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How to spring clean your kitchen - Ashlie D. Stevens - How to spring clean your kitchen - Ashlie D. Stevens - A practical, guilt-free guide to resetting your kitchen in a single weekend — no overhauls required

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Trump's shoe gifts keep cabinet in line - Chauncey DeVega - The Florsheim presents aren't about style — they reveal the mechanics of MAGA authoritarianism and if it can endure

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Misinfo at Trump's women's health summit - Amanda Seitz - KFF Health News - The administration-sponsored event elevated perspectives outside conventional standards of medical care

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"America First" becomes America alone - Heather Digby Parton - "America First" becomes America alone - Heather Digby Parton - The nation's allies are refusing to help in Iran, leaving the president increasingly isolated on the world stage

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Baseball resists the war mindset -- Alex Galbraith -- Team USA's rah-rah, military-inflected approach clashed with a sport built on looseness — and lost

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Whose dog poop is in your trash can? -- Andi Zeisler -- In a time of zero-sum politics and slashed city budgets, the matter is getting more urgent

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Irish leader survives Trump ordeal -- Andrew O'Hehir -- Trump misgenders Ireland's president, rants about "windmills," demands world's gratitude — all in all, it went OK

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ICE "course correction"? Mullin isn't it -- Amanda Marcotte -- The department of homeland security shutdown shows Republicans still answer to Stephen Miller

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Lindsey Graham just triggered a MAGA revolt over Iran -- Lindsey Graham's Iran problem -- Sophia Tesfaye -- Pro-Trump media figures warn the president is trapped in a hawkish echo chamber around the senator

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Pete Hegseth's manly act is backfiring -- Amanda Marcotte -- MAGA bros hoped the defense secretary would make them feel butch — with Iran war, he embarrasses them

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Trump's Strait of Hormuz problem -- Heather Digby Parton -- Oil prices surge as the Trump administration shows no clear plan for the world's most critical shipping lane

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When a narcissist autocrat led the world into war -- When a narcissist led the world into war -- Andrew O'Hehir -- Kaiser Wilhelm II was an erratic despot known for unhinged foreign policy schemes. The result was catastrophe

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With Iran war, reality doesn't matter to Trump -- Reality doesn't matter to Trump -- Brian Karem -- The war will end when Trump feels it in his bones. In the meantime, he says everything is fine

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Trump allies might get their preferred Democratic Senate candidate from Illinois -- Big money shapes Illinois Senate primary -- Russell Payne -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi has raised much more cash than Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and other primary challengers

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Gabbard pressed on role in Ga. FBI raid -- Garrett Owen -- Gabbard said she oversaw "parts" of the raid on an election center, but avoided offering details

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Mullin grilled in DHS hearing -- Garrett Owen -- Lawmakers laid into the prospective DHS secretary over his past comments about ICE actions and fellow senators

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Cesar Chavez accused of sexual abuse -- Jelinda Montes -- An investigation into the labor icon unveiled stories of sexual abuse of minors

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Trump is all in on the SAVE America Act -- Jelinda Montes -- Republicans are pushing to get historically restrictive voter ID bill to the president's desk

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RFK Jr.'s vaccine fight isn't over -- Garrett Owen -- RFK Jr.'s vaccine fight isn't over -- Garrett Owen -- Kennedy's critics celebrated the ruling, while the Trump administration vowed to overturn it

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Trump to media: Cheer the war — or else -- Sophia Tesfaye -- The president and FCC Chair Brendan Carr are threatening journalists and broadcasters for their Iran coverage

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Even MAGA country is protesting Trump -- Chauncey DeVega -- New research shows a small but growing protest movement in areas that voted overwhelmingly for the president

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Senior US official: Iran was "no threat" -- Alex Galbraith -- Joe Kent resigned from the Trump admin on Tuesday, accusing the US of being pulled into a war by Israel

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The women who belong under the bus -- Andi Zeisler -- The women who belong under the bus -- Andi Zeisler -- Maxwell and Noem were happy to work on behalf of terrible men — and neither can claim that they lacked real power

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An (almost) optimistic Oscars -- Coleman Spilde -- Host Conan O'Brien wanted the ceremony to indicate hope for the future. It only hit the mark half the time

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Horror's crucial less-is-more lesson -- Coleman Spilde -- A24's latest chiller is a master class in getting under the skin — until it falls back on old tricks

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"SNL" gets Carlson's take on Oscars -- Alex Galbraith -- Jeremy Culhane played the former Fox News host as a constantly confused cinephile

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"The Murdochs" is a messier "Succession" -- Melanie McFarland -- Netflix's strangely entertaining new docuseries explains the ascendance of Fox News in the age of Trump

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A powerful Oscar nominee you didn't see -- Coleman Spilde -- "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed" shows how Nan Goldin challenged the Sackler family with artistic protests

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Please prove me wrong, Oscars. Please! -- Melanie McFarland -- I regret to predict that "One Battle After Another" is a safer choice for an irritatingly familiar reason

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Is living with men worth it? -- Andi Zeisler -- Women are increasingly choosing not to marry and men assume they know why. They don't

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Private prisons cash in on ICE crackdown -- Nicholas Liu -- Over 90 percent of detained immigrants languish in prisons that aren't actually run by the government

1 month ago

Is it wrong to have too much money? Jackson Trager - The Conversation - Your answer may depend on deep-seated values – and your country's economy

1 month ago

Why personal budgets don't work -- Dana Miranda -- You can keep tabs on your financial situation without planning for every dollar or restricting spending

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They beat cancer. Then came the bills -- Zina Kumok -- Treatment takes more than a physical toll on patients — it often empties their wallets

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Nana bailed me out and I'm still ashamed -- Bob Brody -- Nana bailed me out and I'm still ashamed -- Bob Brody -- Years later, I realize that being spared the disgrace of bankruptcy was a blessing and a curse

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FOMO is putting Gen Zers in debt -- Cara Michelle Smith -- The pressure to document the most interesting parts of their lives comes with a price tag

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When the tourists go, hunger moves in -- Francesca Giangiulio -- As summer crowds disappear, the workers who kept them fed face rising costs, scarce housing and bare pantries

2 months ago

Welcome to the club. That'll be $200K -- Esther Luz -- Fees can cost six figures, and the waitlists stretch for months. But the exclusivity keeps them humming

3 months ago

Trump's pro-birth agenda failing moms -- Nicole Karlis -- As the Trump admin urges folks to have more kids, new data shows early pregnancy care moving in the wrong direction

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RFK Jr's risky attacks on HPV vaccines -- Nicole Karlis -- The HPV vaccine has significantly reduced rates of cervical cancer across the world, yet the CDC insists on review

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Is ChatGPT Health the new WebMD? -- Nicole Karlis -- OpenAI's new chatbot aims to bolster users' health decisions — but risks fueling confusion and anxiety

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Trump's new foreign aid ban -- Nicole Karlis -- Experts say the Trump administration is using foreign aid to impose anti-human rights ideology globally

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Reinventing public health under Trump -- Nicole Karlis -- California, New York and others are forming health alliances, marking an uncharted chapter in public health

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S.C. measles outbreak breaks record - Jelinda Montes - S.C. measles outbreak breaks record - Jelinda Montes - This is largest measles outbreak since the United States declared measles eliminated in 2000.

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RFK Jr. encourages "moderate drinking" -- CK Smith -- Again, health experts warn new guidance may blur science with personal choice, fueling confusion and debate

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The overdose crisis is turning around -- Libby Jones -- More people are around for the holidays because of treatment options. That success is at risk unless Congress acts

2 months ago

Stop settling for sad parfaits -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- Stop settling for sad parfaits -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- Roast the fruit. Brighten the yogurt. Salt the granola. A few small moves, a better parfait

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"The Sun Also Rises" is still delicious -- Howie Southworth -- A modern traveler retraces Hemingway's footsteps through Spain, one glass of vermút and Basque pintxo at a time

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How to become a potluck person -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- A guide to hosting — or showing up to — the modern potluck without the awkwardness

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Foraging is the new food tourism -- Katie Lockhart -- Travelers are trading restaurant reservations for seaweed hunts, truffle dogs and lionfish dives — ushering in the

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Make your meatloaf like a steakhouse -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- Deeply savory, sliceable and built for real browning

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In Finland, winter is a way of eating -- Howie Southworth -- Where soup, sauna and salt turn cold into culture

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The supper club everyone calls -- Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu -- Each year, thousands dial a century-old Wisconsin supper club hoping to win the December reservation lottery

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How to eat when you want to feel better -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- A gentle reset for when your meals — and your energy — feel a little off

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A love affair in life's last act -- Alice Bingham Gorman -- The odds are stacked against women in their 80s finding true love. Was it possible for me, I wondered?

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The song that left me speechless -- Randall Horton -- The student who said she "didn't know no beautiful" created a track that became our flagship of creative excellence

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My mother, the debutante Communist -- Andrew O'Hehir -- Her life was like a slowly unfolding, densely plotted thriller whose unfinished story we're all still inside

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Taylor Swift, grief therapist? -- Molly Saint-James -- My husband bonded with our daughters over her music. Now that he's gone, I've found solace in her work, too

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