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A hand holds a fork with colorful ribbon strands (Halyna Dorozhynska)

Glamor in a time of grocery bills

Joy Saha
President Donald Trump departs the White House on Sept. 30, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump stumbles after Democratic wins

Heather Digby Parton
Then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., outside the White House on Dec. 11, 2018. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Nancy Pelosi’s lessons in power

Jason Kyle Howard
Sydney Sweeney as Christy Martin in "Christy" (Courtesy of Black Bear/Eddy Chen)

Sydney Sweeney's only fighting herself

Coleman Spilde
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At Yale, things get Orwellian

Zachary Clifton
New York Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani, center, celebrates with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), left, and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), right, during an election rally on October 26, 2025. (Andres Kudacki/Getty Images)

Mamdani's big win shakes the mainstream

Andrew O'Hehir
Grimes performs at the 2024 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Coachella)

The enpoopification of Grimes

Alex Galbraith
Jennifer Lawrence as Grace and Robert Pattinson as Jackson in "Die My Love" (Mubi/Kimberley French)

Jennifer Lawrence saves this entire film

Coleman Spilde
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Karoline Leavitt takes questions at the White House on Nov. 4, 2025. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

White House tightens grip on press corps

Brian Karem
Martha Stewart attends an Evening with Martha Stewart during the Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival on October 14, 2025 (Jeff Schear/Getty Images for NYCWFF)

Martha Stewart, Gen Z icon

Andi Zeisler
Cup of coffee and a tablespoon of instant coffee (Jose A. Bernat Bacete/Getty Images)

The 5 best instant coffees

Joy Saha
Kim Kardashian as Allura Grant and Naomi Watts as Liberty Ronson in "All's Fair" (Disney/Ser Baffo)

The problem with Kim Kardashian

Melanie McFarland
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Trump's war on comedy — and free speech

Dean Obeidallah
Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City on Nov. 4, 2025. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Mamdani's message has broad appeal

Chauncey DeVega
"Little Amélie or the Character of Rain" (GKIDS)

The films preparing kids for the worst

Coleman Spilde
Former Vice President Dick Cheney is interviewed by executive producer Chris Whipple for 'The Presidents' Gatekeepers' project about White House Chiefs of Staff. (David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)

Dick Cheney paved the way for Trump

Heather Digby Parton
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President Donald Trump holds up a model of his proposed triumph arch at the White House on Oct. 15, 2025. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump's monument fit for an emperor

Benjamin Jasnow

Trump doesn’t grasp his own drug war

Troy Farah
A person looks at DonaldDaters, a dating app for Trump supporters (CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump supporters still can't find love

Andi Zeisler
Emma Slater and Andy Richter on "Dancing with the Stars" (Disney/Eric McCandless)

Why we love voting for Andy Richter

Melanie McFarland
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President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are greeted by 18th Airborne Corps Commander Lt. Gen. Gregory Anderson on June 10, 2025 at Fort Bragg, N.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Next in Trump's crosshairs? Nigeria

Heather Digby Parton
(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Andrew Harnik / Joe Raedle / Michael M. Santiago / Universal Images Group)

Social misery in the Age of Trump

Chauncey DeVega
Venezuelan fishermen take precautions in response to U.S. military deployment in the Caribbean, Sept. 24, 2025. (Federico Parra/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump has free rein to kill

Jesselyn Radack
President Donald Trump (Win McNamee/Getty Images))

Trump's triumphal return to "60 Minutes"

Sophia Tesfaye
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