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A cosplayer dressed as Chuck E. Cheese poses during the 2024 New York Comic Con. (Photo by Marleen Moise/Getty Images)

Chuck E. Cheese arrested

Alex Galbraith

Did someone in Munch's Make Believe Band dime him out? We smell a rat

New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrives for a court hearing at Thurgood Marshall Courthouse on February 19, 2025 in New York City. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

Trump DOJ sues NYC over sanctuary laws

Alex Galbraith

The suit named Mayor Eric Adams as a defendant and said the laws put ICE agents at "considerable risk"

The Paramount logo is displayed at Columbia Square along Sunset Blvd in Hollywood, California on March 9, 2023.

FCC approves Paramount, Skydance merger

Alex Galbraith

FCC Chair Brendan Carr cheered Skydance's commitment to making "significant changes" at CBS

Amy Sherald at the Whitney Gala held at The Whitney Museum of Art on May 20, 2025 in New York, New York. (Photo by Alyssa Greenberg/Getty Images)

Sherald cancels Smithsonian show

Cheyenne McNeill

The portrait artist cited concerns over "censorship" as the Trump administration focuses on the institution

Hulk Hogan during his Hulkamania Tour in 2009. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)

Hulk Hogan dead at 71

Alex Galbraith

The superstar wrestler helped take pro wrestling from niche entertainment to the center of pop culture

Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Democrats hope to flip North Carolina

Cheyenne McNeill

Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper looks set to face off against RNC Chairman Michael Whatley

"South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images)

South Park hits Trump, Paramount

Blaise Malley

The Season 27 premiere mocks Trump’s lawsuits, the Epstein files and his manhood

Pedestrians walk by Columbia University in Upper Manhattan on June 05, 2025 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Few love Columbia's deal with Trump

Garrett Owen

Pro-Israel activists and pro-Palestine campaigners alike took issue with the school's $200 million capitulation

Kelly Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne and Jack Osbourne (KMazur/WireImage/Getty Images)

How "The Osbournes" derailed reality

Melanie McFarland

By giving us a living room peek into an aging rock star's life, MTV gave birth to a new age of celebrity worship

A fan holds up a sign during a kiss cam segment in the game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Los Angeles Angels at Citizens Bank Park on July 18, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images)

Yes, you can enjoy the kiss-cam scandal

Andi Zeisler

Ignore the media scolds and embrace the schadenfreude

Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing for U.S. Attorney General in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on January 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Bondi faces call to testify on Epstein

Garrett Owen

Democrats are demanding answers after the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump's name is in the Epstein files

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after handing out food while standing at a drive-thru window during a campaign stop at a McDonald's in Feasterville-Trevose, PA on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Why Trump’s fast food obsession matters

Ashlie D. Stevens

The president’s fast food fixation is less about flavor and more about shaping culture and political identity

U.S. President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on February 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump’s superpower is no longer working

Brian Karem

Distracting the media and the public is not making the Epstein scandal go away

President Donald Trump at the 2025 FIFA World Cup on July 13, 2025 (Image Photo Agency/Getty Images)

With low polls, why won't Trump pivot?

Chauncey DeVega

Six months into his second term, the president refuses to change his policies and behavior

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a tour of the Terrorist Confinement Center (CECOT) on March 26, 2025 in Tecoluca, El Salvador. (Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump admin frees "worst of the worst"

Charles R. Davis

The administration, by its own logic, freed the world’s most dangerous terrorists at a 25-to-1 exchange rate

A CalFire firefighter tries to keep the Lake fire from jumping Highway 138 above the lake on June 28, 2025 in Silverwood Lake, California. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Data disproves Trump admin fire claims

Abe Streep - ProPublica

DOGE cuts and voluntary resignations have severely hampered the agency as the nation enters the peak of fire season

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a news conference at the DEA headquarters on July 15, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Judge denies DOJ Epstein request

Cheyenne McNeill

A Florida judge denied a request from Trump's DOJ to release Epstein's 2005 and 2007 grand jury transcripts

Vintage Coca-Cola bottles are seen in a shop window in Manhattan, New York City, United States of America on July 15th, 2024. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Coca-Cola to launch U.S. cane sugar soda

Joy Saha

The new cola will be available to consumers nationwide this fall

White House Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard talks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on July 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

"Coup": Gabbard pushes Obama "treason"

Garrett Owen

Democrats ripped Gabbard's claims as "laughable" attempt to "please Donald Trump"

Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr speaks during the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on February 24, 2024. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Skydance tells FCC it will end DEI

Cheyenne McNeill

Ahead of its merger with Paramount, Skydance told the FCC that it would complete a "comprehensive review” of CBS

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears speaks during a campaign rally for Donald Trump at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia, on November 2, 2024. (ALLISON JOYCE/AFP via Getty Images)

GOP losing hope in VA governor’s race

Cheyenne McNeill

Republican candidate Winsome Earle-Sears is badly trailing in the polls and fundraising numbers

Alina Habba, attorney for former President Donald Trump, gives a statement to members of the media during his civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court on November 02, 2023 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Bondi intervenes to save Habba's job

Garrett Owen

Bondi fired a judicial nominee set to replace Trump's pick for top prosecutor in New Jersey

Roswell, Atlanta, Georgia, Publix Grocery Store, woman shopping. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Big Food gets a makeunder

Joy Saha

Major brands are removing synthetic dyes from snacks and meals, responding to health concerns and shifting tastes

President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on March 31, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump's drug price claim is "impossible"

Garrett Owen

Trump claimed that his executive order would reduce drug prices by up to 1,500%

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