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The Campaign to Remake The Last Jedi, Explained

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The World Cup

The Red Devils are scoring like their legacy depends on it. It just might.

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Can you really give a blood transfusion from a T. rex to a velociraptor? We asked the experts.

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The many indictments of former CIA employee Joshua Schulte aren’t just about leaking information.

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Every time we fight, we’re replaying an old argument that has more to do with our different fighting styles than whatever we’re fighting about.

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In a landmark 5–4 decision, the Supreme Court rules that the Fourth Amendment protects cell phone location records.

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Restaurant Refuses to Serve Sarah Sanders, and Online Reviewers Descend

The GOP Fixation on Work Requirements Is Fueled by White Racial Resentment

Trade War

Trump’s Threat Against Germany Shows He Stretches the Law to Do Whatever He Wants

LGBTQ

Ignore the Atlantic. Trans-Affirmative Care Is Best for Kids.

Eye-Opening New Evidence in the 1973 UpStairs Lounge Arson

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The Campaign to Remake The Last Jedi, Explained

Leo Debates Everything. Kit Just Wants to Have a Nice Time.

The World Cup

Belgium Is Attacking, and Attacking, the “Golden Generation” Curse

Why Neymar Cried After Brazil’s Win Over Costa Rica

Did Nigeria’s Ahmed Musa Score the Best Goal of the World Cup?

Help! My Boyfriend Claimed He Was Sexually Harassed. I Have Proof He Lied About It.

Should I Withhold Sex Until My Husband Agrees to a Vasectomy?

Belgium Is Attacking, and Attacking, the “Golden Generation” Curse

Online Reviewers Descend on Restaurant That Refused to Serve Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Trump Administration Seeking Up to 15,000 Beds to Expand Immigrant Family Detention

How Smartwatches Became the Most Convenient Way to Listen to Music on the Go

The Best Beach Towels on Amazon, According to Hyperenthusiastic Reviewers

Trump’s New Argument: If We Don’t Separate Families at the Border, “Illegal Aliens” Will Murder American Kids

The Journalists at CNN Should Be Worried About Their New Boss

My Kids Have Heinous Taste in Fashion

Donald Trump’s Latest Threat Against Germany Is a Reminder That He Stretches the Law to Do Whatever the Heck He Wants

Why Is This Man Crying?

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Fact-Checking Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Belgium Is Attacking, and Attacking, the “Golden Generation” Curse

Did Richard II Provoke an Elizabethan Rebellion?

The Campaign to Remake The Last Jedi, Explained

Switzerland’s Xherdan Shaqiri Is a Roomba Made of Lead

ABC Pulls Episode of The Proposal After Sexual Assault Allegations

Did Nigeria’s Ahmed Musa Score the Best Goal of the World Cup?

The Feds Love to Stack Charges When It Comes to Cybercrime

What an Utterly Bizarre Week of News For Tesla

What Is With Instagram and Cotton Candy?

Facebook Says It Has “No Plans” to Listen in On Your Conversations

A New, Affordable Ultrasound Machine Is Saving Lives in Developing Countries

Trump Isn’t Satisfied With Terrestrial Borders. He Wants Them in Space, Too.

Why Haven’t the Obituaries for Koko the Ape Talked About Her Purported Nipple Fetish?

How Smartwatches Became the Most Convenient Way to Listen to Music on the Go

The Oxford Debater vs. the Debate Team Quitter

The Best Beach Towels on Amazon, According to Hyperenthusiastic Reviewers

How One Executive Took Summers Off and Still Got Promoted

These Photos by a Janitor at a Border Processing Facility Show What We Took From Immigrants Before We Took Their Children

Don’t Let the Atlantic Story Scare You: Trans-Affirmative Care Is Best for Kids

Republicans Are Fixated on Work Requirements for Benefits. This is Part of a Long Policy History Driven by White Racial Resentment.

New Evidence Shows That During the 1973 UpStairs Lounge Arson, Gays Had to Take Rescue Efforts Into Their Own Hands

Jeff Bezos Will Lose Zero Sleep Over the Supreme Court’s Decision to End Tax-Free Online Shopping

Donald Trump’s Latest Threat Against Germany Is a Reminder That He Stretches the Law to Do Whatever the Heck He Wants

Jeff Bezos Just Hired a New Yorker Writer to Run His Health Care Startup. Excellent Choice.

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Trump’s Tangent About Canadian Shoe Smugglers, Explained

America Has a Moving Crisis

Elon Musk Is Trying to Redefine Socialism as … Capitalism

The Journalists at CNN Should Be Worried About Their New Boss

A Historic Victory for Privacy

Online Reviewers Descend on Restaurant That Refused to Serve Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Trump Administration Seeking Up to 15,000 Beds to Expand Immigrant Family Detention

Trump’s New Argument: If We Don’t Separate Families at the Border, “Illegal Aliens” Will Murder American Kids

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Barack Obama’s Statement on Child Separation Missed the Moment

Trump Really Wants a Summit With Putin. Is There Any Way This Won’t Be a Disaster?

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