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President Joe Biden walking through a group of people in the White House.

The high-stakes debate over how the US defines “antisemitism”

By Jonathan Guyer May 25

A “Take Pride” campaign in a Target store. A rainbow arcs over a table of merchandise.

Target giving in to conservative pressure on Pride is not a great sign

By Emily Stewart May 25

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is on the right of the photo, talking to Rep. Matt Gaetz on the left, both surrounded by other people standing on the House floor, from a slightly overhead view.

Is the debt ceiling stalemate just posturing — or is this time truly different?

By Andrew Prokop May 25

DeSantis photographed mid-speech, speaking into a small podium microphone with his hand raised in the air.

The biggest problem with Ron DeSantis’s announcement wasn’t Twitter

By Zack Beauchamp May 25

A photo from the new Little Mermaid of Halle Bailey as Ariel.

What Disney changed (and didn’t) in The Little Mermaid remake

By Alex Abad-Santos May 25

Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny reminds you how much Hollywood has changed

By Alissa Wilkinson May 25

DeSantis at New College of Florida

A guide to Ron DeSantis’s most extreme policies in Florida

By Nicole Narea and Li Zhou May 25

This illustration photo shows the live Twitter talk with Elon Musk with a background of Ron DeSantis as he announces his 2024 presidential run on his Twitter page, May 24, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

Ron DeSantis’s very online and very disastrous 2024 campaign announcement

By Ben Jacobs May 24

Elon Musk tried a big presidential broadcast event and Twitter broke

By Shirin Ghaffary May 24

A portrait of DeSantis, clean shaven in a navy suit, red tie, and white shirt. He bears a serious expression, the US flag stretched out behind him.

Make America Florida: Ron DeSantis’s pitch to beat Trump in 2024

By Nicole Narea May 24

Photo illustration of Governor Ron DeSantis with yes-no speech bubbles coming out of his open mouth.

Ron DeSantis is running for president. Is he Trump 2.0 — or the Never Trump savior?

By Andrew Prokop May 24

A message just arrived from outer space. Can you decode it?

By Sigal Samuel May 24

Pope Francis sitting with his hand to his mouth and a large crucifix in the background.

Nearly 2,000 children were sexually abused in the Illinois Catholic Church

By Nicole Narea May 24

Gorman, a young Black woman in a red hat and yellow suit, gestures as she recites a poem from a podium with the presidential seal.

The latest book ban target: Amanda Gorman’s poem from the Biden inauguration

By Li Zhou May 24

A baby in a rolling bassinet beside a hospital window.

4 unexplainable mysteries of pregnancy and parenting

By Byrd Pinkerton and Brian Resnick May 24

Puritanism took over online fandom — and then came for the rest of the internet

By Aja Romano May 24

OpenAI CEO Samuel Altman Testifies To Senate Committee On Rules For Artificial Intelligence

Can you safely build something that may kill you?

By Kelsey Piper May 24

Silhouetted person with headphones watching a large TV screen displaying bright vertical bars of light.

The Wild West of streaming TV is here and it’s free

By Sara Morrison May 24

Two women stand next to each other in a supportive embrace. One is looking through a telescope up at a constellation that makes up female reproductive organs. Fallopian tubes are visible at first, but slowly fade away. Then other stars in the sky flicker.

The cancer-reducing birth control method you might not have heard of

By Anna North May 24

A cartoon of a man with his feet on his desk, leaning back and tossing a pen.

How some people get away with doing nothing at work

By Emily Stewart May 24

Protesters walk in a group down a sidewalk lined with trees, holding signs reading “Jesus forgives and heals” and “Stop abortion now,” among others.

Trump’s worst judge will hear a $1.8 billion attack on Planned Parenthood

By Ian Millhiser May 24

A small rowboat on a dry lake bed.

The historic deal to save the Colorado River, explained

By Benji Jones May 23

Montana’s TikTok ban — and the legal challenge of it — explained

By Li Zhou May 23

The horrifying revelations of the Idaho student murders

By Aja Romano May 23

A group of children sit on a couch in a row, all looking at their phones.

President Biden’s new executive action is all about children and the internet

By Sara Morrison May 23

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