It’s a Popular, Iconic, and Legendary TV Show. Why Is Its Network Trying to Kill It?
The people now running CBS seem really determined to undermine the best thing going.
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A Wall Street Institution Just Did Something to Elon Musk That No One Else Will
The billionaire is going to hate this—and there’s nothing he can do about it.
The Trump Scandal You Haven’t Paid Attention to Might Be the Most Revealing Yet
The boondoggle at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is deeper than it looks.
Disney Finds Its Spine
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez explains the administration’s First Amendment shakedown—and how ABC is fighting back.
2 researchers charged with smuggling mpox into the US
Employed at a National Institutes of Health lab in Montana, the two allegedly brought deactivated virus from the Republic of the Congo without a permit.
Milk’s the drink of choice at RFK Jr.’s event with swing-district Republican
The health secretary appeared at a Wisconsin dairy farm with embattled Rep. Derrick Van Orden.
States balk at the high price of Medicaid work requirements amid budget crunch
States dealing with budget shortfalls are facing tens of millions of dollars in new costs ahead of the federal Jan. 1 deadline.
When Church Was a Queer Space
Outward’s hosts sit down with the host and co-creator of When We All Get to Heaven.
Remembering, with the People of MCC San Francisco, AIDS Still Isn’t Over.
The neighborhood changes, the church moves, people forget and remember “the AIDS years,” but AIDS isn’t over.
What Happens When You Organize Church Around AIDS – and AIDS Changes?
The AIDS cocktail opens new possibilities. And MCC San Francisco tries to use the experience of AIDS to make bigger social change.
The Church’s Pastor Gets Diagnosed with AIDS. And the Church Wonders How Much They Might Lose.
The church’s minister gets sick and everyone knows it.
A Church Romance Between a Hula Dancer and a Lumbersexual Blossoms in a Dangerous Time.
The church’s “it couple” faces AIDS, caregiving, and loss as part of a pair, part of families, and part of a community.
Canada’s prime minister says economic ties with US are a weakness that must be corrected
“We have to take care of ourselves because we can’t rely on one foreign partner,” Mark Carney said in a video address. “We can’t control the disruption coming from our neighbors.
Hasan Piker on Being Banned from U.K., Traveling to Cuba & Supporting Candidates Critical of Israel
The British government earlier this week barred left-wing political commentators Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur from entering the U.K. ahead of several speaking events. The Home Office said it was canceling their travel permits because “their presence in the U.K. may not be conducive to the public good.” Piker and Uygur, who are related, are both outspoken in their criticism of Israel.
Adam Hamawy, Ex-Volunteer Doctor in Gaza, Wins NJ House Primary Calling for End to Israeli Aid
We speak with Dr. Adam Hamawy, the former U.S. Army combat surgeon who just won the Democratic nomination in New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District. He is now the heavy favorite to win the Democratic-leaning district in November and, if elected, would become New Jersey’s first Muslim member of Congress. Hamawy is an outspoken advocate for Palestinian rights and volunteered in Gaza during Israel’s genocidal assault on the territory.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Ada Ferrer on Cuba’s Crisis, U.S. Sanctions and Family Separation
The Trump administration five months ago launched an energy blockade against Cuba, coming on top of the over six-decade-long embargo, the longest in U.S. history. The expanded U.S. sanctions have exacerbated the island’s economic crisis, forcing Cubans to live with rolling blackouts, inflation and shortages of basic goods.
“The situation there is dire,” says Cuban American historian Ada Ferrer. “It has been for quite some time, and it’s gotten worse and worse over the last five months.
“Notes from an ICE Chaser”: Tracking Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign on the Ground
Former U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino led the Trump administration’s militarized immigration crackdowns in Chicago, Los Angeles and Minneapolis. Bovino was eventually removed from his position in January after immigration agents under his command killed 37-year-old VA nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
We speak with Amanda Moore, a reporter who focuses on far-right extremism and state violence.
How do you stop Ebola at the World Cup?
Public-health officials are trying to use a Covid-era playbook without pandemic-era funding.
Cut Platner Loose
The Maine Senate race is far from the first time that an American political party has had to choose between character and power.
In 2017, Alabama Republicans nominated a state supreme court judge named Roy Moore for U.S. Senate. A month before election day, The Washington Post published a report that when Moore was a 32-year-old assistant district attorney, he initiated sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl.
The Republicans Defying Trump
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President Trump could be facing Republican pushback from soon-to-be former senators. Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined last night to discuss the group known as the YOLO caucus, and more.
The Philosophy of the Out-of-Office Email
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For some people, an out-of-office message is a simple one-line email. For others, it’s an opportunity to make a grand statement about the relationship between work and life. In 2018, Marina Koren reported on the emailers who auto-delete all new messages while they’re on vacation.
RFK Jr.’s movement was supposed to save the GOP’s majorities. It’s not even in the game.
Make America Healthy Again groups have endorsed only one candidate in a competitive congressional race.
Why Trump Wants to Celebrate His Birthday With a Cage Fight
As President Trump prepares to host UFC cage fights on the White House lawn to celebrate 250 years of American democracy and his own 80th birthday, viewers who dig displays of domination will be exhilarated. But why stop at blood sport?
The ratings could be higher if Trump added even more provocative spectacles. Have J. D.
The First 18 Months
Sir! I love you! Thank you for including me in this meeting to talk about all the wonderful things you’ve accomplished since January 2025. What a big, beautiful man you are. The greatest fellow in the whole world! You’re so alert. And you can walk! Wow!
When grown men see you, they weep, and they are right to do so. Look at those toes. Your hair looks great; it is the right amount.
Investors Can’t Escape AI’s Clutches
Guest host Mary Childs explains why index funds are bending their rules and giving investors little choice but to opt into the AI boom.
The Trump Scandal You Haven’t Paid Attention to Might Be the Most Revealing Yet
The boondoggle at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is deeper than it looks.
Disney Finds Its Spine
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez explains the administration’s First Amendment shakedown—and how ABC is fighting back.
Who Wants an Unsexy Ferrari?
The new EV from the iconic Italian sportscar maker is so underwhelming it had to be memed.
2 researchers charged with smuggling mpox into the US
Employed at a National Institutes of Health lab in Montana, the two allegedly brought deactivated virus from the Republic of the Congo without a permit.
Milk’s the drink of choice at RFK Jr.’s event with swing-district Republican
The health secretary appeared at a Wisconsin dairy farm with embattled Rep. Derrick Van Orden.