After Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) publicly pulled his support for Biden’s social spending package, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) called his excuses “a farce” but laid the blame for Build Back Better’s failure squarely at the feet of Democratic leadership. During an appearance on Morning Joethe day after Manchin told Fox …

The defense has rested in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial. Maxwell’s lawyers called nine witnesses over two days, and on Friday afternoon, Maxwell spoke to Judge Alison Nathan to answer a question that has been plaguing observers since the trial was announced: “Your honor, the government has not proven its case …

Donald Trump is not a fan of Mark Meadows’ new book The Chief’s Chief. The former president is reportedly mad at his former chief of staff for divulging a few damning details about his bout with Covid-19, most notably that he covered up a positive test result ahead one of …

Fred Armisen and Vanessa Bayer set out on a mission to find the unfindable in the charming, cameo-packed new music video for George Harrison’s “My Sweet Lord.” The clip was written and directed by Lance Bangs and executive-produced by Harrison’s son, Dhani Harrison, as well as David Zonshine, who works …

Since 2009, three longtime friends — rapper Alec “Despot” Reinstein, comedian Ashok “Dap” Kondabolu, and rapper Aleksey “Lakutis” Weintraub — have brought the sensibility of Howard Stern to covering emerging hip-hop. Like Stern’s iconic radio program, their long-running underground radio show Chillin Island is hard to describe if you aren’t …

A review of the Succession Season Three finale, “All the Bells Say,” coming up just as soon as I’m a plane crash away from becoming Europe’s weirdest king… The castaways keep trying and failing to build a raft to escape Gilligan’s island. The Wire‘s Major Crimes Unit keeps coming agonizingly …

About a year before her sister, Brooke Preston, was brutally killed by their roommate Randy Herman, Jr. in 2017, Jordan Preston remembers driving with her from Sarasota, Florida, to West Palm Beach, where she had a job interview. On the car ride over, they accidentally hit a turtle in the …

Finneas‘ sister and collaborator, Billie Eilish, didn’t get to hear his new solo album, Optimist, until it was already mastered — and neither did anyone else, Finneas says in an in-depth interview on the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast. “I’d be honored to make some solo …

A review of this week’s Hawkeye, “Partners, Am I Right?” coming up just as soon as absence makes the heart grow older… Last week’s episode was a significant step up from the premiere, in terms of both action and deepening our understanding of and appreciation for both of our main …

Do you remember people because they’re interesting, or because they took an interest in you? Gratitude gives you stories to tell and questions to ask. The best way to utilize gratitude in a social setting, and even become known for it, is to go out and lead with gratitude, right …