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Why This Search for MH370 Could Be Different

If the missing airliner is not found, much of the story we’ve been told will turn out to be false. By Jeff Wise

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Stephen A. Smith for President? Have We All Lost Our Minds?

By Will Leitch Fighting ignorance with more ignorance is not the way out of this mess.

crime

Who Killed the Footless Goose?

By Owen Long Thirty-three years ago, Andy was the most famous bird in America. Then he was brutally murdered.

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unnatural disasters

unnatural disasters

Why This Search for MH370 Could Be Different

If the missing airliner is not found, much of the story we’ve been told will turn out to be false.

Stephen A. Smith for President? Have We All Lost Our Minds?

Fighting ignorance with more ignorance is not the way out of this mess.

Who Killed the Footless Goose?

Thirty-three years ago, Andy was the most famous bird in America. Then he was brutally murdered.

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Does Amy Gleason Know She’s the Head of DOGE?

The White House claimed that a former adviser in the U.S. Digital Service, not Elon Musk, is actually in charge.

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early and often

Trump’s Cuts Are Hammering Virginia in an Election Year

The state’s many federal workers will have a chance to respond to the GOP’s policies in the closely watched 2025 gubernatorial race.

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Trump to Personally Investigate ‘Stolen’ Fort Knox Gold Theory

By Margaret Hartmann

The president is putting America’s top detectives on the case: himself and Elon Musk.

The Most Sycophantic Things Republicans Have Done to Flatter Trump

House lawmakers want to make his birthday a federal holiday and change the Constitution to allow him to run for a third term.

All the Firing, Layoffs and Resignations We Know Of

By Will Peischel

Over 30,000 have been let go or put on leave but information on which departments have been impacted is only trickling out. Here’s what we know.

Cuomo Dominates More Polls As He Preps to Join Mayor Race

The scandal-ridden ex-governor could throw his hat in the ring as soon as this weekend.

Meet Ed Martin, Trump’s Pet Prosecutor

The acting U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., has vowed to be Trump’s personal lawyer and is gutting his office of those who aren’t loyal.

crime and punishment

crime and punishment

Richard Glossip and the Death Penalty Case That Went Too Far

By Lara Bazelon

Oklahoma was set to kill Richard Glossip, but he’s almost certainly innocent. Now the Supreme Court has ordered a new trial.

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early and often

Republicans Are Starting a War Over Medicaid Cuts

Republicans talk about reducing waste, fraud, and abuse in the essential health-care program, but people know cuts when they see them.

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early and often

Don’t Fall for Trump and Musk’s Chaos

The bedlam and endless noise is part of a political strategy, which makes the work of critics and journalists all the more important.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Microplastics

By Carolyn Kormann

They’re in our blood and our brains. They’re in newborns and the elderly, urban and rural, rich and poor. What are they doing to our bodies?

Musk Doubles Down on Mass Email Threat to Federal Workers

After OPM said workers weren’t required to respond, Musk said they’ll get another chance to reply or be fired.

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early and often

Trump Didn’t Campaign on Decimating the Federal Government

It’s a Project 2025 plan chaotically implemented by Elon Musk, which most voters couldn’t possibly have expected, let alone supported.

Congratulations, You Probably Won’t Be Killed by an Asteroid in 2032

NASA says 2024 YR4 now has a minuscule chance of hitting Earth, but the moon isn’t so lucky.

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early and often

Angry Voters Keep Confronting Republicans Back Home

Several GOP lawmakers have faced crowds upset over the Trump administration’s massive cuts.

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early and often

All the Drama Around the Trump Movie The Apprentice

By Margaret Hartmann

From Donald Trump’s legal threats to the Ivana rape scene, the biopic has long been mired in controversy. And now it has two Oscars nominations.

They’re Taking Your Money With Meme Coins

A fool and his money are parted almost instantaneously in crypto’s “unregulated casino.”

Trump’s Approval Falls and Could Collapse Over Inflation

Americans are still very unhappy with the economy. It’s a matter of time until the president gets some blame.

What Dan Bongino Believes

Bongino, a far-right podcaster with a law-enforcement background, has often railed against the FBI, which he will now help lead.

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HUD TVs Hacked to Play Video of Trump Kissing Musk’s Feet

By Margaret Hartmann

Screens at the Housing and Urban Development building showed a gross AI video of the president sucking on the toes of the “REAL KING.”

Does Columbia Own 116th Street?

A group of older New Yorkers have filed a class-action lawsuit to regain access to College Walk.

Bird Flu Wiped Out His Entire Farm

By Chris Crowley

Doug Corwin was forced to cull 100,000 ducks after the virus came to his century-old Long Island farm.