The new indictment of Donald Trump on conspiracy charges related to his attempts to subvert the results of the 2020 election makes clear that the then-president not only made false claims about who won the presidency, but “knew that they were false.” Trump’s tortured relationship with the truth is highlighted …
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When Austin, 26, was in his last year of college a few years ago, he was in a precarious financial state. He’d just moved out and was living on his own for the first time, and his part-time job as a social media manager wasn’t paying much. “I felt like …
Read More »Rebel, Kingmaker, and Accused War Criminal: The Last Confessions of an Afghan Warlord
I T’S PUSHING MIDNIGHT when my armored escort pulls up to a high-walled compound on the outskirts of Ankara, the Turkish capital. After more than a year and a half of waiting, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Afghanistan’s most notorious and elusive warlord, has summoned me for an interview, his first since …
Read More »'I Didn't Kill My Wife!' — An Oral History of 'The Fugitive'
When Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert sat down at the end of 1993 to pick their 10 favorite movies of the year, they largely selected prestige, Oscar-bait films like The Piano, The Age of Innocence, The Joy Luck Club, and Schindler’s List. They skipped nearly all of the big multiplex …
Read More »Trump Privately Called His Team's Election Lies 'Crazy.' The Special Counsel Has Questions
While Donald Trump was publicly whipping his supporters into a frenzy over claims that the 2020 election was “stolen,” he was privately mocking his own allies’ outlandish conspiracy theories as “crazy.” It’s a contradiction that Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office would like to know all about. According to two sources …
Read More »She Shared Her Ozempic Horror Story. TikTok Users Tried to Silence Her
A mental health professional and a single mom, Kimberly Carew knows how to ask for help. So when she told her endocrinologist that she was experiencing some pretty painful side effects after starting an Ozempic prescription, she was surprised when none of her doctors had any idea what was causing …
Read More »Flashback: Madonna Tells Dick Clark She Wants to 'Rule the World'
This week marks the 40th anniversary of Madonna’s self-titled debut album. The Detroit-born, New York City-made legend was cutting her teeth at the clubs when her song “Everybody” had taken off in the early Eighties — and its success eventually helped get her signed by Sire’s Seymour Stein. When Madonna …
Read More »Trump Tried to Delete Mar-a-Lago Security Footage to Thwart Investigators
The Justice Department has brought additional charges against former president Donald Trump alleging that Trump and two of his employees conspired to destroy Mar-a-Lago surveillance footage requested by federal authorities. In the new superseding indictment, Carlos de Oliveira, a maintenance worker at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, joins Trump and his aide …
Read More »Trump Struggles to Find Enough Lawyers to Handle His Many Indictments
Donald Trump could be days away from another indictment, but as a third set of criminal charges looms, he’s struggling to recruit lawyers to defend him, three sources familiar with the situation tell Rolling Stone. In recent weeks, the Trump team has tried, with mixed results, to bring aboard new …
Read More »Doja Cat Started a War With Her Own Stans. Now, They're Jumping Ship
Doja Cat‘s fandom is in shambles, and she couldn’t care less. Throughout her career, the rapper has maintained a bizarre relationship with her fans online — one that embraced their support but harshly rejected anything beyond that, including their inquiries into her life outside of music. She’ll go into the …
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