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Secret Svengali Behind Trump’s Most Bizarre Pardon Revealed

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Trump’s clemency for fallen Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson was baffling. Now the full story can be told—involving Kim Kardashian and a prison reformer.

Susie Banikarim

Nate Cavanaugh is one of the DOGE staffers working on the USADF takeover.

28-Year-Old Installed as Head of Agency That Defied DOGE

MEET THE NEW BOSS

Amethyst Martinez

2024 BACK THAT YEAR UP WITH KEVIN HART & KENAN THOMPSON -- Pictured: Kenan Thompson -- (Photo by: Casey Durkin/PEACOCK)

Kenan Rips Into Morgan Wallen: ‘SNL’ Isn’t ‘God’s Country?’

‘SO ABRUPT’

Eboni Boykin-Patterson

Yale Fascism Expert Says He’s Fled U.S. for Chilling ReasonLIFE IMITATES ART

Yasmeen Hamadeh

Ana Cabrera and Jason Stanley.

opinionWhite House Reporters Who Canceled Comedian Deserve RoastingDINNER RESERVATIONS

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‘Full House’ Star Is Cancer-Free Five Months After DiagnosisWELL WISHES

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Dave Coulier

Skip the Monthly Spa Fees and Invest in a Home Sauna InsteadSWEAT IT OUT

The Best At-Home Saunas in 2024 | Scouted, The Daily Beast

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US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press while returning to Washington, DC on Air Force One on March 30, 2025, in Fredericksburg, Virginia. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

White House Declares ‘Case Closed’ on Signalgate

THAT'S A WRAP, FOLKS!

Trump Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the matter had been put to bed in a meeting with reporters.

Amethyst Martinez

Elon Musk makes evocative gesture.

Elon Musk Suddenly Thinks Nazi Symbols Are ‘Hate Crimes’

Speaking to Bill Hemmer on America’s Newsroom in an interview that aired Monday morning, the pair refused to categorize their situation as being "stuck."

Fox News Fails to Get Stranded Astronauts to Blame Biden

Lady Gaga during her Vegas residency

Lady Gaga Fans Revolt Over Wildly High Concert Ticket Prices

Clare Donaldson

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Doc Who Allegedly Tried to Kill Wife Was Extremely Jealous

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Hot Takes

The Funniest Memes About This Crazy ‘White Lotus’ Episode

Let’s process everything together.

Clare Donaldson

Who might be dead on White Lotus

Hot Takes

Who Is the Dead Body on ‘The White Lotus’: A Ranking

Laura Wheatman Hill

Nicole Kidman stars in Holland.

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Nicole Kidman’s Latest Movie Is Confusingly Bad

‘The White Lotus’ Serves Up Another Insane Incest Sex Story

NO FETISH UNTURNED

Kevin Fallon

‘The Woman in the Yard’: Get Off My Lawn, Ghost Lady!

Nick Schager

Tom Hardy’s New Mob Drama Should Sleep with the Fishes

Nick Schager

Michelle Williams Is Horny and Kinky—and Dying of Cancer

Michelle Williams as Molly

‘White Lotus’ Star: This Scene Got Cut After Trump Win

Yasmeen Hamadeh

Carrie Coon in season three of ‘The White Lotus.’

The Reason Everyone’s Weeping Over an Episode of ‘Survivor’

Clare Donaldson

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Tom Hanks’ Rapper Son Chet Pulls Ultimate Nepo Baby Move

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Elon’s Baby Mama Sells Tesla to Help With ‘Child Support’

Nandika Chatterjee

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MAGA Rages After Far-Right Leader Jailed and Banned From Run

French far-right Leader Marine Le Pen leaves the courtroom after a guilty verdict in her embezzlement case trial on March 31, 2025 in Paris, France.

Prince Andrew’s Sex Accuser Says She’s Got Four Days to Live

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‘The View’ Hosts Clash Over Anti-Trump Comedian Firing

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Kanye Dons KKK Robe to Diss Kim, Kendrick & Jay Z In Unhinged Interview

Kanye Dons KKK Robe to Diss Kim Kardashian, Kendrick & Jay Z

BLACK KKKLANSMAN

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How Trump Is Offering White Afrikaners Refugee Status

SELECTIVE SANCTUARY

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex at the opening ceremony of the 2025 Invictus Games

Prince Harry ‘Lonely’ as LA Turns Against ‘Toxic’ Brand

WHAT NOW?

The prince is mired in controversy, and old friends in the U.K. are urging him to get in touch and seek their support.

US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz speaks during a meeting with US President Donald Trump and US Ambassadors in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2025. US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz on March 25 claimed "full responsibility" for mistakenly adding a journalist to a group chat in which top American officials discussed impending strikes in Yemen.
"I take full responsibility. I built the group; my job is to make sure everything's coordinated," Waltz told Fox News host Laura Ingraham in his first interview on the security breach, adding that he does not personally know Jeffrey Goldberg, the journalist who was added to the chat. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Signalgate ‘Idiot’ Had Lots of Sensitive Group Chats

CHATTER BOX

Amber Ruffin refused to compromise when the WHCA asked her to make jokes about Republicans and Democrats.

WH Correspondents Go to War With Trump Days After Sucking Up

GLOVES OFF!

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This Antioxidant Self-Tanner Is the Ultimate Glow Getter

VACATION IN A BOTTLE?

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This Vibration Plate Is the Ultimate Lymphatic Drainage Hack

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Therabody’s New Depuffing Wand Reduces Swelling in MinutesBRIGHT EYES

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Is Colostrum Just Another Wellness Gimmick? Experts Weigh InGOT MILK?

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A photo illustration of Giant panda Qing Bao eating bamboo leaves during the panda public debut at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in 2025.

Trump Orders Crackdown on Wrong ‘Ideology’ at National Zoo

ANIMAL CONTROL

Isabel van Brugen

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Amber Ruffin Gears Up For White House Correspondents’ Dinner

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Trump's Thought Police

Why King Donald’s Loony Edicts Risk America as We Know It

EXECUTIVE DISORDER

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Read More Totally Real Top Secret Trump Admin Group Texts

A photo illustration of Sarah Catherine Hook, Aimee Lou Wood, and Parker Posey on The White Lotus.

The Books ‘White Lotus’ Characters Are Reading Are Hilarious

Laura Wheatman Hill

Trump Greenland plan

Trump’s Bizarre Reason Why He Wants Greenland: World Peace

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