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Sydney Sweeney has been the face of many recent beauty ads. Her latest campaign brings controversy over who gets to be the face to define beauty. (Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images)

Sweeney bombs after jeans controversy

Alex Galbraith

The "Euphoria" star's latest failed to crack 7 figures over the weekend.

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on August 18, 2025. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump jokes about cancelling election

Alex Galbraith

The president made a crack about calling off the next presidential election during his meeting with Zelenskyy

A Newsmax microphone is seen during the third day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 17, 2024. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Newsmax settles Dominion defamation suit

Garrett Owen

The $67 million settlement comes after Newsmax spread claims about Dominion Voting Systems and the 2020 elections

A Tesla Optimus robot scoops popcorn and waves at attendees during the opening of the Tesla Diner and Drive-In (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP / Getty Images)

Tesla’s futuristic diner fizzles

Joy Saha

The Hollywood diner was pitched as next-gen cool. Now it’s a case study in overpromise

Mail-in ballots are seen at the Los Angeles County Registrar vote by mail operation center in City of Industry, California, on November 4, 2022, for the midterm elections on November 8. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump vows to "get rid" of mail-in votes

Garrett Owen

The U.S. Constitution says Trump can do little to end mail-in voting, but he's claiming he'll try

Ivy, living her best life (Illustration by Salon / Annie Bennett / Dikas Studio)

My dog taught me about rental culture

Annie Bennett

Everything is for rent, even joy

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

Why MAGA calls Trump "Daddy"

Amanda Marcotte

Yes, it's a weird sex thing. But it also reveals secret insecurities

Donald Trump; Martin Luther King, Jr. (Reuters/Rick Wilking/AP/Bill Ingraham/Salon)

Trump is spitting on MLK's grave

Clarence Lusane - TomDispatch.com

The president and MAGA are misusing King's name — and taking a wrecking ball to civil rights protections

Confederate Flag Displayed With Us Flag On Front Porch Near Window, Backroads Of Virginia, October 26, 2016. (Photo by Joe Sohm/Getty Images)

Being white in the South is complicated

James M. Thomas - The Conversation

Scholars interviewed white Southerners to get past the stereotypes people hold of them

British legendary actor Terrance Stamp dies at age 87. His career spanned six decades and made him iconic for fans as the villainous General Zod in Superman and Superman II and Chancellor Valorum in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. (JIMI CELESTE / Patrick McMullan / Getty Images)

Terence Stamp, Superman’s Zod, dies

CK Smith

Legendary British icon now remembered for Superman, Star Wars and a six-decade movie career

LA Mayor Karen Bass and other Black mayors push back against President Donald Trump's claims that their cities are now "lawless." These cities are actually seeing major decreases in violent crime this year. (MediaNews Group / Los Angeles Daily News / Getty Images)

Black Mayors vs Trump’s “lawless” claims

CK Smith

Mayors in Chicago, LA and Baltimore stress data-driven programs over political rhetoric

Pope Leo XIV hosts the homeless and poor for a mass and lunch. He attributes his faith as something to be lived out not just talked about. (Galazka / Vatican Pool-Corbis / Getty Images)

Pope Leo XIV shares table of compassion

CK Smith

A reminder that faith is lived through presence, not proclamations

"South Park" (Comedy Central)

“South Park” & the price of free speech

Melanie McFarland

With our First Amendment rights under attack, those in the best position to defend them also happen to be rich

A view of a military cemetery amid Russia-Ukraine war in Dnipro, Ukraine on February 25, 2023. (Adri Salido/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Witkoff: US troops in Ukraine possible

Alex Galbraith

The envoy didn't say "no" to the idea of direct American military involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war

Burnt grilled cheese a la Nate's creation from "The Devil Wears Prada" (Karl Tapales / Getty Images)

Cinema's most toxic grilled cheese

Francesca Giangiulio

How one sandwich in "The Devil Wears Prada" revealed the film's real villain

Bill Maher visits The Megyn Kelly Show at the SiriusXM Studios on May 20, 2024 in New York City. (Noam Galai/Getty Images)

Maher roasts ICE recruitment campaign

Alex Galbraith

The "Real Time" lampooned the agency with a series of fake posters

David Byrne visits SiriusXM Studios on July 09, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

Byrne: Heads reunion a "fool's errand"

Alex Galbraith

The legendary frontman advised against trying to recapture your youth.

President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin as he arrives at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, Aug. 15, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump grovels — worse yet, it's bad TV

Andrew O'Hehir

Trump gave Putin everything and got nothing back — but that's not why the media felt so betrayed

Members of the National Guard patrol near the Capitol and Union Station on Aug. 14, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump's DC actions scratch an old itch

Sabrina Haake

He's running the Central Park Five playbook on a massive scale

A Florida prison corridor is lined with jail cells (Getty Images)

Florida's cruel and unusual punishment

Tanya Rey

It's not just at Alligator Alcatraz. Horrific conditions exist throughout the Sunshine State's prisons

Solar panels and wind turbines (Getty Images/zf L)

Lone activist stalls green Oregon push

Tony Schick - ProPublica

Irene Gilbert has filed more challenges to energy projects — 15 in all — than anyone in the state

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)

Mother, son freed after ICE detention

CK Smith

Legal US resident and 6-year-old son detained for weeks after visa paperwork issue, now released from ICE custody

Air Canada passengers face long delays and cancellations while the cabin crew strikes. This is causing over 130,000 passengers to find new flights in, out and around Canada. (ANDREJ IVANOV / Getty Images)

Crew strike halts Air Canada flights

CK Smith

Air Canada flight attendants strike over pay, grounding hundreds of daily flights and affecting 130,000 travelers

Contestants from the hit extreme weight loss reality TV show (2004-2016) celebrate their weight loss by running a half-marathon. But a new documentary gives a behind the scenes look that all might not be as picture perfect as seen on TV. (Andy Kropa / Getty Images)

Biggest Loser’s dark legacy revealed

CK Smith

New doc shines light on The Biggest Loser’s grueling challenges and long-term impact on participants

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