Stephen Hawking’s viral photo, released in the Epstein files, shows him sitting between two bikini-wearing women, all holding beverages. Following the image, which raised several questions, especially ...

[Maximilian Milovidov is a freshman at Columbia University and a member of TikTok's Youth Council. He used a large language model to edit this essay for length and a human to edit for content. This ...

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The Trump administration pulled the plug on IRS Direct File, a pilot program allowing eligible taxpayers to file federal tax returns for free. That doesn't mean there aren't no-cost filing options ...

A newly released CIA document reveals a chilling blueprint to manipulate minds through covert drugging experiments. The report, added to the CIA's reading room in 2025, details the government's once ...

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President Donald Trump’s record-breaking State of the Union address on Tuesday evening elicited sharply divided reactions from lawmakers in the House chamber and from the broader public.

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