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The president is happy to receive money and gifts, but don’t expect favors in return
The president is ordering new signs outside the Smithsonian to warn Americans about history
The president and the Pentagon are not being up front about what has happened in more than 20 weeks of hostilities
As the government began to figure out why people were getting sick, the messaging got only worse
Republicans grilled a museum head, intensifying Donald Trump’s campaign to reshape the American story
The country’s new prime minister is trying to navigate between Washington and Tehran
Every politician does some pandering, but few do it as clumsily, or with such evident disdain for their own supporters, as the vice president
No classified briefings, no press conferences, no acknowledgment that the conflict with Iran is back on
On July 20, 1976, Viking 1—the first successful Mars lander in history—touched down on the red planet. NASA’s Viking Program sent two pairs of orbiters and landers to Mars, gathering an incredible amount of data and imagery from 1976 until 1982
A new, gonzo style of fraud could be an existential threat to prediction markets
The war in Iran has dealt a serious blow to the idea that the president can slip out of any bind easily
Culture and entertainment recommendations including House of the Dragon, batik paintings, and more