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BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty The GOP’s Ongoing Moral Surrender to Trump
Conservative Republicans continue to abandon decency to defend Trump.
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Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy A Powerhouse of a Comedic Actress
Culture and entertainment musts from Elaine Godfrey
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Image Source / Getty The Joy of Glory-Free Sports
There’s something lovely about pursuing an activity without feeling pressure to be good at it.
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Richard Levine / Getty The Stakes of Economic Perception for Biden
A strong economy could work in the president’s favor, but only if consumer attitudes stay positive too.
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Spencer Platt / Getty Can Netanyahu Outlast This War?
A conversation with Yair Rosenberg about the prime minister’s failures and what might be next for the Israeli government
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Bloomberg / Getty The Biden Campaign’s New Abortion Messaging
With an eye toward taking on Trump in a general election, the president is leaning into reproductive rights as a talking point.
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Scott Olson / Getty The DeSantis-Campaign Implosion Was Inevitable
And not just because he was a poor candidate
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Spencer Platt / Getty The Unexpected Joy of an Overcrowded Museum
Culture and entertainment musts from Lora Kelley
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United Archives GmbH / Alamy The Perfect Antidote to Endless Reboots
Reissued art is worth turning to in a moment of relentless spin-offs and sequels.
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PhotoQuest / Getty The Age of Incoherent Partisanship
One American political party has collapsed; the other is holding together a fragile prodemocracy coalition.
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Bloomberg / Getty What Long-Shot Candidates Know
Why do political contenders facing steep odds hang on?
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Drew Angerer / Getty Trump Wants Revenge—And So Does His Base
Many of his voters can’t accept what’s happened over the past several years, and they blame other Americans.
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Santi Visalli / Getty What to Read, Watch, and Listen to Today
Suggestions for your downtime this Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Michael Loccisano / Getty The Painful Wait for Jonathan Franzen
Culture and entertainment musts from Eleanor Barkhorn
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Bloomberg / Getty Biden Had the Power to Strike the Houthis
Every president has wide authority to use military force.
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Tetra Images - fotog / Getty The Feeling of Losing Snow
A conversation with Zoë Schlanger on the sense of loss that comes when climate change transforms winter.
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Mark Wilson / Getty What Trump and Haley’s Civil War Gaffes Reveal
The two candidates are effectively running in different elections.
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Jake Warga / Getty American Workers Are Staying Put
The Great Resignation is in the rearview mirror. What was it all about, anyway?
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Laser1987 / Getty A Nightmarish Flight’s Aftermath
A short flight on Friday teetered into near disaster, and eyes are on Boeing—again.
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dmitrii simakov / Alamy Stock Photo When Punk Rockers Become Parents
Culture and entertainment musts from Cullen Murphy
