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Of the dozens of Tiffany lamps Sotheby’s offered at its Dreaming in Glass auction in New York, none came close to matching the price achieved for the Magnolia floor lamp. The object netted $4.4 ...

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President Trump criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y. ) handling of the government shutdown in an interview on Monday, saying Republicans bested him in the process. “I think he ...

None of the eight Democratic senators who broke ranks Sunday night and voted to advance a deal to reopen the federal government are up for reelection in 2026. The group that defied Senate Minority ...

It was a strange moment. In the middle of a stadium pulsing with light and filled with drumbeats, and in front of more than 60,000 people, a middle-aged man in a white linen suit sat typing at an ...

I have (literally) never spent more time on research than in 2025, and it isn't even close. As I have written in prior articles, it feels like Big Picture topics haven't been this important in decades ...

President Donald Trump’s decision to demolish the East Wing of the White House to make way for a ballroom is classic Trumpian theater — grandiose destruction packaged as vision. But the stories of the ...

On Oct. 8, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas had signed off on the first phase of his ceasefire deal, releasing much-needed aid into Gaza and commencing a hostage ...