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Chris Thompson

Tiger Woods is seen leaving Martin County Jail in the back of an SUV.

Golf

A Very Sweaty Tiger Woods Called Donald Trump After His Car Wreck

Giri Nathan

Ons Jabeur of Tunisia reacts to Paula Badosa of Spain during practice prior to The Championships Wimbledon 2025 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on June 26, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

Tennis

Ons Jabeur Is Making It Harder For The Tennis World To Ignore Palestine

Samer Kalaf

James Uthmeier speaks at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington D.C.

Florida Picks A Stupid Fight Over The NFL’s Rooney Rule

Albert Burneko

Politics

This Election Is Too Darn Important To Be Left To Merciful Salad Eaters

Ben Wurgaft

RFK Jr.’s Offal Advice

Policing

James Dolan Uses Madison Square Garden To Honor New York’s Finest Mobile Gamers

Barry Petchesky

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - MARCH 23: Travelers stand in long lines at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on March 23, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia.The travel disruptions continue as hundreds of TSA agents quit or work without pay during a partial government shutdown. U.S. President Donald Trump said ICE agents will be deployed to U.S. airports on Monday, with border czar Tom Homan in charge of the effort.(Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images)

ICE Agents Deployed To Nation’s Swamped Airports To Stand Around And Do Nothing

Team USA looks on after losing to Venezuela in the WBC final

Good Riddance To Red Asses

Patrick Redford

Cubans gather in front of their houses during a blackout in Havana on March 16, 2026. Cuba suffered a widespread power cut on March 16, 2026, according to the national electricity company, against the backdrop of a severe crisis on the island caused by the US energy blockade. (Photo by ADALBERTO ROQUE / AFP)

Donald Trump Is Strangling Cuba To Death

Jaya Saxena

Arts And Culture

Fair Pay Feels Good In A Place Like This

Trump To World: Please Help Me Un-Shoot My Own Leg Off

Tom Ley

Manager Mark DeRosa #9 takes the game ball from Paul Skenes #30 of Team USA during the 2026 World Baseball Classic WBC game

Mentally Ill Former Navy SEAL Inspires Team USA To WBC Final

The Ticketmaster logo is displayed on a smartphone screen in this photo illustration. Ticketmaster's parent company, Live Nation Entertainment, currently faces a major antitrust trial in the United States, where regulators accuse the live-events giant of monopolizing the concert ticketing and promotion market, allegations the company denies, in Brussels, Belgium, on March 5, 2026. (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto)

Capital

Live Nation Gets To Keep Its Monopoly Thanks To Trump’s Department Of Justice

UFC And FBI Announce Two Days Of Activities For Kash Patel

A bunch of fascist blackshirt kids and teens in 1929 Italy running and smiling and looking happy.

A List Of Better Ways To Experience The Frisson Of Transgression Than Becoming A Fascist

Report: Unflattering Pictures Of Pete Hegseth Got Photographers Banned From Pentagon Briefings

David Roth

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives ahead a meeting with Paraguay's Foreign Minister Ruben Ramirez Lezcano at the State Department in Washington, DC on December 15, 2025.

Report: President Donald Trump Is Giving “All The Boys” Dress Shoes That Don’t Fit Right

Media Meltdowns

Is Nellie Bowles The Worst Writer In America?

We Have Obtained More Footage Of Kash Patel Falling Down While Playing Hockey