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Kena Betancur / AFP / Getty The Great Forgetting
Andrew Cuomo has come back from scandals once seen as career-ending.
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FlixPix / Alamy Seven Stories About Buzzy New Movies
Read our writers’ takes on the film that mattered most last year, the Emilia Pérez controversy, and more.
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Roberto Schmidt / AFP / Getty Trump Tests the Courts
An ambitious plan to expand the power of the presidency is just getting started.
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Brandon Bell / Getty Tax Season Just Got More Confusing
The IRS was starting to modernize—then the Trump administration intervened.
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Dominic Gwinn / Middle East Images / AFP … Law and Order for Some
An unsigned arrest warrant for a Republican congressman reveals the unequal pursuit of justice in Washington, D.C.
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Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images / AFP … What Would a Liberal Tea Party Look Like?
Democrats might have a chance to replicate the energy of the 2009 grassroots movement—if they actually want to.
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Kit Karzen / CBS The Perfect Show for Family Entertainment
Culture and entertainment musts from Boris Kachka
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Drew Angerer / Getty ‘Constitutional Crisis’ Is an Understatement
It’s the hottest, and most useless, buzz phrase of the moment.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Free-Speech Phonies
Donald Trump and Elon Musk never believed in anyone’s free speech except their own.
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Oksana Parafeniuk / The Washington Post / Getty A Terrible Milestone in the American Presidency
Trump switches sides in the war for freedom.
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Aaron Schwartz / CNP / Bloomberg/ Getty DOGE’s Fuzzy Math
The department’s current efforts—and Musk’s obsession with fraud—are not likely to make a dent in the country’s deficit.
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Arlette Lopez / Getty Seven Great Reads
Spend time with stories on how invisible habits drive your life, America’s “marriage material” shortage, and more.
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Eddy Chen / HBO Five TV Shows That the Critics Were Wrong About
These series deserved more or less fanfare than they received, according to our editors.
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John Lamparski / Getty The Public Humiliation of Eric Adams
Blink twice if you need help, Mr. Mayor.
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Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / Getty The Great Surrender
Senate Republicans have confirmed Trump’s least qualified Cabinet nominees—and given up their role as an independent check on the president.
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Andrew Harnik / Getty The Trump Supporters Who Didn’t Take Him at His Word
The president keeps doing what he said he’d do, and some of his supporters keep being surprised.
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Matt McClain / The Washington Post / Getty The World’s Most Powerful Unelected Bureaucrat
Donald Trump said he’d return decision making to democratically elected officials. Instead, he’s handed it over to the world’s richest man.
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Aaron M. Sprecher / Getty The Era of Risk-Averse Super Bowl Ads
For a short time, brands embraced political marketing. That trend is fading.
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Liane Hentscher / HBO Picking the Perfect Episode of TV
Readers share their selections from The Last of Us, West Wing, Community, and more.
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Gary Hershorn / Getty How the Tariff Whiplash Could Haunt Pricing
The great North American trade war is over—for now—but uncertainty can do its own damage.
