Some of the president’s policies are literally stranger than fiction.

On Monday, Stewart Rhodes, the eye-patched founder of the far-right militia known as the Oath Keepers, was in prison, which is where he has been since he was convicted of seditious conspiracy for his ...

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When David Lynch died last week, it was almost hard to know whom exactly to mourn. He was a Renaissance man: musician, ...

Bolton did, however, publish before getting permission to do so, and anyone who has had a security clearance knows that dodging the review is a violation not just of the letter of one’s clearance ...

The president is punishing a group of former officials for expressing an opinion he didn’t like.

In the years since it began a committed effort to diversify and expand its membership, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has weathered strikes, the pandemic shutdown of theaters, and ...

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The new president needs the tech industry more than it needs him.

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As far as policy accomplishments are concerned, it could very well turn out to be as underwhelming as the first.