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New NRA President Says Georgia Democrat Only Won Her Seat in Congress Because She’s Black

New NRA president Carolyn Meadows stokes the embers of a culture war that her organization likes to elide with gun ownership.

Vampire Weekend’s New Album Is Their Least Cool and Maybe Their Best

On Father of the Bride, the indie veterans abandon hipsterism in search of deeper self-reflection.

Turkish Government Orders Revote After Istanbul Election Rebukes Erdogan

Despite benefiting from the decision, the ruling puts Erdogan and his party in a newly precarious position.

San Francisco Is About to Be the First U.S. City to Ban Police From Using Facial Recognition Tech

The city government’s eyes are everywhere around town—but its vision is about to get cloudier.

Critics Complain That Free College Wouldn’t Be Progressive. They’re Missing the Point.

Why a program that benefits the upper-middle-class might be good for everyone.

Treasury Sec. Mnuchin Refuses to Hand Over Trump Tax Returns Setting Up Likely Court Battle

The request does not “reasonably serve a legitimate legislative purpose,” Mnuchin wrote.

The 2020 Election’s Approach Is No Reason to Avoid Impeachment

The majority of Americans think the president committed a crime.

Apparently It’s Illegal Now to Break Into CIA Headquarters Demanding to Speak With “Agent Penis”

This used to be a free country.

Lower Courts Are Lobbying SCOTUS to Rein In Partisan Gerrymandering

These rulings seethe with indignation over lawmakers’ effort to rig elections for their own party.

What’s It Like to Book the Comedy Cellar?

Meet Estee Adoram, the Cellar’s legendary booker of 37 years.