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Can this guy really save Europe from Elon Musk?

Well, of course not. But Germany's accidental chancellor has a crucial role to play in history, like it or not

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Andrew O'Hehir

The best band you’re probably not listening to yet

Black Marble’s "Life in Small Spaces" proves once again why this synth-pop project remains a best-kept secret

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Kelly McClure

Columbia House closure sparks nostalgia for a bygone music scam

Americans are fondly remembering the kinder, gentler music club swindles of decades past

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Alex Galbraith

GOP is finally running out of people to blame

Republicans control DC and have totally wrecked the place. Now the paint is peeling off their delusions

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Brian Karem

ICE gloves reveal how Trump’s revenge agenda is failing

The president's deportation agenda has failed in the courts. Now he's trying to cheat the system

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Amanda Marcotte

Trump’s Asia pullback is a gift to China and North Korea

The reduction of American military might in the region sacrifices decades of U.S. dominance

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Troy Farah

Experts question new Trump admin analysis claiming noncitizens voted in 2020

Trump said it shows he won the 2020 election, but the 24,000 voters in question wouldn’t change the outcome

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Dion Nissenbaum

Harry and Meghan’s UK return tests a press under fire

The unrelentingly cruel media that the Sussexes moved to America to escape must be hungrily awaiting their return

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Melanie McFarland

Trump admin amps up pressure on Cuba

Marco Rubio accused Cuban mining companies of sustaining “the regime’s repressive apparatus"

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Troy Farah

Jon Ossoff knows what he’s doing on the campaign trail

The Georgia senator's Trump jabs reveal a deliberate strategy and a leading 2028 contender

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Jason Kyle Howard

“The End of Oak Street” does pastiche right

In a studio culture obsessed with nostalgia, David Robert Mitchell's dino thriller knows what we truly want

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Coleman Spilde

I don’t want another restaurant app

In an age of predictive shopping and fake-friendly alerts, a paper punchcard respects your appetite

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Ashlie D. Stevens

Rosie O’Donnell’s return shows ABC is done capitulating to Trump

The network is finally fighting back — and hitting the president where it hurts

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Sophia Tesfaye

Jared Kushner’s Henry Kissinger cosplay should worry us all

The special envoy is failing in his efforts at shuttle diplomacy to broker peace between Israel and Hamas

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Heather Digby Parton

The $1 trillion black box

The U.S. military budget is vast and opaque. Projects end up facing delays and ballooning costs

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Jesse Coburn

Mike Lindell refuses to accept he’s an election loser

On Wednesday, he offered to fund a recount in the Minnesota governor primary

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Troy Farah

“The X-Files” still make us want to believe

Chris Carter's new director's cut of the 2008 "X-Files" movie indicates a broader trend toward creativity

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Coleman Spilde

AI’s abortion misinformation problem

Reproductive rights advocates are pushing back as AI chatbots misdirect abortion seekers

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Nicole Karlis

John Roberts is still in the tank for Trump

E. Jean Carroll's win doesn't erase a pattern of court decisions favoring Trump

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Alex Galbraith

Hayden Panettiere lived out TV’s myth of the indestructible girl

The "Heroes" and "Nashville" star lived a demanding life weighed down by unreasonable expectations

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Melanie McFarland

Trump aide Natalie Harp nurses his decline

The president's defensive reaction to rampant speculation reveals his fear of aging

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Amanda Marcotte

Bring back the corporate death penalty

We have a mechanism to punish corporations that harm us. We should use it

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Troy Farah

“I don’t trust you”: Tensions reach boiling point on election security call for state leaders hosted

Democratic election officials criticized Homeland Security leaders for lackluster support as midterm election looms

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Dion Nissenbaum

“Ice Princess” quietly defined Hayden Panettiere’s whole career

In the 2005 film, Panettiere and Michelle Trachtenberg's search for greatness feels eerily prophetic

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Coleman Spilde

Trump’s destruction of national parks is just getting started

Last summer, Congress gave the Trump admin $46 billion to construct a wall from the Pacific Ocean to Mexico

18.08.2026 4

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Troy Farah

Todd Blanche’s dangerous lie sets the stage for more DOJ abuses

On "Meet the Press," the newly confirmed attorney general all but pledged to do Donald Trump's bidding

18.08.2026 4

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Heather Digby Parton

Trump sued the BBC — now Jared and Ivanka may pay for it

Secret Service agents blocked the subpoena at the door, but Trump's suit could still force testimony

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Sophia Tesfaye

You’re not imagining it: Your kid’s school supplies cost more this year

From lunchboxes to No. 2 pencils, the prices are skyrocketing. Here's how much

18.08.2026 4

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Chabeli Carrazana

“Her Private Hell” belongs to Sophie Thatcher

Nicolas Winding Refn's neon-drenched fable finally gives Thatcher the role she deserves

17.08.2026 4

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Coleman Spilde

Pete Hegseth is Trump’s favorite kind of failure

The USS Lincoln disaster reveals the defense secretary’s twisted priorities

17.08.2026 9

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Amanda Marcotte

“Heroes,” “Scream” and “Nashville” actor Hayden Panettiere dies at 36

The former child star had recently returned to acting and released a candid memoir about her recovery

16.08.2026 3

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Ck Smith

USS Lincoln sailors endured 260 days. Trump says that’s “not nearly long enough”

Families and lawmakers are demanding answers over reported shortages and mental health concerns aboard the carrier

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Ck Smith

Sen. Cassidy: “If you’re pro-life, you should be pro-vaccine”

The GOP senator and physician expressed serious concerns about the "new vaccine" schedule, despite Trump's optimism

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Ck Smith

Here’s why we like some superheroes more than others

Maybe it's easier to be chosen than worthy

16.08.2026 4

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Melanie McFarland

Trump’s new ballroom adviser has been dead for 227 years

The president thanks George Washington for his "brilliant ideas" while imagining the pair in several AI posts

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Ck Smith

Our 5 favorite (new) farmers market recipes

They all start with one beautiful thing — squash, peaches, corn, carrots or pickles — and let it lead the way

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Ashlie D. Stevens

What the Ted Lasso Way doesn’t get about women in sports

In women's sports stories, persuading athletes to believe in themselves is only half the game

16.08.2026 4

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Melanie McFarland

Even MAGA loves socialism now

Everyone's done with capitalism — except mainstream Democrats, late to the party as usual

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Andrew O'Hehir

“Talladega Nights” predicted America’s Sunbelt shift

Twenty years ago, Will Ferrell's stock car manchild presaged an overheated era of US culture

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Alex Galbraith

Iran’s strategy to simply outlast Trump’s presidency

Meanwhile, U.S. oil reserves hit a new low as the economy teeters

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Troy Farah

Trump’s “forever” tariffs are kicking in for the long haul – and US consumers are footing the bill

Trump’s embrace of tariffs can be understood as an instrument of personal power

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Kent Jones

Welcome to Venecky?

A Kentucky school's botched student planner is ridiculous — but it's hardly the troubled district's biggest problem

15.08.2026 6

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Ck Smith

Marco Rubio won’t give up his Pop-Tarts for MAHA

Secretary of state dishes on RFK Jr.'s sauerkraut, Hegseth's 'arrogant' cat and his own disastrous keto experiment

15.08.2026 9

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Ck Smith

“One Night Only” and the summer of rom-com sex talk

Three new films find room for intimacy in a slide toward fascism

15.08.2026 4

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Coleman Spilde

Trump can’t take no for an answer on his ballroom

The president lashes out at “treasonists” after lower courts blocked construction on his $400 million project

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Ck Smith

Gen Z isn’t killing nightlife, it’s just drinking differently

Behind the sober-generation stereotype is careful spending and new ways to go out

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Francesca Giangiulio

Fox News tried to dunk on the WNBA. It missed

While the network talks about Caitlin Clark and the trans panic, the league's popularity is soaring

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Sophia Tesfaye

How Trump’s unprecedented effort to prosecute noncitizen voters fell apart

The Trump admin has launched a series of unprecedented initiatives to find and prosecute voting by noncitizens

15.08.2026 10

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Peter Elkind

Phoebe Bridgers has a song for every feeling

On "Lost Weekend," Phoebe Bridgers embraces the pain and joy of simply being alive

14.08.2026 4

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Kelly McClure

Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to killing health insurance CEO Brian Thompson

“I shot Mr. Thompson, and he died,” the 28-year-old said

14.08.2026 2

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Troy Farah