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Movie Review: Does Melania Dream of AI-Generated Sheep?

The First Lady’s weirdly soulless MAGA lullaby is going to put a lot of Amazon Prime viewers to sleep. By Margaret Hartmann

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Novak Djokovic May Be About to Do the Unthinkable

By Jake Nevins If the 38-year-old can wrest his 25th major from Sinner and Alcaraz, he’ll achieve another level of tennis immortality.

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If Anyone Can Come Back From This, It’s Lindsey Vonn

By Adam Elder The skiing great discussed her triumphant return to the sport at 41 — just before an injury imperiled her Olympic chances.

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What Critics Are Saying About the Melania Documentary

The brutal reviews are in. Here’s an updating roundup highlighting the sharpest (and meanest) commentary about Melania Trump’s new film.

Chuck Klosterman Thinks He Might Live to See the NFL Crumble

The author and commentator discusses Football, his characteristically unique take on an American institution.

Novak Djokovic May Be About to Do the Unthinkable

If the 38-year-old can wrest his 25th major from Sinner and Alcaraz, he’ll achieve another level of tennis immortality.

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just asking questions

just asking questions

If Anyone Can Come Back From This, It’s Lindsey Vonn

The skiing great discussed her triumphant return to the sport at 41 — just before an injury imperiled her Olympic chances.

tremendous content

tremendous content

Movie Review: Does Melania Dream of AI-Generated Sheep?

By Margaret Hartmann

The First Lady’s weirdly soulless MAGA lullaby is going to put a lot of Amazon Prime viewers to sleep.

early and often

early and often

Is Don Lemon a Threat to Religious Liberty?

The journalist’s arrest was really about showing conservative Evangelicals Team Trump is on their side.

Don Lemon Indicted on Federal Civil Rights Charges

Prosecutors allege Lemon and others interfered with worshippers’ religious freedom in relation to an anti-ICE protest at a Minnesota church.

The Year That Led to the Anti-ICE General Strike

Trump’s brutal immigration crackdown has proved incredibly unpopular.

Trump Might Have a New Guy to Lower Interest Rates

The president announced Kevin Warsh as his next Fed chair, but it’s unclear if the inflation hawk will give him the rate cuts he wanted from Powell.

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early and often

Why Is Tulsi Gabbard Investigating the 2020 Elections?

The director of National Intelligence has apparently been working on election conspiracy theories for months instead of, you know, doing her job.

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tremendous content

Will the Melania Movie Flop? Ticket Sales & What We Know

By Margaret Hartmann

Why did the notoriously private First Lady film a Brett Ratner–directed documentary? It might have something to do with the $28 million paycheck.

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early and often

Will There Be a Government Shutdown? Odds and Latest Updates.

The clash over ICE tactics and DHS funding has Trump and Senate leaders scrambling to avoid a partial shutdown that would start at midnight Friday.

american affairs

american affairs

Trump vs. America’s Allies

Until now, European and Canadian politicians were content to flatter and mollify Trump. But something has changed.

state of the market

state of the market

Will Mamdani’s Rent Freeze Make Everyone Else’s Go Up?

Surprisingly, housing experts for and against the mayor’s proposal agree on one thing.

How the Trump Team’s Botched Shooting Response and Blame Game Played Out

By Chas Danner and Nia Prater

From the false initial claims about Alex Pretti to the leaked infighting and attempts to shift blame, here’s a complete timeline.

An Idea Worth Dying for

Alex Pretti was fighting to preserve a kind of national creed. He was killed in the name of another.

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Melania Movie Pulled From South Africa Due to … Racism?

By Margaret Hartmann

MAGA podcaster Katie Miller claimed the First Lady is a victim of anti-white bias. But President Trump’s policies may be the real issue.

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early and often

Klobuchar Steps Into a Minnesota Maelstrom With Gubernatorial Run

The veteran senator should be just what Minnesota Democrats need, if she can strike the right balance between fighting Trump and fixing fraud.

Susan Collins Claims ICE Is Ending Maine Surge

The Maine senator said she discussed the matter with Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.

just asking questions

just asking questions

Why Does D.C. Suck So Bad at Snow Removal?

A local official explains how Washington bungled another storm.

american affairs

american affairs

Will RFK Jr. Run for President in 2028?

He has said he won’t. There are some good reasons not to believe him.

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unnatural disasters

Inside the Cockpit of the Helicopter That Caused the Potomac Air Disaster

Two Army pilots went on an ill-conceived training mission. Within two hours, 67 people were dead.

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early and often

Trump’s ‘Best Issue’ Has Turned Into a Huge Weakness

The backlash to Trump’s brutal immigration-enforcement tactics is so bad that even he wants to shift the conversation back to affordability.

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early and often

Trump Responds to Ilhan Omar Attack With Admittedly Evidence-Free Smear

By Margaret Hartmann

After a man sprayed liquid on the Minnesota Democrat, Trump accused her of staging the attack — while acknowledging he hadn’t watched the video.

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stop the presses

Inside the Washington Post’s Existential Meltdown

By Charlotte Klein

“There’s no vision for why it should exist.”