Maria Bartiromo’s Fox exit exposes breakdown of Trump’s media machine
As usual, anything Donald Trump touches eventually becomes a test of institutional loyalty. This time the institution being tested is
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Ken Paxton’s financial disclosures appear to violate federal ethics law, experts say
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have violated federal ethics law in significant ways when filing recent disclosures of
Read moreJudge declares Lindsay Clancy case a mistrial
Following seven days of deliberations, the judge in the Lindsay Clancy trial has been declared a mistrial. Judge William Sullivan
Read moreThis disarming Agatha Christie show has great chemistry
Formally speaking, the fall TV season hasn’t existed for years. Not that I’m complaining about our year-round release carousel —
Read moreIt’s time for Trump to fire Pete Hegseth
In no small part, the United States’ continued safety and stability have been made possible by two things: the peaceful
Read moreJD Vance’s chivalry to his wife Usha fools no one
The most embarrassing aspect of Vice President JD Vance’s tough guy schtick is that he really does seem to think
Read moreZuckerberg says AI is “for everyone.” So why the secrecy?
If you remember anything at all, you remember the skeletons. Though Jason and his Argonauts get top billing in the
Read moreTrump’s DOJ blocked serious ICE shooting charge over federal prosecutor’s “strongest” objections
Over the “strongest possible” objections from the federal prosecutor handling the case, leaders at the Department of Justice in Washington,
Read moreJD Vance denies Iran war is even a war at all
On Thursday, Vice President JD Vance held a White House press briefing, the first since former press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s
Read moreGloria Steinem, equal rights revolutionary, dies at 92
Journalist and feminist pioneer Gloria Steinem, who co-founded Ms. magazine and spent her life working toward a more equitable world
Read moreWomen’s rage is in season again
The ancient Greeks had three distinct words for anger. Until “Furious,” I had no idea this was the case –
Read moreTrump’s cruelest act yet: Haitians are being deported into total chaos
The State Department has the nation of Haiti under a “Level 4 – Do not travel” advisory, due to the
Read moreLaura Loomer is MAGA’s last woman standing
Over the years, the MAGA movement has littered its path with the political carcasses of ambitious women who believed their
Read moreNew mail voting rules moved forward despite USPS officials’ concerns about mass disenfranchisement
Top U.S. Postal Service officials tasked with issuing new regulations on mail voting expressed concerns in internal meetings about how
Read moreCOVID vaccines are back. Just don’t expect the CDC to tell you that
As school starts up again and temperatures (hopefully) start to drop, with it comes the annual rise in airborne sickness
Read more“Death of the Pastor’s Wife” casts doubt on true crime
The dead don’t rest anymore, at least not until someone’s turned their stories into content. A bit of a nihilistic
Read moreWhy Netflix only champions crap
Have you heard the tale of — come closer, we can’t speak too loudly — the . . . Whisper
Read moreLake America is Trump’s “freedom fries”
For a few years around the turn of the millennium, Ronald McDonald had an unusually sophisticated side hustle. Between 1998
Read moreAbdul El-Sayed answered 9/11 question honestly. CBS attacked him
There are few consensus opinions left in American politics. The ones that remain, now that Dolly Parton has passed away,
Read moreData center backlash is panicking tech oligarchs ahead of midterms
Midterm elections are typically sleepier than presidential campaign years, so it’s genuinely shocking to see how much money is being
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