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In her message, Marci Whitaker says the Mueller investigation is “wrapping up” and that the government shutdown is affecting her family’s ability to earn a living.

BuzzFeed Reporter Defends Story as “Solid” and “Accurate” Despite Pushback From Mueller

Daniel Politi

Pence Likens Trump and His Offer to End Shutdown to Martin Luther King

Daniel Politi

Giuliani Acknowledges Trump May Have Talked to Cohen About Testimony: “So What?”

Daniel Politi

Native American Elder Says He Approached MAGA-Clad Teens to Defuse Argument With Black Protesters

Daniel Politi

Trump Cites Winter Storms to Once Again Suggest Global Warming Isn’t Real

Daniel Politi

The Face of the Teenager Who Harassed a Native American Veteran Is All Too Familiar

Ruth Graham

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We’ve Seen This Face Before

A Reminder That Two Southern States Still Celebrate Robert E. Lee’s Birthday on MLK Day

Native American Elder Says He Approached MAGA-Clad Teens to Defuse Argument With Black Protesters

Democrats Reject Trump Offer to Extend DACA Protections in Exchange for Wall Funding

SNL

Pete Davidson and John Mulaney Explain Why Clint Eastwood’s The Mule Is Completely Bananas

Oh Yeah! Kool-Aid Man Finally Speaks Out Against Toxic Masculinity.

Russia Investigation

Mueller Team Disputes Aspects of BuzzFeed Report Claiming Trump Told Cohen to Lie

Sports

James Harden Is in a Fugue State and Can’t Stop Scoring Points

Chiefs Coach Andy Reid Only Seems to Make Mistakes When Everyone’s Watching

AOC is charting a new way to be a woman in politics.

Everything You Need to Know About Sunday’s Super Blood Wolf Moon

I’m Worried My Cat Will Be Traumatized by Loneliness While I’m Away on Vacation

Weekend Reads

“All Sizzle but No Steak”

So, I Got an Email From Matthew Whitaker’s Wife. She Says Mueller Is “Wrapping Up.”

How All of New Zealand Became Obsessed With One Rowdy, Drunken, Littering Tourist Family

After all this time, I don’t want to do anything to hurt her feelings or make her think I don’t trust her.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Wife’s Secret Past

Help! My Husband Is Incapable of Remembering to Buy His Mom a Gift.

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! Should I Tell My Wife That Our Neighbor Tried to Kiss Me?

Help! I’m Not Sure My Nephew Realizes That His Dad’s a Pedophile.

BuzzFeed Reporter Defends Story as “Solid” and “Accurate” Despite Pushback From Mueller

Everything You Need to Know About Sunday’s Super Blood Wolf Moon

Tomi Lahren Picked a Twitter Fight With Cardi B. Big Mistake.

Pence Likens Trump and His Offer to End Shutdown to Martin Luther King

Giuliani Acknowledges Trump May Have Talked to Cohen About Testimony: “So What?”

MOMA Runs One of the World’s Most Famous Museum Stores. Here’s a Behind-the-Scenes Look at How It Operates.

The Face of the Teenager Who Harassed a Native American Veteran Is All Too Familiar

Video Shows MAGA-Clad Teenagers Harassing, Mocking Native American Vietnam Vet

A Reminder That Two Southern States Still Celebrate Robert E. Lee’s Birthday on MLK Day

Native American Elder Says He Approached MAGA-Clad Teens to Defuse Argument With Black Protesters

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What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in The Mule?

Tomi Lahren Picked a Twitter Fight With Cardi B. Big Mistake.

Pete Davidson and John Mulaney Explain Why Clint Eastwood’s The Mule Is Completely Bananas

Oh Yeah! Kool-Aid Man Finally Speaks Out Against Toxic Masculinity on SNL

James Harden Is in a Fugue State and Can’t Stop Scoring Points

Jameela Jamil Turned Down a Role as a Deaf Woman in Hopes Producers Would Hire a Deaf Actress Instead

Andy Reid Only Seems to Make Mistakes When Everyone’s Watching

Don’t Abandon Sunscreen Just Yet

It’s Been a Bad Week to Work for Elon Musk

It’s January, and Three African Countries Have Already Had Internet Blackouts This Year

It Might Be Aliens. But We Have No Idea What to Do About It.

The Fake Washington Post Wasn’t Fake News

China Grew a Plant on the Moon. It’s Already Dead.

Science Gets Shut Down Right Along With the Federal Government

Everything You Need to Know About Sunday’s Super Blood Wolf Moon

The Troubling Thing About the “Fit Mom” Instagram Community

These Lingerie Bags Have Saved Me From Hours of Hand-washing Delicates

The Author of a Lusty Love Letter to Robert Mueller Explains Herself

Help! How Do I Break Up With My Doctor?

This Clothing Steamer Is as Inexpensive as It Is Reliable

Dear Care and Feeding: Potty Training Is Driving Us Crazy

Why Did Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Take His Oath of Office on a Casual Stack of Nine Bibles?

The Lesson of Wealthy Americans’ Rich History of Dodging Super High Income Tax Rates

The Failed Art of the Deal

Student Debt Is Keeping Millennials From Buying Homes. But How Many?

Cities Used to Help All Americans Find Prosperity. Not Anymore.

No, a Panel of Respected Economists Did Not Just Dismiss AOC’s 70 Percent Tax Plan

California Could Use PG&E’s Failure to Get Wildfire Prone Areas to Adopt Solar

Wired Laid Off Five Staffers. Who’s Next at Condé Nast?

MOMA Runs One of the World’s Most Famous Museum Stores. Here’s a Behind-the-Scenes Look at How It Operates.

So, I Got an Email From Matthew Whitaker’s Wife

BuzzFeed Reporter Defends Story as “Solid” and “Accurate” Despite Pushback From Mueller

Pence Likens Trump and His Offer to End Shutdown to Martin Luther King

Giuliani Acknowledges Trump May Have Talked to Cohen About Testimony: “So What?”

Native American Elder Says He Approached MAGA-Clad Teens to Defuse Argument With Black Protesters

Trump Cites Winter Storms to Once Again Suggest Global Warming Isn’t Real

The Face of the Teenager Who Harassed a Native American Veteran Is All Too Familiar

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