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TACO Trump Chickens Out on Major Immigration Flip
The Trump administration is thinking about adding 26 more countries—most of them African—to his travel ban list. The Washington Post…
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Chaotic Trump Leaves Confused World Leaders Behind at G7
The Trump administration is thinking about adding 26 more countries—most of them African—to his travel ban list. The Washington Post…
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Transcript: Trump’s Violent Outbursts Worsen as Parade Fiasco Sinks In
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 17 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is…
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7 Travel Size Makeup Products for Your Next Trip
When it comes to packing for a trip—whether it’s a weekend getaway or a long-haul flight—travel size makeup products are a non-negotiable.…
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Train a virtual dragon? Film studios turn to Roblox and other games to reach young fans
Surrounded by virtual cliffs and a cascading waterfall, dragon riders on Roblox’s massive online gaming platform immerse themselves in a…
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Catherine Lacey’s Infinite Regress
A Möbius strip, a looped surface with a single continuous side, is often formed by cutting a long, thin piece of paper and joining its…
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A Forgotten Surrealist’s Paintings Return to New York
When Ford returned to his gallery, he entered Orlik’s name into Artnet, the art-price database. His search yielded barely any results.…
Culture
What’s Happening to Reading?
What do you read, and why? A few decades ago, these weren’t urgent questions. Reading was an unremarkable activity, essentially unchanged…
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Trump’s Going to Weaken Outdoor Workers’ Heat Protections
The “one size” in this instance is temperature. Under the rule, when the mercury rises above 80 degrees, employers are required to offer…
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The Supreme Court Takes Up a Major Case on Anti-Abortion Clinics
Crisis pregnancy centers are back at the Supreme Court. The justices on Monday agreed to consider whether New Jersey can investigate…
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We Better Pray That No Unexpected Crisis Hits While Trump Is President
If you live in the United States, you are in greater jeopardy today than you were six months ago. So is your family. So are your friends…
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The Worst Part of Trump’s Big Bill Is Getting Almost No Attention
But a lot of the fiscal responsibility stuff that the Dems are most comfortable harping on seems frankly pedestrian in comparison to a…
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“Sick”: Trump’s Violent Outbursts Worsen as Parade Fiasco Sinks In
After the horrific assassination of a Democratic state legislator in Minnesota, President Trump at first correctly stressed that such…
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7 TNW Conference sessions we’re excited about
The Netherlands’ hottest tech festival is just around the corner, and the buzz is electric. TNW Conference brings together Europe’s…
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Apocalypse No: “The Life of Chuck” Stumbles at the Finish Line
It’s impossible to discuss “The Life of Chuck” without revealing the ending, because that’s where the movie starts. It’s built backward,…
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Joni Ernst’s Sick Response to Medicaid Cuts Has Tanked Her Career
Will Iowa Senator Joni Enst call it quits after her humiliating defense of Donald Trump’s budget bill? Several Republican aides,…
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MAGA Desperately Scrambles to Claim Minnesota Assassin Is a Democrat
Vance Boelter allegedly shot and killed Democratic Minnesota state Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Saturday. Hours later,…
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Customs Officials Deport Man for Reporting on Pro-Palestine Protests
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officials reportedly told an Australian writer who was detained and deported upon his arrival in Los…
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7 House Slippers for the Summer to Shop
Even though it’s peak vacation season, let’s not overlook the magic of a staycation—those blissful days where you cancel everything, stay…
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Artificial solar eclipse engineered in Europe offers new look at Sun
Two satellites equipped with European tech have delicately pulled off an artificial solar eclipse — giving scientists unmatched views of…
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Why Donald Trump Is Obsessed with a President from the Gilded Age
Late in his life, McKinley reconsidered protectionism. He was reëlected in 1900, and by his second Administration he felt that the United…
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The Atomic Bombs’ Forgotten Korean Victims
Tanaka Terumi was thirteen years old when the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on Nagasaki, in August, 1945. The blast knocked him…
Culture
The Portland Bar That Screens Only Women’s Sports
When Jenny Nguyen was in her twenties, working as a chef in her home town of Portland, Oregon, she became a regular at pickup basketball…
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So You Want to Be a Genius
Let’s say there’s another pandemic. This time, a lethal disease spreads through contact with other people’s fecal matter. Precision toilet…