YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.

38K likes, 3,435 comments - dollyparton on August 25, 2026: "A message from the family of Dolly Parton.".

A summer of viral Chicago gatherings, arrests and City Council debate has renewed old questions about race, public space and who gets to be young in public.

The youth contest for $250,000 — part of the White House's Freedom 250 festivities — featured over 120 competitors drawn from a murky selection process.

Several commenters have flagged an interesting essay by a British (?) writer, Henry Fudge, entitled “Degeneracy is a Symptom.” I know nothing of the author’s politics, but his account of what The Problem now is across the developed world has a sort of marxisant flavor, in that it insists — no doubt correctly — that […]

The voice-clock sang, breakfast was ejected, but no doors slammed. The garage chimed and lifted its door to reveal the waiting car. The house sat alone in a city of rubble and…

Alexandra Fasulo says she’s protecting farms and wildlife. How much of her rhetoric is actually true?

An additional 250,000 commemorative passports, featuring a portrait of President Trump and intended to honor the nation’s 250th anniversary, will be available at in-person events.

America’s finest young scholars competed to mark their country's birthday. It led to a disputed finish in the age of mistrust.

Utah has banned more books from public schools in 2026 than any other year, and this week, they added their 36th title.

Organizers promise 850,000 fireworks in roughly 40 minutes over the National Mall this Saturday. I did what a mathematician does with a big number: I divided. It did not make the show look better.

An Asian American Maryland state delegate says he felt blindsided and saddened after two of his colleagues posted a video mocking his accent and accusing him of being a Chinese spy. Maryland delegates...