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Former President Donald Trump has come out swinging in defense of Herschel Walker, his pick to represent Georgia in the Senate, after The Daily Beast reported on Monday that Walker had paid for his then-girlfriend to obtain an abortion in 2009. “Herschel Walker is being slandered and maligned by the …

Like so many great country-music stories, the first meeting between Carrie Underwood and Loretta Lynn took place backstage at the Grand Ole Opry. Unlike so many great country-music stories, this one actually begins with a friendly slap on the rump. “I was chatting in the corner with another artist and …

Now that Elon Musk is back on board with buying Twitter at his original bid price (that is, after he tried to back out of the agreement, triggering a lawsuit), he wants the social media company to drop all litigation to close the deal. But according to a filing with …

Former President Donald Trump is petitioning the Supreme Court to overturn a court ruling granting the Department of Justice access to classified documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago residence. Trump filed an emergency request with the court on Tuesday, arguing that the 11th Circuit Court didn’t have the authority to reverse …

During the peak of the pandemic, Depeche Mode‘s members found themselves simultaneously making sense of Covid’s widespread loss while trying to appreciate life in the moment. Those two themes kept popping up when frontman Dave Gahan and singer and multi-instrumentalist Martin Gore were writing lyrics for what would become their …

Last year, Alex Giannascoli was ready to make a change. After years of living nomadically around Philadelphia, the oracular singer-songwriter who performs as Alex G felt like settling down. So he and his longtime partner, violinist Molly Germer, bought a place of their own. “We got this old house and …

For a historical podcast, Rachel Maddow’s new project could hardly be more timely. As the seditious conspiracy trial seeking to hold the Oath Keepers accountable for their role in the Jan. 6 insurrection ramps up in Washington, D.C., Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra explores a World War II-era prosecution known as …

The mysterious woman known as “Perla” who allegedly deceived migrants into boarding Governor Ron DeSantis’s stunt flights to Martha’s Vineyard has been identified as former U.S. Army combat medic and counterintelligence officer Perla Huerta, CNN and The The New York Times report. Many of the 50 migrants sent to Martha’s …

In 2012, when she was 29 years old, Mia Chard was at a crossroads. As a child, she had been sexually abused, and she spent years suppressing the trauma, until it all seemed to bubble to the surface. She was working for the church, saving up for a master’s degree …

A cohort of inmates who participated in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot are asking to be transferred from the Washington, D.C., jail to Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, via a letter submitted in court last Friday. The group of 34 inmates —which includes Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and some who …