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John Cena in "Peacemaker" (Jessica Miglio/HBO Max)

Peacemaker's multiverse of regret

Melanie McFarland

John Cena's hero stumbles on what may be the best dimension ever. But we know better

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2013, file photo, a sign marks the entrance to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. The canceled federal conference on climate change and health problem is back on but apparently minus the federal government. Former Vice President Al Gore, the University of Washington, the Harvard Global Health Institute and the American Public Health Association are resurrecting a climate change and health conference set for next month that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had planned then canceled in December. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) (AP)

RFK Jr. has made health work dangerous

Blaise Malley

More than 750 federal health employees are urging HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to stop spreading falsehoods

Crossing the border has been a hotspot for ICE, and many people have been caught up in their broad net without due process, including a Washington resident and her son. (ANDREJ IVANOV / Getty Images)

Canadians aren't coming to America

Garrett Owen

There has been a massive drop in the number of Canadians visiting the U.S. since President Donald Trump took office

Tables and chairs in empty restaurant (Mint Images / Getty Images )

D.C. diners vanish after Trump takeover

Joy Saha

Restaurant Week crowds thinned as Trump’s move to control D.C. police rattled diners and business owners

Sharon Stone at Universal Pictures' "Nobody 2" Los Angeles Premiere on August 11, 2025 (Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images)

There's no aging gracefully for women

Andi Zeisler

There’s power in talking about what it means to age in public — as long as you still look young enough

FBI and Border Patrol officers arrest Sean Dunn along Washington, D.C.'s U Street corridor (Andrew Leyden/Getty Images)

DC's Hoagie Hero served with distinction

Jesselyn Radack

Sean Dunn fought fascism with a Subway sandwich — and there's more to his story

Zohran Mamdani speaks to supporters during a Democratic primary election night gathering after running on a platform of affordability. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Dems should speak the language of pain

Chauncey DeVega

Effective political messaging targets — and wins — the heart

The Butler County, Ohio, jail, where Sheriff Richard Jones has posted a sign reading "Illegal Aliens Here." He has begun holding undocumented immigrants under a contract with Immigration and Customers Enforcement (ICE). (Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Solitary confinement changed him

Tatyana Tandanpolie

Imam Ayman Soliman, who faces the threat of deportation to Egypt, claims he was punished for observing his faith

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. waits to enter a meeting with Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on Capitol Hill on January 9, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

RFK Jr. hinders search for autism cause

Sharon Lerner - ProPublica

Federal funding for autism research has been gutted in Trump's second term

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)

Texas House passes Trump-approved maps

Alex Galbraith

The mid-decade redistricting effort got over its first hurdle on Wednesday

Independent Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gives a keynote speech during the Bitcoin 2024 conference at Music City Center July 26, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

RFK: They're great, jeans

Alex Galbraith

The Trump Cabinet member's explanation for his unusual workout attire only raised more questions

Governor of California Gavin Newsom attends a press conference in Beijing on October 25, 2023. (WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)

Democrats play redistricting "hardball"

Russell Payne

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said his party needs to take a new tack to fight Republican schemes

Vice President JD Vance speaks to the press following a tour of the multiagency Federal Joint Operations Center at the Wilshire Federal Building on June 20, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

DC residents call Vance "couch f**ker"

Garrett Owen

The vice president and Pete Hegseth were met with boos and jeers at Union Station in the nation's capital.

Elon Musk, during a news conference with President Donald Trump on May 30, 2025 inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (Photo by Tom Brenner For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Musk's third party isn't happening

Garrett Owen

The so-called America Party was proposed back when Musk was openly feuding with President Donald Trump

Woman takes out fresh organic vegetables (Getty Images/Maria Korneeva)

Americans’ faith in food safety plummets

Francesca Giangiulio

Budget cuts, delayed recalls and a drop in inspectors leave the public doubtful about food safety

Taylor Swift is joined on stage by Travis Kelce (R), during "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at Wembley Stadium on June 23, 2024 in London, England. (Photo illustration by Salon / Gareth Cattermole / TAS24 / Getty Images for TAS Rights Management / surachetkhamsuk)

Taylor Swift played us again

Coleman Spilde

Teetering on overexposure, Swift's "New Heights" episode keeps the pop star lovable and marketable

Democratic Texas Rep. Mihaela Plesa tears her Department of Public Safety escort form during a news conference outside of the House chamber in the State Capitol on August 19, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Texas Democrats reject police escorts

Garrett Owen

One lawmaker said she was "correcting course" after earlier consenting to full-time police surveillance

Grace Van Patten as Amanda Knox in "The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox." (Disney/Andrea Miconi)

Why Amanda Knox's story still captivates

Melanie McFarland

"The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox" wants us to understand its subject instead of judging her case

People shop at a retail store in New York. Wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, the biggest monthly increase since June 2022. (Michael Nagle/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Wake up, Dems: Hammer Trump on inflation

Austin Sarat

The party's winning message is staring them right in the face

First Lady Melania Trump departs the White House with President Donald Trump. ( Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The weird sexism of Melania's Putin plea

Amanda Marcotte

Even a deadly war can't get in the way of pushing cartoonishly retro gender roles

National Guardsmen are surrounded by thousands of protesters in Washington, D.C., on August 16, 2025. (DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump setting stage for Kent State 2.0

Charles R. Davis

War veterans worry escalating violence could be "politically advantageous" for Trump

Trump and Putin meet in Alaska for supposed peace talks. No resolution, a brief no-question press conference, and maybe Moscow next time. Zelenskyy noticeably absent and uninvited to meet Trump next week. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

What peace looks like to Putin and Trump

Ronald Suny - The Conversation

Trump and Putin's vision for the future is likely to be tough for Ukraine to accept

Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, MA on 9/8/04. (Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)

House will release redacted Epstein docs

Alex Galbraith

The House Oversight Committee said it would make Epstein docs public, following redactions to protect victims

A robot using artificial intelligence is displayed at a stand during the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, on May 30, 2024. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Is "clanker" a slur?

Alex Galbraith

Some social media users are uncomfortable with the slang term for robots, likening it to racial epithets

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