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Every family has a Thanksgiving origin story. Some begin with a grandmother’s battered recipe card, others with a shaky first attempt at
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Elon Musk’s beloved DOGE has closed. But its legacy is deadly
The first ten months of the second Donald Trump administration feels like ten years, and nothing brings that home more
Read moreTrump’s threats against Dems show he is unfit to lead
The news that came from across the Potomac on Monday was shocking: the Pentagon had launched an investigation into Mark
Read moreWhy Mitch McConnell helped kill the hemp buzz
American hemp farmers are reeling after Republicans slipped a provision banning intoxicating hemp products into the deal to reopen the
Read moreA GOP request pushes the limits on federal interference in elections
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Votebeat is
Read more“It won’t work”: Kelly responds to Trump admin’s court-martial threat
Sen. Mark Kelly isn’t concerned about the Trump administration’s threats of a court-martial. Kelly joined several other Democratic lawmakers earlier
Read more“That cannot be the law”: Judge tosses Trump’s “extraordinary” case against James Comey
A federal judge dismissed the government’s case against former FBI director James Comey after finding the sole prosecutor was not
Read more“Morale has never been lower”: Republicans fear “rough” 2026 midterms
Congressional Republicans are sounding the alarm over the next year’s midterm elections, with concerns growing that Democrats could be on
Read more“The swamp won”: Republicans lament loss of Elon Musk’s DOGE
Republicans are sending their condolences to the newly shuttered Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which quietly ceased operations over the
Read moreWe outgrew “Stranger Things” years ago
Something incredible happens in the five-minute preview of the “Stranger Things” finale season — maybe not by the standards of
Read moreSocial media’s reckoning may have arrived — thanks to Elon Musk
In 2014, Buzzfeed News reported on the Internet Research Agency, a “troll farm” based in Russia that waged an organized
Read moreCharlie Kirk’s death is tearing MAGA apart
The shooting death of Charlie Kirk was supposed to be a galvanizing moment for the MAGA movement. Mere hours after
Read moreRuwa Romman’s case for economic populism in Georgia
Ruwa Romman, a Georgia state representative and outspoken progressive, is taking an affordability agenda to the Peach State in her
Read moreFarmers – long Trump backers – bear the costs of his new policies
Few political alliances in recent American history have seemed as solid as the one between Donald Trump and the country’s
Read more“Got to be kidding me”: Crockett roasts MTG over resignation
Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett still can’t believe that Marjorie Taylor Greene is calling it quits. The Democratic firebrand called Greene
Read moreMamdani on working with Trump: “I’m not coming into the Oval Office to make a stand”
Zohran Mamdani still believes Donald Trump is a fascist and a threat to democracy, but that won’t stop the mayor-elect
Read more“Sentimental Value” is the Thanksgiving film for the fractured family
For as tender and quietly introspective as Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” eventually becomes, the Norwegian writer-director’s latest film opens in
Read more“American public isn’t stupid”: Slotkin says Trump’s “sedition” threats are a distraction
Sen. Elissa Slotkin thinks President Donald Trump‘s continued rage at a group of six Democratic senators is nothing more than
Read moreWhy we call the good stuff “gravy”
I must’ve been nine or ten, doing a community theatre production of “How to Eat Like a Child – And
Read moreThe truth about Trump is sinking in for his MAGA followers
One of the truisms of American politics over the past few decades has been that voters want their presidents to
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