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During a campaign rally in Montana on Thursday night, Donald Trump returned to some of his most abiding talking…
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Just a quick Fourth of July story: A random man was wondering around my small suburban city’s celebration wearing a…
Donald Trump announced on Thursday that Scott Pruitt, the nation’s most powerful grifter, has resigned as director…
Nearly a decade before Samantha Hunt published her haunting novel Mr. Splitfoot and years before The Invention of…
In a forthcoming interview with Australian talk show host Andrew Denton, actor Guy Pearce suggests that Kevin Spacey…
In a major decision issued on Tuesday, the Supreme Court struck down a California law requiring licensed clinics to…
Nicole Arteaga, a 35-year-old first-grade teacher in Arizona, walked into her local Walgreens in Peoria on Wednesday…
Melania’s jacket has me reminiscing about Louise Linton.
The Massachuttes Insitute of Technology has completed its misconduct investigation of Junot Díaz, clearing the…
A day after Jeff Sessions defended the Trump administration’s policy of separating migrant children from their…
New York Is Suing the Donald J. Trump Foundation and Its Directors (Trump and His Terrible Children)
The New York Attorney General’s office announced on Thursday that it has filed a lawsuit against the Donald J. Trump…
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that Ohio did not violate federal law by purging voters from…
The sky was overcast and gray when I met Lauren Groff for lunch in her adopted hometown of Gainesville, Florida with…
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Aaron Persky, the California judge who gained national attention for his role in the Brock Turner case, was recalled…
On Monday, the Supreme Court sided with a Colorado baker who had refused to create a cake for a gay couple. In Master…
Spent the day cultivating my new business dirtbag look.
Anti-abortion extremist Shelley Shannon was released from Waseca Federal Correctional Facility in Minnesota on…
“A smart, sweet, quiet boy,” is how the family of Dimitrios Pagourtzis described him shortly after the 17-year-old…
The Trump administration is expected to announce the implementation of a domestic gag rule on Friday, the New York…