A Grieving Son’s Open Letter to Jet-Setting Gov. Kristi Noem

By Michael Daly

“I regret to inform you that you have lost yet another vote for President in 2024.”

By David Axe

From bombing raids to becoming the first pilot to break the sound barrier to serving in Vietnam, Yeager’s life was the stuff of legend and Hollywood. He died Monday at 97.

By Justin Rohrlich, Pilar Melendez

James Robert Schweitzer lost his security clearance over medical marijuana. What the feds say happened next is completely off the rails.

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By Lachlan Markay, Spencer Ackerman, Noah Shachtman

Democratic heavyweights Tony Blinken, Lloyd Austin, and Michele Flournoy all have equity in a firm investing in government contractors. One watchdog calls the practice “gross.”

By Steve North

Forty years ago, on the night of Dec. 8, 1980, John Lennon was murdered. And Steve North, a young broadcast reporter for the Long Island radio station WLIR, broke the news.

By Sophia A. Nelson

They are victims of the younger, more diverse America that rejected Trump and voted for Biden. They are victims of their own white male aggrievement and resentment.

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By Matt Wilstein

This veteran stand-up comic knows why it took so long to land her first special. “I was never the hot, skinny, flirtatious female comedian,” she tells “The Last Laugh” podcast.

By Naveen Kumar

The documentary “Giving Voice,” about teenagers competing in the August Wilson Monologue Competition, reminds us of the playwright's indelible legacy—and the power of theater.

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 GREEN LIGHT 

Latest data analyses show it starts providing strong protection against COVID-19 within about 10 days of the first dose—even sooner than Pfizer had previously announced.

 FETCH THE KOOL-AID 

The state GOP made the apparent call to arms on its official Twitter account late Monday.

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The news followed a New York Times report that said the Trump administration turned down the offer of extra vaccines from Pfizer.

 NOT THE POINT 

According to court documents reported by The New York Times, the contractors even built a dirt road to help armed guards make the illegal trip.

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