Kevin McCarthy really, really, really wants to be speaker of the House of Representatives. It’s not coming. The 118th Congress began on Tuesday, and though Republicans won control of the chamber last November, a not-insignificant portion of the party remains steadfastly opposed to giving McCarthy the gavel. McCarthy has lost …
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Despite everything, George Santos is set to be sworn into Congress on Tuesday. The 34-year-old Republican who won the race to represent New York’s 3rd District has faced intense scrutiny since The New York Times reported last month that he appeared to have made up large portions of his backstory, …
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Bad Bunny has responded after a video showed him grabbing and throwing a fan’s phone in the Dominican Republic. On Twitter, he wrote that people who come up to him and shove a phone in his face are showing a “lack of respect,” and that he’ll treat that kind of …
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Two years ago, while tripping on mushrooms, Margo Price decided to quit drinking. This wasn’t her first attempt, but something about her psychedelic journey led her to an epiphany. “I know it sounds a little woo-woo, but I was touched by something,” says Price, 39. “I thought about fucking everything …
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Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: De La Soul’s back catalog will soon be available on streaming services. Well this time, it appears it’ll actually happen, with the legendary hip-hop trio announcing that their music will finally hit the digital realm on March 3. De La Soul started …
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James Marsden knows he’s inescapable. “Someone yesterday said, ‘My son has Sonic on TV all day long, every day,’” he tells Rolling Stone. “I never know whether to apologize or not. Parents must be like, ‘I’m so sick of seeing that man’s face.’” The self-effacing 49-year-old is in a state …
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While Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin remains in critical condition at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center following an on-field collapse from cardiac arrest, donations to his holiday fundraiser — a toy drive promoted by his Chasing M’s Foundation — have surged. Over $3.4 million has poured in, from over …
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In the mid-Nineties in Norilsk, Siberia, seven-year-old Nadya Tolokonnikova dreamt of being an advertising executive — drawing up pitches for Fanta and Coca-Cola commercials. It might be a surprisingly corporate dream for the future face of Russia’s Pussy Riot, but nothing is quite what it seems in Siberia. Even today, …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Barbara Walters will forever be remembered as a trailblazer for generations of women and journalists, but in her 2008 book, Audition: A Memoir, the then-79-year-old wrote that she …
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Fred White, drummer for the groundbreaking funk outfit Earth, Wind and Fire — and half-brother of lead singer Maurice and brother of bassist Verdine White — has died, his family announced on Jan. 1. White was 67 years old. “He joins our brothers Maurice, Monte, and Ronald in heaven and …
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