Saturday, September 19, 2026 3:40 PM ET
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Prohibition Tried to Stamp Out Drinking in America. But Now We Know That It Actually Gave Us One of the Greatest Cocktails. -- N.C. Stevens4 hours ago
America Hates A.I. Donald Trump Loves It. What Is Going On Here? -- Jim Newell5 hours ago
His HBO Show Was a One-of-a-Kind Cult Sensation. Now He's Back With His First Movie. -- Sam Adams5 hours ago
He's a Controversial Titan of "Wellness." I Read All 540 Pages of His New Book. Let Me Tell You the Maddening Truth. -- Rebecca Onion1 day ago
A Congressional Candidate Accidentally Perfected Something Unexpected: The Totally-Fine-Kinda-Charming Sex "Scandal" -- Christina Cauterucci1 day ago
A Promising Young TV Star Was Sentenced to 92 Years for a Brutal Crime He Says He Didn't Commit. Then a Prison Guard Delivered a Life-Changing Message. -- Wes Ferguson2 days ago
The Sydney Sweeney Football Boob Ad Sexualizes Sydney Sweeney -- Heather Schwedel3 hours ago
Trump's Greatest Political Boogeyman Really Is Alive and Well in America. If Only He Knew What They Were Doing. -- Alexander Sammon1 day ago
I'm Fine With My Husband Pleasuring Himself. I'm Really Not OK With What My Neighbor Has to Do With It. -- Rich Juzwiak3 hours ago
The Fracturing in American Judaism That Macklemore Just Exposed to the World -- Alex Kirshner2 days ago
Are We Heading For "Pearl Harbor in Space"? -- Fred Kaplan1 day ago
A Major New Oscar Contender Has Arrived. It Is Once Again About ... Putting on Hamlet. -- Sam Adams2 days ago
The Daily Wire Decided to Make a Die Hard–esque Movie About Campus Protest. It Is Every Bit As Deranged As You Might Think. -- Rebecca Onion3 days ago
Some People Think Elon Musk Snapped. The Controversial Four-Hour Documentary About Him Suggests Something Else. -- Sam Adams6 days ago
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His Previous Horror Movie Became an Oscar-Winning Sensation. His New One Might Ruin You. -- Nadira Goffe1 day ago
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His Dog Died in Boarding and Ignited a Scandal. It Happens More Often Than You'd Think. -- Taylor Prewitt1 day ago
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true - We Might Finally See Consequences for Gerrymandering Abuses - Shirin Ali - For exactly one year, Missouri has been locked in a confusing legal battle over which congressional map it can use for the November elections.19 hours ago
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What Did the Kennedy Center Ever Do to Donald Trump? -- Ian Prasad Philbrick1 day ago
The Theory Behind Government's Cruelest Paperwork - David Plotz8 hours ago