politics Trump to kick 700,000 Americans off food stamps just in time for holiday cruelty display Xeni Jardin

nyc NYC bounty hunters earn 25% of fines for catching idling trucks Gail Sherman

crime 1 in 750 trillion: the staged truck crashes of New Orleans East Ellsworth Toohey

politics Kristi Noem's $220m vanity ads cost more than Hollywood blockbusters Rob Beschizza

housing crisis How to kill affordable housing: review it forever Jason Weisberger

art Victorian girl's sketchbook turns her cat Mouton into a playful fantasy hero Popkin

Boing Boing Gadgets Less typing, more talking—VoiceType is now $20 for life  Boing Boing's Shop

clueless Ice Barbie wants another airplane Jason Weisberger

animals The adorable reason sea otters hold hands while they sleep Popkin

Content Studio Noem and Lewandowski turned Homeland Security into a reality show with poor trigger discipline Jason Weisberger

disasters 46 swimmers hospitalized after piranha attack in Argentina Séamus Bellamy

politics Bondi and Patel hide senders of Epstein's most disturbing emails Ellsworth Toohey

politics Charges announced for man who squirted vinegar on Ilhan Omar Rob Beschizza

Games Reddit user finds Steam Machine price hidden in retailer's HTML Grant St. Clair

crime Brown University shooting suspect found dead Rob Beschizza

News Trump vows to slam America's doors shut as he heaps scorn on immigrants Ellsworth Toohey

Science With help from DOGE, RFK Jr.'s "Health Freedom" era delivers 243,000 more child deaths Jason Weisberger

mental health The Slender Man Killer has escaped Séamus Bellamy

"Vibe Coding" is Collins' Dictionary word of the year Rob Beschizza

russia Bashar al-Assad, responsible for 202,000 civilian deaths, now plays video games in Moscow luxury apartment Ellsworth Toohey