“Beyond wild”: Kennedy Center board vote to rename venue after Trump
President Donald Trump‘s handpicked board of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted “unanimously” on Thursday to add Trump’s
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Jeffrey Epstein was definitely reading “Lolita” wrong
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Read more“Invalid, unsafe and infirm”: Ghislaine Maxwell files petition to vacate conviction
Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell filed a petition in federal court on Wednesday, seeking to overturn her conviction and vacate
Read moreCongress abandons healthcare negotiations, will let ACA subsidies expire
The flashpoint of the 119th Congress will not be addressed this year. Lawmakers will head home for the holidays without
Read moreHow the TV Yule log stole Christmas
My holiday season officially starts on the night before Thanksgiving, snuggling under a thick throw while sharing a fireside catch-up
Read moreWhite House says US would be “lucky” to have Trump stay in office after current term
A White House spokesperson says that the U.S. would be “lucky” if Donald Trump served a third term as president.
Read moreSalon’s most popular recipes of 2025
Look at the food we kept coming back to this year and a story emerges, soft-edged but unmistakable. We wanted
Read moreTrump’s primetime speech was a master class in gaslighting
For an administration leading an all-out assault on vaccines, Wednesday night’s primetime address by Donald Trump from the Diplomatic Reception
Read moreNot the last picture show: A small-town theater brings hope to the heartland
“The town isn’t what it used to be,” Rozella Thomas says, shaking her head. As she pauses to reminisce, I
Read moreDonald Trump’s biggest attack dog is Joe Biden’s legacy
Institutions don’t collapse all at once. They are hollowed out sentence by sentence until the only thing left is power
Read moreKaroline Leavitt’s White House doublethink is straight out of Orwell
During a press conference on Dec. 11, 2025, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced there was good news on
Read more“He wants to go back to his show”: Bongino announces exit from FBI
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino announced that he will be leaving his position in the new year. The conservative media
Read more“I have not lost control”: Johnson blindsided by centrist GOP revolt on ACA vote
A group of four Republican lawmakers turned the tables on House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Wednesday. The centrist defectors
Read moreRob Reiner, remembered at Katz’s Deli
The pastrami sandwiches at Katz’s Delicatessen are iconic, but Meg Ryan’s impassioned exclamations at the deli in “When Harry Met
Read more“Shameful”: Harvard secretly investigated students who leaked Summers’ Epstein apology
Officials at Harvard University launched a secret disciplinary investigation into students who recorded Larry Summers discussing his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, The
Read more“Like nothing they have ever seen”: Trump threatens Venezuela with blockade
President Donald Trump sharply escalated tensions between the United States and Venezuela on Tuesday evening, issuing threats that signaled an
Read more“When Harry Met Sally” is Rob Reiner’s everlasting message of love
It’s almost time for the page to turn again. Whether we like it or not, time marches on, the year
Read more10 shows we loved watching in 2025
The story of TV in 2025 is, by and large, positive, in that the year yielded so much incredible TV
Read moreRepublicans are quiet quitting on Trump
Donald Trump is worried that Republicans aren’t as afraid of him as they used to be. Despite his self-billing as
Read moreAntisemitism against Claudia Sheinbaum damages Mexico protests
Since mid-November, thousands have taken to Mexico’s streets to protest insecurity under the government of progressive president Claudia Sheinbaum. Many
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