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Sabrina Carpenter and Marcello Hernandez at the Variety Power of Young Hollywood Event at the Santa Monica Proper Hotel on August 8, 2024 in Santa Monica, California. (Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty Images)

Hernández: Fans think I'm Domingo

Alex Galbraith
While the Kennedy Center bears President Trump's changes in person, a comedy writer preemptively claims the space online. (Hamburg Studios / Getty Images)

Kennedy Center culture war is now online

CK Smith
The Metrocard has become a New York icon of its own. The MTA is retiring them for the tap-to-pay option most riders already use. (TinaFields / Getty Images)

End of the line for the NYC MetroCard

CK Smith
Nancy Pelosi attends the 67th GRAMMY Awards Pre-GRAMMY Gala & GRAMMY Salute to Industry Icons Honoring Jody Gerson on February 01, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Pelosi: GOP has "abolished Congress"

Alex Galbraith
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Controversial French film icon and animal advocate Brigitte Bardot died. In her later years, she became known also for her far-right politics. (PIERRE BOUSSEL / AFP / Getty Images)

Brigitte Bardot, French icon, dead at 91

CK Smith
Media mogul Tyler Perry has been accused again of sexual assault this year. (Emma McIntyre / Getty Images)

Perry sued for another sexual assault

CK Smith
President Trump continues adding his mark on public institutions. This time, it's marble armrests at the "Trump Kennedy Center," as he calls it. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's Kennedy Center marble armrests

CK Smith
Heavy snow in the Northeast led to hundreds of delays and cancellations and thousands of holiday travelers stuck. An already weakened aviation system just amplified problems. (Zhang Fengguo/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Storms expose already weak travel system

CK Smith
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US President Donald Trump participates in calls to US service members, on Christmas Eve, from the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, December 24, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP / Getty Images)

"More strikes to come" in Nigeria

Garrett Owen
The pardon of the January 6 insurrectionists echoed the 1868 pardon of Confederate soldiers. The effects include the meld of Confederate values with the far right politics of today. (SAUL LOEB / Getty Images)

157-year-old pardon still impacts today

CK Smith
President Trump and Melania took some time on Christmas Eve to answer calls from children asking about Santa's location via the fun, traditional NORAD Santa Tracker. Trump used it to discuss political issues like the election and "clean coal" with children from across the country. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Getty Images)

Trump Xmas Eve: Kids call + online rant

CK Smith
Pope Leo gave his first Christmas address before thousands of faithful at the Vatican and continued his message of peace, compassion, and Christ-like faith. (Simone Risoluti - Vatican Media via Vatican Pool / Getty Images)

Pope: "Welcome the stranger" like Jesus

CK Smith
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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivers remarks to staff at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters on January 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Manuel Balce Ceneta-Pool/Getty Images)

Judge: DHS playing politics with funds

Garrett Owen
Bobby Vylan of Bob Vylan performs onstage during a concert at Vicar Street on November 26, 2025 in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Kieran Frost/Getty Images)

Police drop investigation into Bob Vylan

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

Epstein may have had 10 "conspirators"

Garrett Owen
President Donald Trump at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump says "Humbug" to late-night hosts

Alex Galbraith
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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 23: Activist Greta Thunberg is arrested and sits in the back of a police van outside the offices of Aspen Insurance on December 23, 2025 in London, England. The activists targeted the company due to its alleged business relationship with the Israeli defence contractor Elbit Systems. They are also protesting in support of six of the so-called "Filton 24" prisoners who were arrested in 2024 and have been refusing food for over 50 days while being held on remand ahead of a trial. (Photo by Martin Pope/Getty Images)

Thunberg arrested at Palestine protest

Garrett Owen
Bari Weiss (Noam Galai/Getty Images for The Free Press)

Canned "60 Minutes" story airs in Canada

Garrett Owen
Donald Trump and his then-girlfriend, Melania Knauss, alongside future convicted sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago on February 12, 2000. (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images))

New trove of Epstein docs name Trump

Garrett Owen
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 16: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks at a press conference with other Senate Democrats on the upcoming deadline for the release of the Epstein files, in Washington, DC on December 16, 2025. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Schumer aims to sue over Epstein files

Garrett Owen
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UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 4: FBI Director Kash Patel conducts a news conference at the Department of Justice on Thursday, December 4, 2025, announcing the arrest of Brian Cole Jr., who allegedly placed pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic National Committee offices on January 6, 2021. Also appearing are, from left, ATF Special Agent in Charge Anthony Spotswood, Darren B. Cox, deputy assistant director of the FBI Criminal Investigative Division, and Attorney General Pam Bondi. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Kash Patel's new wheels: armored BMWs

Garrett Owen
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 24: Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House March 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. During the event, it was announced that Hyundai will invest $20 billion in U.S. manufacturing, including a $5 billion investment in a Louisiana steel factory that will produce 1,500 jobs. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

New Trump envoy aims to annex Greenland

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

CBS yanks El Salvador prison story

Garrett Owen
Erika Kirk interviews surprise guest Nicki Minaj on the final day of Turning Point USA's annual AmericaFest conference at the Phoenix Convention Center on December 21, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona. Minaj spoke about her frustrations with California Governor Gavin Newsom, and about why she has embraced the conservative movement. (Photo by Caylo Seals/Getty Images)

Minaj praises Trump at TPUSA

Alex Galbraith
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