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Toy Story 5 Takes On a Dark Subject—and Comes Away the Best Pixar Sequel in Years -- Dana Stevens

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Trump Gave His Fed Pick One Job. About That ... -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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Spielberg Never Told Her That Her Scene Would Be the Movie's Climax. Now She's Going Viral for Her Performance. -- David Mack

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It's the Most Controversial Scene in One of the 2000s' Most Polarizing Movies. Even the Screenwriter Was Baffled. What if We Got It Wrong? -- Jeffrey Bloomer

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Another Racially Charged Verdict Has Split Americans. Here's the Real Scandal. -- Robyn Nicole Sanders

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The Supreme Court Will Decide Whether ICE Can Hold People Indefinitely. We Should All Be Worried. -- Alexis Romero

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J.D. Vance Went on The View. His Interview Was Very Different From What I—or He—Expected. -- Heather Schwedel

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How Does Susan Collins Keep Winning? -- Jim Newell

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He Spent a Month Investigating How Susan Collins Keeps Beating Democrats. Here's What He Found. -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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The Week Elon Musk Became a Trillionaire Was Also One of His Ugliest -- Nitish Pahwa

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The Dumbest Way Pete Hegseth Is Draining the Military -- Mary Harris

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The Best Match of the World Cup So Far Was a Total Shocker in Every Possible Way -- Jeremy Stahl

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The Most Surreal Part of the Knicks' Triumph Came the Day After -- Bobby Friedman

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It Was Everyone's Sport. Then MAGA Hijacked It. It Doesn't Have to Be This Way. -- Laura Jedeed

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Nicole Chung -- A Local Mom Posted That Her Daughter Was Looking for New Friends. I Answered Her Ad—Big Mistake.

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