White House to react to the bombshell New York Times report on Elon Musk’s alleged drug use, erratic behavior, and alarming ...

Sam Stein and Will Sommer break down the surreal Trump–Elon press conference that covered Elon's ketamine allegations, strange gifts, DOGE's "accomplishments," and an awkward farewell that raised more ...

The Trump administration is trying to exert ideological control over every knowledge-producing institution in the country.

Sarah and JVL taped the Secret pod in front of 450 best friends in Nashville and things got . . . a little weird? There’s the ...

I’m sorry, but people who celebrate January 6ers who gleefully admit to having whacked police officers are not honest and ...

Everyone knows that video game movies and TV shows are crap. What this episode presupposes is … maybe they aren’t? And that’s a bad thing? (For more, read Calum Marsh’s essay here.) Here's the ...

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