It’s beginning to feel like James Austin Johnson is contractually obligated to bring his Donald Trump impersonation to every “Saturday Night Live” cold open. How else can you explain a fairly solid ...

New York City’s mayoral election is limping to such an ugly finish that it’s almost hard to pick the most distasteful moment.

There is no need for nuclear tests. The United States has a sophisticated testing system that doesn’t require setting off explosions, and when it comes to deterrence, nobody in the world assumes that ...

It’s never been easy to qualify for Social Security disability benefits. Christopher Tincher knows this firsthand. Tincher began his working life in a coal mine in Aflex, Kentucky, as a teenager in ...

As the federal government shutdown continues, Democratic-leaning states are turning state-run websites and online resources ...

Some mishmash misreading of Shakespeare’s “Henry V” mixed with the myth of Winston Churchill, that unregenerate racist curmudgeon turned right-wing godhead, has curdled Elon’s brain. He longs for an ...

The fact that a contingency plan explaining how the department could continue to fund SNAP during the shutdown with emergency funds disappeared overnight from the USDA site, however, definitely is.

Just before the election last year, the New York Times Opinion section published a stark, all-caps warning, both online and in print: “DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE WILL PROSECUTE HIS ENEMIES, ORDER MASS ...

John Roberts has said that if Americans don’t like what SCOTUS is doing, it’s “just too bad.” [The] Roberts court is acting ...

Nihilism: There are no enduring principles or values apart from the changeable whims of the leader; this annihilative impulse is contemptuous of human life and will ultimately lead to social and ...

In Yorgos Lanthimos' film, Emma Stone is not an alien intent on destroying Earth — if only anyone would listen ...

Here’s a curated week of where to stay, what to eat and how to play in the city that never sleeps — not a full itinerary, but ...