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U.S. President Donald Trump holds an executive order related to the U.S. live entertainment ticketing industry, next to Kid Rock, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., March 31, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Kid Rock Demeans the Oval Office in Truly Bizarre Outfit

SEQUINCED

The musician was at the White House to witness the president sign an executive order against ticket scalpers.

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Secret Svengali Behind Trump’s Most Bizarre Pardon Revealed

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Kenan Rips Into Morgan Wallen: ‘SNL’ Isn’t ‘God’s Country?’

‘SO ABRUPT’

Eboni Boykin-Patterson

28-Year-Old Installed as Head of Agency That Defied DOGEMEET THE NEW BOSS

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Nate Cavanaugh is one of the DOGE staffers working on the USADF takeover.

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Yale Fascism Expert Says He’s Fled U.S. for Chilling ReasonLIFE IMITATES ART

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Miller Gardner, 14.

Yankee Legend’s Family Posts Tribute to His Late Son, 14

TOUCHING TRIBUTE

The 14-year-old’s cause of death is still unknown.

US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press while returning to Washington, DC on Air Force One on March 30, 2025, in Fredericksburg, Virginia. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

White House Declares ‘Case Closed’ on Signalgate

Amethyst Martinez

David Blaine poses with one hand painted as half of his face.

David Blaine Watches a Man Leap to Certain Death

Speaking to Bill Hemmer on America’s Newsroom in an interview that aired Monday morning, the pair refused to categorize their situation as being "stuck."

Fox News Fails to Get Stranded Astronauts to Blame Biden

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Elon Musk Suddenly Thinks Nazi Symbols Are ‘Hate Crimes’

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The Funniest Memes About This Crazy ‘White Lotus’ Episode

Let’s process everything together.

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Who might be dead on White Lotus

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Who Is the Dead Body on ‘The White Lotus’: A Ranking

Laura Wheatman Hill

Nicole Kidman stars in Holland.

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Nicole Kidman’s Latest Movie Is Confusingly Bad

‘The White Lotus’ Serves Up Another Insane Incest Sex Story

NO FETISH UNTURNED

Kevin Fallon

‘The Woman in the Yard’: Get Off My Lawn, Ghost Lady!

Nick Schager

Tom Hardy’s New Mob Drama Should Sleep with the Fishes

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Michelle Williams Is Horny and Kinky—and Dying of Cancer

Carrie Coon in season three of ‘The White Lotus.’

‘White Lotus’ Star: This Scene Got Cut After Trump Win

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The Reason Everyone’s Weeping Over an Episode of ‘Survivor’

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Tom Hanks’ Rapper Son Chet Pulls Ultimate Nepo Baby Move

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Prince Andrew’s Sex Accuser Says She’s Got Four Days to Live

French far-right Leader Marine Le Pen leaves the courtroom after a guilty verdict in her embezzlement case trial on March 31, 2025 in Paris, France.

MAGA Rages After Far-Right Leader Jailed and Banned From Run

Lady Gaga during her Vegas residency

Lady Gaga Fans Revolt Over Wildly High Concert Ticket Prices

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Doc Who Allegedly Tried to Kill Wife Was Extremely Jealous

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Elon’s Baby Mama Sells Tesla to Help With ‘Child Support’

EVERYTHING’S COMPUTER

Nandika Chatterjee

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How Trump Is Offering White Afrikaners Refugee Status

SELECTIVE SANCTUARY

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex at the opening ceremony of the 2025 Invictus Games

Prince Harry ‘Lonely’ as LA Turns Against ‘Toxic’ Brand

WHAT NOW?

The prince is mired in controversy, and old friends in the U.K. are urging him to get in touch and seek their support.

US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz speaks during a meeting with US President Donald Trump and US Ambassadors in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2025. US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz on March 25 claimed "full responsibility" for mistakenly adding a journalist to a group chat in which top American officials discussed impending strikes in Yemen.
"I take full responsibility. I built the group; my job is to make sure everything's coordinated," Waltz told Fox News host Laura Ingraham in his first interview on the security breach, adding that he does not personally know Jeffrey Goldberg, the journalist who was added to the chat. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Signalgate ‘Idiot’ Had Lots of Sensitive Group Chats

CHATTER BOX

Amber Ruffin refused to compromise when the WHCA asked her to make jokes about Republicans and Democrats.

WH Correspondents Go to War With Trump Days After Sucking Up

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This Antioxidant Self-Tanner Is the Ultimate Glow Getter

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Trump Orders Crackdown on Wrong ‘Ideology’ at National Zoo

ANIMAL CONTROL

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Amber Ruffin Gears Up For White House Correspondents’ Dinner

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Trump's Thought Police

Why King Donald’s Loony Edicts Risk America as We Know It

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The Books ‘White Lotus’ Characters Are Reading Are Hilarious

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Trump’s Bizarre Reason Why He Wants Greenland: World Peace

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