We bought fake al-Qaida video
Report: Pentagon paid a company founded by Margaret Thatcher's P.R. guru half a billion for secret war propaganda
Outing Elena Ferrante
An Italian journalist says he's used financial records to solve the mystery of her real identity — but why?
Bullsh**ter of the Day
The weepy one floated a bizarre explanation for some of his most offensive Fox News rants
In which an executive vice president says her most important job is having babies
Forget the dog whistles, the GOP is now looking back fondly on the racist Willie Horton ad of 1988
Stuff white people like
We've reached peak white irony — complaining about immigrants after a restorative vinyasa class
Giuliani Says What He Means
Giuliani let the subtext become the text when he bluntly stated that "a woman" can't be as qualified as Trump
Look Again
Fascinating world views from base jumpers in Kuala Lumpur to hens and dogs in Nice.
From 2008 to 2016, Obama argued, there has been a "shift in the center of gravity for the Republican Party”
Donald's slam on vets
Trump tries for empathy, lands on narcissism, explains to an audience of veterans the "horror stories" of war
It's an odd friendship
Sanders said Clinton was “absolutely correct” to say many of his supporters were living in their parents’ basement
The event is part of The Girl Project, which offers education help to more than 50 million girls worldwide
As the job market will contract, there's only one solution to mass unemployment
After a blockbuster NYT report alleged Trump may have paid zero in taxes for 20 years, Team Trump is spinning fast
There's a lot to learn about Trump's taxes still
Even Tokyo is realizing that a modern Olympics could be a boondoggle
Democracy in crisis
Disillusioned yet? We don’t just have flawed candidates — we have a deeply, deeply flawed electoral system
Bank Melli, Iran's largest state-run bank, also "played an important role in Iran’s nuclear program," ICIJ finds
It's good for the rich; not so much for the middle class
Trump's lost weekend
First he was "smart" for avoiding taxes. Now we find out how he does it -- by losing bazillions on bad investments
Oliver called proponents' "bad apples" refrain "weirdly blasé ... because bad apples can erode trust fast"