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All Charlie Shackleton had to do was give the Sundance Film Festival a 90-second video introducing himself and his ...

On Friday night, Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell strode onto the Senate floor and, without a moment’s hesitation, voted against ...

Trump briefly raised the idea of buying Greenland in his first term and expressed shock—even calling off a planned visit to ...

This Christmas, my dad offered to pay for a family holiday to mark a significant anniversary. My husband declined and Dad ...

I am the president of a local community organization founded originally by immigrants of a certain ethnic group (think: the ...

My mother is pro-choice in theory, but in practice, she is not really for abortion. She believes that there are many other ...

The other day my brother, “Aiden,” came over to my place to return a snowblower he’d borrowed. On his way out he asked if I ...

One overarching theme across the orders and memorandums is the dogged pursuit of consolidated power within the Oval Office.

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Well, it’s been some years since then, and he now has a new girlfriend. She’s a bit younger than us and I just recently found ...

The intense political division of the past year has magnified the already difficult relationship I have with my father. We’re ...