Lori Loughlin sentenced to 2 months in prison for role in college admissions scandal

August 21, 2020

'Golden State Killer' sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to series of rapes and murders

August 21, 2020

Kanye West keeps failing to get on states' presidential ballots

August 21, 2020

Unearthed clip shows Stephen Bannon joking about 'Build the Wall' fraud in 2019

August 21, 2020

Forecast suggests 2 hurricanes could be in the Gulf of Mexico at the same time next week

August 21, 2020

The NRA's first ad of the election season is a false claim about Joe Biden

August 21, 2020

U.S. senator accidentally repeatedly yells the F-word during a congressional hearing

August 21, 2020

Trump says he'll send law enforcement, sheriffs to polling places on Election Day

August 21, 2020

Russian hospital claims Putin critic Navalny wasn't poisoned, bars his medevac to Germany

August 21, 2020

Researchers, officials, and investors increasingly confident about a COVID-19 vaccine next January

August 21, 2020

Watch Julia Louis-Dreyfus roast Trump while hosting the DNC

August 21, 2020

Late night hosts applaud the narrative perfection of Steve Bannon being arrested for a border wall scam

August 21, 2020

Stephen Colbert recaps the DNC's grand finale, seems surprised Biden nailed his speech

August 21, 2020

Some of the best stories from the 2020 DNC involved women hitting back — literally

August 21, 2020

This family spent quarantine building a backyard rollercoaster

August 21, 2020

It turns out Mitch McConnell will appear at the RNC after all

August 21, 2020

Cory Booker and Bernie Sanders share a joke about Booker's famous girlfriend at the DNC

August 21, 2020

Biden is selling something that has disappeared from American politics: Optimism

August 21, 2020
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Barack Obama soared. Kamala Harris flopped.
The great persuader
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The week's good news
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Why Hollywood is not helping the Democrats
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Obama implicitly attacks his own record
He's finally ready to jail rich people for their crimes
Hillary 2.0?
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The anti-war wing of both parties is dead
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Democratic plans for reasonable gun control or aggressive climate action aren't going anywhere without changing the Senate
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Tag team
Jill Biden's DNC speech picked up where Michelle Obama left off
Did the 2020 DNC already happen?
When a procedural question is also an existential question
5 cartoons about Trump's Post Office meddling
Artists take on his bid to influence the election, growing public distrust, and more
The Democrats' core tension
Illustrated by the subtly clashing messages of Bill Clinton and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
"There have not been the tear-choked speeches from the Oval Office, or the uplifting messages of hope delivered from the National Cathedral, that one might expect."
The DNC as collective mourning
America needs an official acknowledgement of what we've lost to COVID-19
Why the children of Boomers feel betrayed
Michelle Obama is right: This is not how we were brought up
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The message on the opening night of the party's convention was consistent — and insistent
The alternate reality DNC
Fox News' descriptions of the Democrats' convention was hardly recognizable to anyone who watched Monday night
5 suffragists you didn't learn about in school
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Why is my kid so annoying?
The eternal question of parenthood
The culture war in a tuna melt
The political lessons of Kamala Harris making tuna sandwiches with Mark Warner
"Warnings that pods will increase inequality aren't wrong — but they often miss the reality that education inequality will worsen no matter what we do for as long as this pandemic continues."
Pick your poison?
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"In November Catholics face a choice between a de-facto apostate and a twice-divorced serial philanderer who solicits their votes by fomenting hatred of the pope."
Catholic voters' impossible choice
Will it be the abortion supporter or the twice-divorced serial philanderer?
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Rick Perlstein, author of 'Reaganland', recommends works by Ruth Murray, Anne Edwards, and more
A mania for Mars
Three countries just launched unmanned missions to the Red Planet. Why does the fascination with Mars persist?
"Trump defenders will no doubt claim that the president is just trying to prevent voter fraud. This is a ridiculous argument for three reasons."
Trump's election meddling
We have it straight from the horse's mouth
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Lori Loughlin exits the John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse after appearing in Federal Court to answer charges stemming from college admissions scandal on April 3, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Lori Loughlin sentenced to 2 months in prison for role in college admissions scandal

August 21, 2020
Joseph James DeAngelo looks on during the second day of victim impact statements at the Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse on August 19, 2020, in Sacramento, California.

'Golden State Killer' sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to series of rapes and murders

August 21, 2020
Kanye West

Kanye West keeps failing to get on states' presidential ballots

August 21, 2020
Stephen Bannon.

Unearthed clip shows Stephen Bannon joking about 'Build the Wall' fraud in 2019

August 21, 2020
A runner is seen as Tropical Storm Isaias passes through the area on August 02, 2020 in Deerfield Beach, Florida.

Forecast suggests 2 hurricanes could be in the Gulf of Mexico at the same time next week

August 21, 2020
police

The NRA's first ad of the election season is a false claim about Joe Biden

August 21, 2020
Tom Carper

U.S. senator accidentally repeatedly yells the F-word during a congressional hearing

August 21, 2020
Donald Trump

Trump says he'll send law enforcement, sheriffs to polling places on Election Day

August 21, 2020
A picture taken on August 20, 2020 shows a general view of Omsk Emergency Hospital No. 1 where Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was admitted after he fell ill in what his spokeswoman said was a suspected poisoning.

Russian hospital claims Putin critic Navalny wasn't poisoned, bars his medevac to Germany

August 21, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine

Researchers, officials, and investors increasingly confident about a COVID-19 vaccine next January

August 21, 2020
Julia Louis-Dreyfus roasts Trump

Watch Julia Louis-Dreyfus roast Trump while hosting the DNC

August 21, 2020
Late night hosts on Bannon's arrest

Late night hosts applaud the narrative perfection of Steve Bannon being arrested for a border wall scam

August 21, 2020
Stephen Colbert recaps the DNC

Stephen Colbert recaps the DNC's grand finale, seems surprised Biden nailed his speech

August 21, 2020
Jill Biden recounts a punch

Some of the best stories from the 2020 DNC involved women hitting back — literally

August 21, 2020
The rollercoaster Leigh Downing built.

This family spent quarantine building a backyard rollercoaster

August 21, 2020
Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump.

It turns out Mitch McConnell will appear at the RNC after all

August 21, 2020
Rosario Dawson and Cory Booker

Cory Booker and Bernie Sanders share a joke about Booker's famous girlfriend at the DNC

August 21, 2020
Joe Biden.

Biden is selling something that has disappeared from American politics: Optimism

August 21, 2020
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