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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

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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

Enough with the “-maxxing”

The Gen Z-coined suffix has infiltrated lifestyle and dietary spaces, encouraging us to obsess over what we eat

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Joy Saha

The dark purpose behind Trump’s Washington makeover

The president's grand plans for the nation's capital aren't just personal monuments. They are rooted in erasure

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Jason Kyle Howard

Trump’s “affordability hoax” may doom him

A stagnant economy and a crisis in Iran doomed one president. Donald Trump could be next

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Heather Digby Parton

The Supreme Court’s voting rights decision could reshape local government across Texas

The ruling weakened a key Voting Rights Act provision that’s driven change to election systems

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Natalia Contreras

Babies are bleeding to death as parents reject vitamin shot given at birth

More and more newborns are dying from an easily preventable condition

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Duaa Eldeib

Turner Classic Movies holds our cinematic past. Does it have a future under Warner Bros. Discovery?

Last week's reports of TCM's death may have been exaggerated but movie buffs, classic and otherwise, should worry

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Melanie Mcfarland

Surprise, “Democrats for Rob Coalition” chaired by GOP elected

A frontline GOP representative is courting Democrats for PA Rep. Rob Bresnahan

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Russell Payne

The “Devil Wears Prada 2” wake-up call

At the Met Gala and beyond, consumers must reconcile the same choices as the Miranda Priestlys of the world

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Coleman Spilde

Tom Steyer can make California golden again

I loathe billionaires. But the former hedge fund manager could be a class traitor in the mold of FDR

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By Jeff Cohen

Trump’s dog whistles and prosecutions echo Nixon’s racist strategy

No longer bothering to hide its agenda, the administration is making blatant appeals to the Old South

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Heather Digby Parton

Abortion is still a problem for the GOP

Even this Supreme Court seems wary of efforts to restrict the abortion pill

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Amanda Marcotte

A 40-year-old Iran tariff quietly built America’s pistachio empire

Benefiting off viral trends, like Dubai chocolate, has been actually decades in the making

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Jelinda Montes

DOJ halted drugs-for-votes investigation under Trump

In early 2025, the lead prosecutor was told not to look any further into the matter

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Raquel Rutledge

“Battlestar Galactica” had Cylons — We have AI

The beloved sci-fi series coming to Paramount is one of TV’s strongest political and social parables

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Melanie Mcfarland

7 ways to use up that can of black beans

From salads to brownies, smart, low-effort ways to turn pantry black beans into meals, snacks and sweets

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Francesca Giangiulio