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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., joined by President Donald Trump, delivers at the White House on Sept. 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

RFK Jr. is winning MAHA’s vaccine war

Heather Digby Parton

In choosing a leading vaccine critic to run the CDC, the HHS secretary continues to endanger public health

Samuel Alito and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Alito could give MAGA another court pick

David Daley

A strategically-timed retirement announcement means the GOP could soon have another seat to fill on the high court

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández speaks at  COP26 at SECC on November 1, 2021. (Photo by Andy Buchanan/Getty Images)

Hernández refutes Trump's narco rhetoric

Keri Blakinger - ProPublica

The former Honduran president was pardoned and was whisked away to a luxury hotel in New York City

Doorbell cameras are everywhere. An Amazon proposed partnership and Super Bowl ad reveals fears about personal privacy. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

Ring founder: We won't stop with pets

Alex Galbraith

Ring was recently pushed to terminate a surveillance tech partnership over backlash to its Search Party feature

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Florida's Republican state Sen. Randy Fine speaks with the media after winning the 6th District race to replace GOP former Rep. Michael Waltz, who is now President Donald Trump’s national security adviser on April 01, 2025 in Ormond Beach, Florida. Mr. Fine beat his Democratic opponent, Josh Weil. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

"Bigot": Dems call for Fine to resign

Alex Galbraith

Freshman Rep. Randy Fine was condemned by top Democrats for his anti-Muslim posts

USA's Elana Meyers Taylor and USA's Kaillie Armbruster Humphries pose for pictures after winning gold and bronze respectively in the bobsleigh women's monobob heat 4 at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Taylor and Humphries have both spoken openly about balancing motherhood and Olympic competition. (Marco BERTORELLO / AFP via Getty Images)

This Winter Olympics is for moms

Nicole Karlis

Moms are taking up space at the Olympics, changing the status quo in a male-dominated field

Samantha Mathis, Juliette Lewis and Robin Tunney in "By Design" (Music Box Films)

"By Design" lusts after sweet apathy

Coleman Spilde

In the witty new film, Juliette Lewis swaps bodies with a chair. If only escaping the rat race were that easy

Dips for dinner (Ashlie Stevens )

Lazy ways to eat more vegetables

Ashlie D. Stevens

Simple, forgiving ways to add vegetables without overhauling your life — or your fridge

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Bari Weiss' tenure at CBS News has been tumultuous (Leigh Vogel/Getty Images)

CBS meltdown goes beyond Bari Weiss

Sophia Tesfaye

Anderson Cooper departs and Stephen Colbert goes off-script as the network struggles to define its future

Kristi Noem's leadership of the Department of Homeland Security has been marked by chaos (Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images)

Noem’s law-and-order pitch is collapsing

Amanda Marcotte

The DHS secretary and her semi-official aide Corey Lewandowski are to blame for the shutdown

Arizona Secretary Of State Adrian Fontes speaks with the media at the Burton Barr Central Library on November 05, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Using immigration to undermine election

Nicholas Liu

False election fraud claims are nothing new, but the federal immigration crackdown has increased pressure

Kash Patel testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Meetings linked to FBI election raid

Doug Bock Clark, Jeremy Kohler - ProPublica

Thomas Albus, the federal prosecutor investigating the 2020 Georgia vote, meet with Trump admin lawyers last fall

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Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks to a Democratic gathering at the Cheyenne Civic Center on April 20, 1989 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. An African American Baptist minister and political activist, Jackson was a candidate for the U.S. presidency in 1984 and 1988. In 2000 President Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest honor bestowed on civilians. ( Mark Junge / Getty Images)

Civil rights icon Jesse Jackson dead

Jelinda Montes

Jackson led a rainbow coalition of Americans through decades of protest and progress

Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon in "Harold and Maude" (FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images)

Harold taught me to not fear death

Kelly McClure

Bud Cort's death is a reminder to live the best you can, while you can

Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump's "Mission Accomplished" moment

Heather Digby Parton

The president falsely claimed he "fixed" the affordability crisis. He and the GOP will pay in the November midterms

At the 2025 Munich Security Conference, Vice President JD Vance chided Europeans on limiting free speech. (Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

JD Vance doesn't believe in free speech

Austin Sarat, Thomas Dumm

In 2025, the veep warned Europeans about censorship. Now the Trump administration is testing those same limits

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Demonstrators march during the nationwide "Stop ICE Terror" rally through downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 20, 2026 in protest against US President Donald Trump's policies. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP / Getty Images)

Minnesotans delay abortions to avoid ICE

Shefali Luthra - The 19th

Planned Parenthood’s no-show rate has gone up almost 10 percent since the Minnesota operation began

Acting icon, Robert Duvall, during the press run of "The Portrait of Billy Joe." (M. Caulfield/WireImage for CineVegas)

Acting legend Robert Duvall dead at 95

CK Smith

Robert Duvall’s seven decades of iconic and varied performances made him one of America’s most respected actors

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Lifetouch: Student data always secure

CK Smith

Lifetouch says student photos never at risk; company’s operations independent of any past parent company executive

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9 spring memoirs not to skip

Andi Zeisler

Lena Dunham, Fab 5 Freddy and Liza with a Z are among the culture-makers leaving it all on the page

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Trump is demanding his portrait from his first administration (seen above) be replaced with one to cover both terms. This continues his editing of the Smithsonian's displays on history including his own biography and major events like slavery. (Kevin Carter / Getty Images)

Trump's legacy war on a portrait

CK Smith

A battle over brushstrokes and biography puts Trump’s legacy and national museums back in the spotlight

Rebecca Black performs at Outside Lands at Golden Gate Park on August 10, 2025 in San Francisco, California. (Dana Jacobs / WireImage)

Rebecca Black started the ragebait era

Alex Galbraith

Fifteen years ago, the singer-songwriter showed the web loved nothing more than a pile-on

Elon Musk envisioned a future with optional work and irrelevant money thanks to the domination of artificial intelligence. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

MAGA loves bad dads

Amanda Marcotte

Raising kids should be about quality, not quantity

Residents of Lemont, Illinois, pay tribute to Charlie Kirk during a vigil on September 11, 2025. (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Why GOP wants a Charlie Kirk holiday

Russell Payne

State-level Charlie Kirk celebrations stand in for an actual GOP agenda, critics say — and no one gets the day off

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