heather Digby Parton

Under Donald Trump’s leadership, Americans are more pessimistic than ever. But there’s reason for hope

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to the White House on Nov. 2, 2025 after taking off from Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

The con behind nationalizing elections

Chauncey DeVega

Conservatives praise small government and states’ rights — until power is at stake

REAL ID sign at a Miami airport. (Jeff Greenberg / Getty Images)

DHS’s REAL ID hypocrisy

Jelinda Montes

Proof of legality isn’t a priority for immigration officials targeting the Latino community

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