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In the weeks between President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance and his decision to step aside, no one in political media was making the case against his candidacy louder than the former Barack Obama staffers and co-hosts of Pod Save America.

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Sunday saw the hottest day on Earth ever recorded—the average surface air temperature hit 17.09C (62.76F), according to preliminary data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service.

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I remember the exact moment Game of Thrones sucked me in. In Season 1, Episode 4, Catelyn Stark, played by Michelle Fairley, stood in a tavern surrounded by allies of House Stark. After inadvertently pushing these houses to re-pledge their allegiance to House Stark, she commands them to apprehend Tyrion Lannister. The harsh sounds of unsheathing swords fill the room, and Caetlyn stands tall among men.

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Twisters, Lee Isaac Chung’s sorta-sequel, sorta-standalone follow-up to the 1996 blockbuster Twister, is all set to be the hit of the summer (until Deadpool & Wolverine comes out, anyway). It handily outperformed the box office expectations for its opening weekend, and audiences drawn in by the promise of fearsome tornadoes and Glen Powell in a cowboy hat will likely walk away satisfied.

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Graphic bodycam footage of the moments after a gunman attempted to assassinate former president Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on July 13 was released Tuesday, showing agents and officers on the rooftop where Thomas Crooks was killed.

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It’s only been two days since Kamala Harris began her official presidential campaign, but Stephen Colbert is already impressed with how it’s turning out.

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It’s nice to know that people are thinking of you when you are sick.

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Fox News host Sean Hannity amped up his criticism of one particular characteristic of Vice President Kamala Harris: her laugh.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) trolled his Republican rival on the House Oversight Committee during a joint interview Tuesday on Fox News, thanking him for his work “exonerating” President Joe Biden through an exhaustive impeachment investigation.

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MSNBC anchor Jen Psaki described Vice President Kamala Harris’ first campaign stop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Tuesday as a “delicious dose of trolling,” since just last week it was the site of the Republican National Convention, where many had expected to be facing off not against Harris, but President Joe Biden.

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Two law enforcement officers left their station inside a building that overlooked a rooftop near a Donald Trump rally just minutes before a gunman climbed onto it and attempted to assassinate the former president, the head of the Pennsylvania State Police said on Tuesday.

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Visitors at Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday witnessed a hydrothermal explosion that shot steam and debris into the air, the National Park Service confirmed.

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Leaders of the House Republican caucus scolded members on Tuesday after several representatives went off-script to attack Vice President Kamala Harris on the basis of her race and gender, according to multiple reports.

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Charlotte Dujardin, one of Britain’s most celebrated female equestrians, withdrew from the Paris Olympics this week after a video surfaced showing her “making an error of judgment,” as she put it in a social media statement on Tuesday.

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Regrettably, I have to say that Elon Musk and I have something near and dear in common: we both have used fertility treatments to conceive our children.

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A breaching whale landed on a fishing boat off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire on Tuesday morning, sending two boaters aboard flying into the water, according to footage of the wild incident that quickly went viral on social media.

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Two days after Vice President Kamala Harris declared her candidacy for president, a freshman Republican lawmaker introduced articles of impeachment against her for violating her oath of office.

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After a six-year absence, Deadpool returns to enlist in the official Marvel Cinematic Universe in Deadpool & Wolverine (July 26, in theaters), and as he tells his new clawed buddy, “You’re joining at a bit of a low point.”

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Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) gave his heartfelt regards to former President Jimmy Carter on Tuesday after he shared on social media a fake letter that claimed the 99-year-old had died.

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In 2012, I sat on a panel at The Wrap’s first Women in Power Summit with then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris and then-City Controller Wendy Greuel, who was running to become mayor of Los Angeles. The topic turned to stumbling blocks that women face when they enter politics.