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Alexei Navalny's return to Russia is a direct threat to Putin—and a potential challenge for Biden.

Peter Robb and Alice Stock experienced a fate that nonunionized Americans suffer every day.

And the only thing protecting the filibuster is the filibuster.

The government leverage its investments in solar and wind to advance economic security and energy justice for disadvantaged communities.

Warm weather, low taxes, and a mayor ready to nurse their grievances about Bay Area liberalism.

The “art lovers have rights too” defense.

Huge remains could displace previous huge remains as hugest remains ever.

Not even the combined sexiness of John David Washington and Zendaya can make this $30 million movie watchable.

Trump’s financial disclosure showed his businesses took in $120 million less last year.

At least five vaccinated members of Congress have tested positive for COVID-19 since the Capitol riot.

Readers are tipsy with praise for the Cocktail Codex.

Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.

What’s going on with the neighbors? Who’s Pietro, again? And can I touch Vision’s hair?

Julia Craven, Ben Mathis-Lilley, and Will Saletan discuss the end of the Trump presidency and the start of the Biden administration.

The Dan Campbell experience: toughness, civic pride, cannibalism.

"You do have to get a little obsessed," says Cyrus Bronock, who has also sculpted Mariah Carey in doll form.

Another retired general will be secretary of defense—and nobody in Washington seems that bothered by it.

Romance novels give readers something that doesn't translate onscreen.

Ending the death penalty will be challenging, but there are several big steps Biden could immediately take.

With one executive order, Biden guaranteed the expansion of rights to millions of LGBTQ people.

The DOJ needs a fresh start under Joe Biden, and part of that work should include investigating Trump-era misconduct.

She's seen your memes.

In writing her new novel Detransition, Baby, Torrey Peters found inspiration from a different group of women navigating change.

Sowing, meet reaping.

Republicans are about to rediscover their concerns about the national debt.