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Last Week Tonight lectures kids—and Trump—about how machines affect American jobs.
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Dan Reed didn’t really want to make a movie about Michael Jackson.
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Ian Ziering, Molly Ringwald, and more took to social media to mourn the actor, who died at age 52.
View ArticleHouse Democrats Launch Massive Trump Probe by Seeking Documents From More...
The judiciary committee seeks information regarding potential obstruction of justice, corruption, and abuse of power.
View ArticleLuke Perry’s Riverdale Role Made Him a Sex Symbol All Over Again
Is it just my middle-aged self talking, or was Fred Andrews hotter than Dylan McKay could ever dream of being?
View ArticleWhat Went Wrong for LeBron James and the Lakers
It’ll all be OK if they get Anthony Davis.
View ArticleSolange’s New Album Reclaims New Age Music as Black Music
The younger Knowles sister just made the trap Secret Life of Plants.
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Why he did it, on the other hand, is still a mystery.
View ArticleHow Mitch McConnell Lost Control
Republican senators are now divided over Trump’s national emergency. This is McConnell’s nightmare.
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Michael Jackson’s most eccentric habits were often thought to be the outcome of his own troubled and pilfered childhood.
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How one writer changed his perspective on one of the most controversial trials of the 21st century.
View ArticleBrett Kavanaugh Is Ready to Demolish the Wall Between Church and State
The Supreme Court justice is creating a new First Amendment right to taxpayer-subsidized religion.
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