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“Michael,” Harry Potter and the death of the problematic fave

"Michael" and the Potterverse are booming. Apparently, we're done feeling bad about what that means

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Melanie Mcfarland

A diminished Trump goes to China — for help

The president, smarting from setbacks in war and tariffs, visits Ji Xinping ready to make deals

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Heather Digby Parton

Florida’s new history course whitewashes the founders on slavery

A rival Advanced Placement curriculum is offering a dangerous view of the Constitution and America's founders

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Chauncey Devega

Massie’s primary isn’t really a test of Trump’s power

A Massie victory, Republican strategists say, would speak more to the district than to Trump’s influence

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Russell Payne

A noncitizen says she was told she could vote. Then CBP detained her at the airport

The permanent resident told authorities that a DMV worker said she could vote

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Jen Fifield

“After Neverland,” R. Kelly’s CBS meltdown, and the insidious patterns we refuse to see

The two specials hosted by Oprah and Gayle King are accidental companion pieces showing how abuse and abusers work

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Melanie Mcfarland

How Keith Lee, a TikTok food critic for the new economy, guides us to eat well – and good

Lee has a critic's ethos, just like the late Roger Ebert and the misunderstood Anton Ego from "Ratatouille"

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Melanie Mcfarland

How “The View” could put an end to Trump’s war on the media

ABC is finally fighting back against censorship and pressure from the Federal Communications Commission

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Sophia Tesfaye

Assassination conspiracy theories? Blame Trump

False flag stories reveal a deeper truth about Trump’s failing presidency

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Amanda Marcotte

FDA exit could threaten abortion access nationwide

Marty Makary plans to resign from his post as FDA commissioner

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Shefali Luthra

Suspending federal gas tax wouldn’t save drivers as much as they might hope

Here’s what goes into the price of a gallon of gas

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Robert i. harris

Paul McCartney’s “The Boys of Dungeon Lane” turns memory into melody

"This was a lot of memories of Liverpool for me," he remarked in a recent Abbey Road Studios listening session

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Kenneth Womack

Keir Starmer looks doomed. But does anyone really want his job?

Britain’s PM can't contain the damage after disastrous election. But ousting him will create a huge mess

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Andrew o'hehir

Bob Dylan’s baffling social media experiment

Dylan's cryptic content has turned his Instagram and Patreon into a captivating puzzle, fueling endless speculation

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Caryn Rose

Five meals, one fridge clean-out

A no-spend week of pastina, shakshuka and pantry alchemy

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Ashlie D. Stevens

What’s a bored Donald Trump to do? Apparently, target Cuba

As U.S. surveillance flights over the island increase, the president could be betting on action to regain his mojo

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Heather Digby Parton

Trying to heal democracy one conversation at a time

The U.S. seems hopelessly divided. These Americans think otherwise

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Chauncey Devega

Gerrymandering can’t fix the GOP’s voter problem

Legal wins won’t matter if Republicans can’t get people to vote for them

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Russell Payne

AI can lead to false arrests and wrongful convictions

AI algorithms such as facial recognition systems produce probabilities, not facts

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Maria Lungu

Neil Gorsuch’s right-wing book tour blows up in his face

Supreme Court justice’s interviews with friendly media get a cold reception from conservatives

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Sophia Tesfaye

“Rooster” ends with women in the lead

Bill Lawrence's latest comedy closes by kicking male wish fulfillment to the curb to spotlight what women want

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Melanie Mcfarland

Trump’s war against wokeness has a long history

Only the acronyms have changed in the fight to purge the National Endowment for the Humanities and "woke" education

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Heather Digby Parton

Hantavirus is a warning. The Trump admin isn’t listening

The Dutch cruise ship incident probably isn’t the next pandemic. That doesn’t mean we’re risk-free from outbreaks

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Troy Farah

Who do you think would win in a physical fight between you and Donald Trump?

A pollster asked Americans that question after Trump asked an 8-year-old if he could take him in a fight

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Terri rupar

Trump Mobile promised a gold phone. Customers are still waiting

Trump-branded phone launched with patriotic fanfare, but shifting timelines and limited updates fuel uncertainty

10.05.2026 6

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Ck Smith

“Much smaller shots”: Trump thinks vaccines are too “big” for babies

The president thinks "smaller shots" will tamp down anti-vax paranoia and offer "much better results with autism"

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Alex Galbraith

“The real war is against male loneliness”: Patel, Hegseth walk into a bar on “Saturday Night Live”

The sketch show had Matt Damon and Aziz Ansari play MAGA members meeting at a DC watering hole

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Alex Galbraith

Trump’s newest gold statue revives “golden calf” criticism

Trump’s fascination with gold aesthetics fuels criticism from religious observers uneasy with his imagery, branding

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Ck Smith

5 desserts to make this Mother’s Day

Give your mom the gift of sugar, spice and everything nice this weekend

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Joy Saha

The American workforce is a matriarchy

As moms are driving the growth in America's labor market, it's time for major investments in early childcare

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Sara Estep

UK politics descends into chaos: Is there a lesson for Democrats?

Two years after the British Labour Party’s “landslide” win, a crushing defeat threatens its future

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Andrew o'hehir

Influencers are turning baby bumps into business models

They've transformed motherhood into lucrative professions, but what happens to the kids who grow up online?

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Jasmine Mithani

Trump exempted some of the biggest polluters from air quality rules. All it took was an email

Admin set up an EPA address where companies could get compliance pause simply by sending an email

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Mark Olalde

The art Nazis stole is still waiting to go home

Musée d’Orsay’s new permanent gallery exposes the unfinished search for justice decades after World War II

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Ck Smith

RFK Jr. pushes “personal choice” over teen tanning bed ban

Public health officials warn the decision fits a growing pattern of deregulation across youth health policy

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Ck Smith

The resilience of uchche, bitter melon

A bitter melon vine in San Diego becomes a lifeline to family, memory and the complicated meaning of home

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Madhushree Ghosh

When Canvas crashed, colleges had no backup plan

The nationwide cybersecurity incident exposed how fragile our increasingly digital campuses are during finals week

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Ck Smith

Axios accused of “market manipulation” with Iran reporting

Journalist Barak Ravid draws range of criticism from Wall Street to Marjorie Taylor Greene

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Sophia Tesfaye

This was John Roberts’ plan all along

The chief justice has declared that the Court is not political. The facts — and his own history — say otherwise

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David Daley

Trump’s $2B buyoff to cancel offshore wind farms is a bad deal for taxpayers amid energy shortage

These politically motivated moves are costing Americans far more than just the buyouts

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Christopher Niezrecki

Medical epidemiologist breaks down cruise ship hantavirus outbreak

The worry on the cruise ship is human-to-human transmission

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Daniel Pastula

“When it finally happens”: The weaponization of euphemism in MAGA’s shadow

Social media openly longs for the death of an individual who is hardly ever named

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Troy Farah

How Ted Turner went from cinema’s “butcher” to its champion

Turner shocked Hollywood by colorizing classic film gems. Founding Turner Classic Movies cleaned the slate

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Melanie Mcfarland

Not even Nixon would stoop so low

Donald Trump's graphic display in front of children in the Oval Office should be the GOP's wake-up call

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Brian Karem

I read the right-wing women’s magazine sex issue so you don’t have to

Evie magazine, conservatism's answer to Cosmo, tried to make "trad" sexy. It failed

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Amanda Marcotte

Trump’s $1.5 trillion military budget may be a solution in search of a problem

Trump's proposed military spending surge could come at the cost of future healthcare funding

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Russell Payne

Online hate groups know the power of repetition

Studying the types of messages hate groups spew online helps researchers understand the groups’ persistence

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Yu-Ru Lin

Tiffany’s “Pop Life” blends Beatles fandom with comfort food nostalgia

The '80s icon dishes with "Everything Fab Four" on her musical roots and her culinary second act

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Nicole Michael

Trump’s pick for science director: a Silicon Valley investor with no science background

Jim O'Neill, a longevity enthusiast and vaccine skeptic, is Trump's pick to head the National Science Foundation

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Garrett Owen

For some Delta flyers, snack time is over

Will I get a free Biscoff? How about some pretzels? Not on Delta's short-haul flights, says the airline

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Joy Saha