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They Found Tom Kean Jr.

Tom Kean Jr. was once lost, but now he is found. At home in Westfield, New Jersey, waiting for you in a suit and tie, with his wife silently smiling...

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Did Trump Get Special Access to Retatrutide?

While members of his cabinet stuff sauerkraut down their wives’ handbags to maintain diets, speculation is suddenly mounting over whether President...

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The UFC’s Despicable Night at the White House

I had never heard of Josh Hokit until the other week. But the little I quickly learned about the immigrant-bashing, trans-hating Ultimate Fighting...

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The UFC’s Biggest Cards Nearly Always Include Women. Except at Freedom 250.

When Americans tune into UFC Freedom 250, the series of mixed martial arts fights taking over the White House on President Trump’s 80th birthday...

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Troops Must Be Fit and Tall to Attend Trump’s UFC Fight

In preparation for President Donald Trump’s UFC fight on the White House South Lawn next month, Pentagon officials are hoping to lure hundreds of...

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Everyone’s Fleeing Trump’s Freedom 250 Concerts

It hasn’t even been two days since Freedom 250, the Trump-tied group organizing a bunch of celebrations ostensibly in honor of America’s 250th...

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Everyone’s on GLP-1s. But at What Cost?

When Layla Taylor, the 25-year-old Utah influencer and member of MomTok, went public with her use of the GLP-1 drug Tirzepatide in the latest season...

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“Rush Hour 4” and More Katie Miller: Welcome to the Mediautocracy.

When President Donald Trump visited Beijing last week for a high-stakes summit to discuss the war in Iran, Taiwan, and other complex geopolitical...

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Why Lauren Sánchez Bezos Is Storming the Gates of the Met Gala

When distinguished guests and A-listers gather tonight for this year’s Met Gala, two new faces will greet them on the receiving line: Lauren...

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Is Donald Trump Going to Hell?

Was that lightning in the distance? The sound of God’s fury thundering over the White House? Probably not. But thanks to a series of incendiary...

17.04.2026 10

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Pope Leo: “I Have No Fear” of Trump

Following an extraordinary attack against Pope Leo XIV that featured President Trump insulting the Catholic leader as “weak on crime” and...

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Pam Bondi Proves That for Trump, You Can’t Debase Yourself Enough

Of all the rot that flowed from Pam Bondi’s tenure leading the Justice Department under Donald Trump’s second term, the one that will be...

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Ms. Rachel Is Helping Kids Get Out of ICE Detention—One Video at a Time

“One woman became so sick from eating the food that she began vomiting blood “My kids are terrified; we are all depressed.” “I always ask my...

30.03.2026 10

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The Problem With Condemning MomTok’s Taylor Frankie Paul

“Did I ruin your life, or did I help your life?” Taylor Frankie Paul first asked the question in the early days of The Secret Lives of Mormon...

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Why Trump Wants ICE to Ditch the Masks at Airports

There is no war in American cities, but masked men shrouded in anonymity, carrying battle weapons and decked out in combat gear, have been hunting...

23.03.2026 10

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MAGA’s Baby Boom and Me

Who could have guessed they would be the ones on my mind? It was a personal appointment, perhaps the most intimate variety, and MAGA characters...

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Trump to Mass Death: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

In the week since launching Operation Epic Fury, President Donald Trump’s war without an apparent endgame has killed 787 Iranians, a death toll the...

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We Now Know What Trump’s “Locker Room Banter” Looks Like

It seems quaint to think about now. But in October 2016, just one month away from the presidential election that would fundamentally warp American...

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The Melania Movie Is an American Obscenity

Even in the Trumpian corner of New Jersey, where I chose to witness Melania, the $75 million Amazon-produced film about the first lady, I predicted...

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They Want to Tell You a Kid With a Spider-Man Backpack Is Evil

Anyone with a child in the spitting distance age of a preschooler is likely to be familiar with Spidey and His Amazing Friends, the 2021 animated TV...

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They Couldn’t Care Less About Renee Good’s Killing

“She behaved horribly.” That’s how President Donald Trump described Renee Good, the 37-year-old woman who was repeatedly shot and killed by an...

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A New Theory Explains Why Trump Keeps Threatening Global Takeovers

Since the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and the ensuing claim by US leaders that “we’re in charge” of a sovereign nation,...

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RFK Jr.’s Airport Pull-Ups Are a Lie

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s affinity for public exercise was once again on display this week, with the 71-year-old health secretary and his...

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Pete Hegseth Is Finally Getting Investigated

In a rare instance of bipartisan alarm, Republican-chaired committees in the House and Senate announced that they have launched inquiries into an...

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Trump’s Brand Is Tanking

In the wake of the longest government shutdown in US history, an ongoing self-inflicted tariff war, and his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein...

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What Trump’s “Quiet, Piggy” Rage Reveals

After months of MAGA infighting and an unusual Republican break with President Donald Trump, the GOP-controlled House on Tuesday is expected to...

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Epstein: Trump Knew

House Democrats on Wednesday released a set of emails in which Jeffrey Epstein called President Trump “the dog that hasn’t barked” and alleged...

12.11.2025 20

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Trump’s War on the Hungry Continues With Supreme Court Stay

President Trump’s vehement refusal to make full SNAP benefits available to the nearly 42 million Americans who rely on the food aid program scored a...

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Trump’s Shutdown Hits the Skies

The knock-on effects from the government shutdown, now the longest in US history, continue apace, with the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA)...

08.11.2025 20

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Trump Sure Seems Eager to Starve the Poor

As the government shutdown slouches toward a historic milestone for the longest in US history, the high-stakes battle over SNAP—the country’s...

04.11.2025 20

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Trump Administration Agrees to Partially Fund SNAP Benefits

After dramatic losses in federal court last week, the Trump administration on Monday agreed to tap an emergency pot of money to partially fund SNAP,...

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Andrew Cuomo Goes Full Islamophobe

In the final stretch of New York’s mayoral race, Andrew Cuomo appeared to embrace the Islamophobic accusation that Zohran Mamdani—the socialist...

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What Shutdown?

Mass federal layoffs that could soon become permanent. Food aid programs facing imminent disaster. Mounting recession indicators in an already...

21.10.2025 20

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Top Republicans Stand by President’s Poop Video

Late Saturday, as “No Kings” protests across the country came to a close, President Donald Trump emerged with what appeared to be his official...

20.10.2025 10

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“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” Invites You to Look Directly at a Woman’s Rage

What happens when a mother is pushed to the brink, when stresses both tedious and extraordinary break her beyond recognition? What happens is that she...

02.10.2025 20

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Hegseth Uses Extraordinary Meeting to Fat-Shame Generals

More than 800 members of the US military’s top brass, including hundreds of generals and admirals, gathered for an extraordinary meeting in...

30.09.2025 10

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TikTok’s Algorithm Will Soon Be “Controlled By America”

After years of bipartisan warnings about TikTok’s potential national security risks, users may soon confront a different kind of threat, perhaps...

21.09.2025 20

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The Justice Department Is Basically Trump’s Personal Law Firm Now

Should historians now and in the future need to identify a moment illustrating President Donald Trump’s unabashed attempts to politicize the Justice...

21.09.2025 20

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Samin Nosrat Arrives Right on Time

In the crowded world of internet gourmands and celebrity chefs, it’s difficult to imagine a cookbook more eagerly anticipated than Good Things, the...

16.09.2025 20

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Trump’s Birthday Letter to Epstein Is Out

In July, the Wall Street Journal reported on the existence of a birthday note from President Donald Trump to his one-time friend Jeffrey Epstein. The...

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Trump and Adams Might Soon Go Official

The grand arc of Eric Adams’ political evolution, which kicked off in 2021 with a bombastic claim that the former NYPD officer was the “future of...

04.09.2025 20

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Trump’s Tariffs Are Basically All Illegal, Federal Appeals Court Rules

A federal appeals court on Friday invalidated vast portions of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, ruling that the president lacked the...

30.08.2025 20

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“Fire RFK Jr. Now.”

180 shots fired, 150 broken windows. Tumultuous firings and resignations at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The installation of a...

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LaMonica McIver and the “Lock Her Up” President

Depending on whom you ask, the United States is either sliding into fascism or smack in the middle of it. Either way, it’s not good. But should...

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Bridgegate, the Notorious Political Revenge Plot, Is the Latest Stop on Trump’s Revenge Tour

More than a decade after “some traffic problems in Fort Lee” spun into a political mess for then-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, President Donald...

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FBI Raids the Home of John Bolton

The FBI on Friday raided the Maryland home of John Bolton, who served as national security adviser during President Donald Trump’s first term before...

22.08.2025 20

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The Spectacular Narcissism of Trump’s Unsuccessful Peace Negotiations

AP Amid starvation imposed by Israel on Gaza and deadly bombings in Ukraine, President Donald Trump’s narcissism is reaching new heights. “I’ve...

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The National Guard Is Coming to DC

Residents of Washington, DC, where crime rates have consistently fallen, can soon expect to see the National Guard patrolling the streets as a part of...

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“They Look Very Hungry” and a Familiar American Excuse

As excruciating reports of unmitigated disaster and starving Gazans, including infants and babies, continue to pour in, President Donald Trump on...

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Trump Really Did Try to Drag His Musk Feud Into Pure Revenge Territory

As President Donald Trump’s bitter feud with Elon Musk spilled into public view last month, aides to the president reportedly launched a...

20.07.2025 20

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