Patrons view a portrait of President Trump in the America’s Presidents exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery on May 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images North America President Trump expanded his criticism of the Smithsonian Institution to include other museums in a long social media post on Tuesday. “The …
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An Air Canada plane gets a pushback from its gate at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Dorval, Quebec, on Tuesday. Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP hide caption toggle caption Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP TORONTO — Air Canada said it will gradually restart operations after reaching an agreement early on Tuesday with the union for 10,000 flight …
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“Not everything that is faced can be changed,” James Baldwin famously explained in 1962, “but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” At the time the late author, who is profiled in a new biography publishing Tuesday, had been talking of a writer’s responsibility to grapple with the real, gritty details of life, racial and structural inequities and all. …
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A map shows the likely arrival times of tropical-storm-force winds along the East Coast, driven by Hurricane Erin. NOAA/Screenshot by NPR hide caption toggle caption NOAA/Screenshot by NPR Hurricane Erin is moving closer to the Eastern seaboard, bringing dangerous rip currents and flood risks that have prompted evacuation orders and states of emergency in two North Carolina counties. Hurricane Erin …
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Members of the FBI and D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department conduct a traffic stop near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 14. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images Amid President Trump’s ongoing feud with the local leaders of the nation’s capital, both sides have pointed to crime statistics to make their case on how safe …
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Bowen Yang poses for photographers upon arrival at the BFI Flare Opening Gala for the film The Wedding Banquet in London, March 19, 2025. Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP For Bowen Yang, joining SNL as a writer in 2018, and then becoming a castmember the following year, was the fulfillment of a prophesy: during his …
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A man photographs himself depositing his ballot in an official ballot drop box in Philadelphia on Oct. 27, 2020. Mark Makela/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mark Makela/Getty Images President Trump announced Monday on his social media site, Truth Social, that he plans to “lead a movement” to get rid of mail-in ballots and voting machines in the country ahead …
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The never-ending egg hunt is a big part of what non-Swifties find exhausting about her rollouts. It does something else, too: it trains fans to appreciate art in a particular way. Erika Goldring/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Mana/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Erika Goldring/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Mana/Getty Images North America This essay first appeared in …
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A map shows the expected path of tropical-storm-force winds from Hurricane Erin this week. The storm is expected to bring flooding to parts of the Outer Banks on North Carolina’s coast, forecasters say. National Weather Service, NOAA/ Screenshot by NPR hide caption toggle caption National Weather Service, NOAA/ Screenshot by NPR Hurricane Erin is spinning toward the Bahamas and the …
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