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Immigration

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Solo: A Star Wars Story Underperforms at the Box Office

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Technology

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What You Should Do With All Those Privacy-Policy Emails Before You Delete Them

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Elon Musk’s Crusade for Media Accountability Lasted Three Whole Days Before He Recommended a News Site Affiliated With a Suspected Sex Cult

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Irish Citizens’ #HomeToVote Tweets Show the Internet at Its Most Inspiring

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Fortnite Is a Blast—but It Isn’t a Phenomenon

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Tig Notaro’s Happy to Be Here Is a Rare Encounter With Lesbian Joy

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Eighties Babies Are Officially the Brokest Generation

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The Andy Warhol Foundation Should Save Interview Magazine

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Proof That Obamacare Was Working Before Trump Wrecked It

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The More Prestigious Your College Degree, the Farther You’re Likely to Move After Getting It

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Why Every Media Company Fears Richard Liebowitz

Justin Peters

The “copyright enforcer” is a walking lawsuit factory. He’s also the best hope for photographers to get paid.

FBI Is Asking Everyone to Reboot Their Routers to Stop Russian Malware Infection

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Former President George H.W. Bush Hospitalized for Low Blood Pressure and Fatigue

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Giuliani Says Mueller Probe Is “Rigged,” No Longer Legitimate

Daniel Politi

Chelsea Clinton: Trump Is Degrading “What It Means to Be an American”

Daniel Politi

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Cyberthreats

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Outrage Grows as Horror of Policy to Split Children and Parents at Border Becomes Clear

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Help! I’m Terrified My Partner’s Transphobic Parents Will Out Him at Our Wedding.

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FBI Is Asking Everyone to Reboot Their Routers to Stop Russian Malware Infection

Solo: A Star Wars Story Underperforms at the Box Office

Former President George H.W. Bush Hospitalized for Low Blood Pressure and Fatigue

Sesame Workshop Is Suing the Producers of That Melissa McCarthy Movie With the Ejaculating Puppet

Giuliani Says Mueller Probe Is “Rigged,” No Longer Legitimate

Chelsea Clinton: Trump Is Degrading “What It Means to Be an American”

Will Meghan Markle’s New California-Inspired Coat of Arms Convince Millennials to Embrace Traditional Heraldry?

Trump’s Saturday of Lies: President Says Official Who Briefed Reporters “Doesn’t Exist”

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Chelsea Clinton: Trump Is Degrading “What It Means to Be an American”

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