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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.

Trump’s Rhetoric Is Raising the Risk of Right-Wing Terrorism

Daniel Byman

Trump Is Guilty of Obstruction If He Merely “Encouraged” Cohen to Lie to Congress

Ryan Goodman

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

Notable topics

The Walkout That Crashed and Burned

Did Trump Take Federal Workers Hostage Because They’re Mostly Democrats? That’s Illegal.

Trump Is Guilty of Obstruction if He Merely “Encouraged” Cohen to Lie to Congress

Trump Has Made Right-Wing Terrorism a Bigger Threat Than Islamic Terrorism

NFL Playoffs

Five Ways the Patriots Could’ve Lost the AFC Championship Game

Was the No-Call at the End of Saints-Rams the Worst Call in Other Universes or Just This One?

MAGA Teens

Native American Elder Says He Approached to Defuse Argument With Black Protesters

MLK Day

Pence Likens Trump and His Offer to End Shutdown to Dr. King

Workplace Advice

What Employees Should Do if They Hate the Open Office

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

My Daughter Has No Friends

These “Fit Mom” Photos on Instagram Conceal an Ugly Truth

Movies

The Bonkers Twist Ending of Glass, Explained

Steven Soderbergh’s High Flying Bird Presents the Reality of the NBA’s Exploitation

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Clint Eastwood’s The Mule

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.

Rabbit Holes: Why I Collect Complicated Recipes I Know I’ll Never Make

How Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody Became This Year’s Oscar Villains

How to Cook Fish Like an Alaskan Fisherman

5 Chefs on Their Must-Have Salts

Dear Care and Feeding: How Do I Stop Myself From Hassling My Daughter About Her Introversion?

Open Office Plans Are Terrible for Workers, so Why Do They Persist?

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

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

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

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

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

How Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody Became This Year’s Oscar Villains

How to Cook Fish Like an Alaskan Fisherman

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Spent Her Weekend Dunking on Aaron Sorkin and Raising Money for Trans Kids

Five Ways the Patriots Could Have Lost the AFC Championship Game

Gillian Anderson Will Play Margaret Thatcher in Season Four of The Crown

Was the No-Call at the End of the Saints-Rams Game the Worst Call in Other Universes or Just This One?

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

Rabbit Holes: Why I Collect Complicated Recipes I Know I’ll Never Make

5 Chefs on Their Must-Have Salts

Dear Care and Feeding: How Do I Stop Myself From Hassling My Daughter About Her Introversion?

Open Office Plans Are Terrible for Workers, so Why Do They Persist?

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

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

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

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

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

Forget Reagan and the Air Traffic Controllers Strike: Four Reasons the TSA Could Stop Working Tomorrow

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

Trump’s Rhetoric Is Raising the Risk of Right-Wing Terrorism

Trump Is Guilty of Obstruction If He Merely “Encouraged” Cohen to Lie to Congress

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

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