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Damon Linker

You're wrong about who lives in America

How demographic misperceptions fuel rightwing media fearmongers

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Joanne Bamberger

Abortion bounties await when Roe v. Wade falls

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W. James Antle III

GOP sharpens knives ahead of Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings

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Jeva Lange

The Big Bad is back

Putin's invasion of Ukraine means Russian villains return to Hollywood

Speed Reads

9:54 AM

Poland to formally propose peacekeeping mission in Ukraine

9:43 AM

European politicians push to nominate Zelensky for Nobel Peace Prize

8:21 AM

Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher reach $30 million goal in Ukraine fundraiser

7:32 AM

Pete Davidson no longer going to space on Blue Origin flight

6:58 AM

Russia strikes aircraft repair plant in Lviv, 50 miles from Poland

5:58 AM

Late night hosts drink in St. Patrick's Day, spit out Putin's U.S. propagandists

Daily Briefing

18 March 2022

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Survivors rescued from bombed theater used as shelter in Mariupol

House passes bill that would suspend normal trade relations with Russia

Putin threatens to rid Russia of 'traitors' who oppose Ukraine war

35 companies agree to produce generic Pfizer COVID pill versions

Politics

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Samuel Goldman

Germany's parliament loved Zelensky. But was it enough?

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Joel Mathis

How we keep failing on COVID

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W. James Antle III

Nuclear war isn't just diplomacy by other means

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Damon Linker

Zelensky's speech was heart-rending

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The daily gossip

17 March 2022

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Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton are reportedly engaged

Gabrielle Union blasts Disney at the premiere of a Disney movie

'The Boys' stars support Karen Fukuhara after she reveals she was assaulted

Daniel Radcliffe isn't interested in a 'Harry Potter' return 'right now'

Culture

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Brigid Kennedy

Leap Year gets almost nothing about Ireland right. I still love it.

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James Harbeck

Have yourself a cracking St. Patrick's Day

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Bonnie Kristian

Standing 'sentinel' on social media won't fix Ukraine

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Joel Mathis

'Keep Austin Weird' — and Republican?

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2022's Most Anticipated

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Nandini Balial

15 TV shows to watch in 2022

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Louise Blain

12 games to play in 2022

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Brigid Kennedy

11 albums to stream and anticipate in early 2022

Business Briefing

18 March 2022

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House passes bill that would suspend normal trade relations with Russia

Jobless claims fall as job market continues to bounce back

Russia says it sent bond interest payment to prevent default

35 companies agree to produce generic Pfizer COVID pill versions

Business & Tech

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Damon Linker

Fighting inflation could flatten the economy

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Nick Ripatrazone

A new medium for McLuhan's message

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Samuel Goldman

Culture war in the Magic Kingdom

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James Pethokoukis

The last thing the economy needed

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Russian "news anchor" and Tucker Carlson

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1.Last Night on Late Night

Russian state anchor laughs at 'correspondent' Tucker Carlson in Colbert sendup

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2.spring forward no more

Senate unanimously votes to make Daylight Saving Time permanent

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3.car crash

Trevor Noah disturbed by Kanye West's harassment of Kim Kardashian

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4.War of Attrition

Ukraine says 4th Russian general killed trying to storm Mariupol

5.sobering

Zelensky says 'nobody knows' whether World War III has already started

6.'we have to stop it'

Watch the graphic Russian invasion video Zelensky showed to Congress

7.uh-oh

Netflix is testing a crackdown on password sharing

8.we are never ever getting back together

You're wrong about who lives in America

Abortion bounties await when Roe v. Wade falls

GOP sharpens knives ahead of Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings

The Big Bad is back

Speed Reads

Poland to formally propose peacekeeping mission in Ukraine

European politicians push to nominate Zelensky for Nobel Peace Prize

Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher reach $30 million goal in Ukraine fundraiser

Pete Davidson no longer going to space on Blue Origin flight

Russia strikes aircraft repair plant in Lviv, 50 miles from Poland

Late night hosts drink in St. Patrick's Day, spit out Putin's U.S. propagandists

Daily Briefing

Survivors rescued from bombed theater used as shelter in Mariupol

House passes bill that would suspend normal trade relations with Russia

Putin threatens to rid Russia of 'traitors' who oppose Ukraine war

35 companies agree to produce generic Pfizer COVID pill versions

Politics

Germany's parliament loved Zelensky. But was it enough?

How we keep failing on COVID

Nuclear war isn't just diplomacy by other means

Zelensky's speech was heart-rending

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The daily gossip

Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton are reportedly engaged

Gabrielle Union blasts Disney at the premiere of a Disney movie

'The Boys' stars support Karen Fukuhara after she reveals she was assaulted

Daniel Radcliffe isn't interested in a 'Harry Potter' return 'right now'

Culture

Leap Year gets almost nothing about Ireland right. I still love it.

Have yourself a cracking St. Patrick's Day

Standing 'sentinel' on social media won't fix Ukraine

'Keep Austin Weird' — and Republican?

Cartoons

2022's Most Anticipated

15 TV shows to watch in 2022

12 games to play in 2022

11 albums to stream and anticipate in early 2022

Business Briefing

House passes bill that would suspend normal trade relations with Russia

Jobless claims fall as job market continues to bounce back

Russia says it sent bond interest payment to prevent default

35 companies agree to produce generic Pfizer COVID pill versions

Business & Tech

Fighting inflation could flatten the economy

A new medium for McLuhan's message

Culture war in the Magic Kingdom

The last thing the economy needed

Most Popular

Russian state anchor laughs at 'correspondent' Tucker Carlson in Colbert sendup

Senate unanimously votes to make Daylight Saving Time permanent

Trevor Noah disturbed by Kanye West's harassment of Kim Kardashian

Ukraine says 4th Russian general killed trying to storm Mariupol

Zelensky says 'nobody knows' whether World War III has already started

Watch the graphic Russian invasion video Zelensky showed to Congress

Netflix is testing a crackdown on password sharing

Trump says 'the people' wouldn't 'accept' Pence as his 2024 VP