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Trump aides knew about hush payments

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Nicholas Liu

The Arkansas governor and former Trump White House staffer thought the hush money arrangement was "a good idea"

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Experts bash "shameful" immunity hearing

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Charles R. Davis

"Unlikely Trump will ever be tried for the crimes he committed," says ex-Judge J. Michael Luttig

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US tries to block Bibi warrant: report

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Jake Johnson - Common Dreams

Israel, US "making a concerted effort to head off" possible arrest warrants from the ICC, Times of Israel reports

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Kristi Noem defends dog killing

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Nicholas Liu

The South Dakota Republican has been criticized by all sides for confessing to the killing of her 14-month-old pet

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SCOTUS sounds sold on Trump's Big Lie

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Heather Digby Parton

The extremist majority on the Supreme Court is acting as rank partisan operators — and threatening our democracy

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Tire toxins are killing off salmon

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Jim Robbins - KFF Health News

One analysis found that a car’s tires emit 1 trillion ultrafine particles per kilometer

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RFK is playing Trump for his voters

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Amanda Marcotte

Kennedy wants more marks for his anti-vaccination grift — he'll find way more of them by marketing to MAGA

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"Trump will take the bait"

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Chauncey DeVega

Will Donald Trump take the stand in his own defense? Experts weigh in on his first criminal trial

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TikTok heist is privacy hypocrisy

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Rae Hodge

Here’s how a tech-mob shakedown, blessed by the Oval, is about to blow up in Biden’s face

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Sanders: Netanyahu “ethnic cleansing”

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Nandika Chatterjee

"Displacing 80 percent of the population in Gaza — is ethnic cleansing," Sanders says

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"King James is nourished in fear"

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Gabriella Ferrigine

Curran discusses the importance of telling King James' story, why he isn't that well known and what makes him tick

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McConnell: More problems now than WWII

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Nandika Chatterjee

"We need to get serious about what we're up against," McConnell says on "Meet the Press"

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Biden stole WH correspondents’ dinner

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Nandika Chatterjee

And, yes, there were plenty of jokes throughout the evening about "Stormy weather" and killing dogs

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The ethics of eating monsters

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Michael Lee

From "Star Wars" and cannibal films to "Delicious in Dungeon," what – and who – we eat prompts navel-gazing

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Columbia crisis: Liberalism chokes again

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Andrew O'Hehir

Columbia's president capitulated to the right-wing witch hunt — and only made things worse. Maybe that's a lesson?

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Protecting darkness in Atacama desert

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Alexa Robles-Gil - Undark

Light pollution is threatening the future of astronomy. Can a new nationwide lighting standard make a difference?

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The self-preservation of the media

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Chauncey DeVega

The media must use accurate and direct language to describe the democracy crisis before it is too late

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Trump, Kari Lake and abortion hypocrisy

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Nathaniel Manderson

Republicans played the abortion card until it stopped working for them — only foolish Mike Pence still believes

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"Top Chef" makes the case for cabbage

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Michael La Corte

The verdict is clear: Cabbage is a winner.

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What to expect at correspondents’ dinner

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Griffin Eckstein

Colin Jost will headline the D.C. dinner with a star-studded guest list, with Pres. Biden speech anticipated

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"The People's Joker" queers-up Gotham

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Kelly McClure

Benefitting from fair use exception, director Vera Drew puts a little sugar in DC Comics' tank and lights a match

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"Baby Reindeer" examines an "open wound"

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Gabriella Ferrigine

Richard Gadd created a comedy act mining his own experiences that became a series unlike anything we've seen before

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Barr on Trump's "execution orders"

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Griffin Eckstein

"I doubt he would’ve actually carried it out,” Barr said

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GOP outrage over Noem killing puppy

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Griffin Eckstein

"She can't be VP now," says Laura Loomer

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