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Having lived in Beijing for almost 12 years, I've had plenty of time to travel widely in China.

Bringing the second day of this year's Coachella to a close, K-Pop girl group Blackpink made history Saturday night when they became the first Asian act to ever headline the festival. To a crowd of, reportedly, over 125,000 people, Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa and Rosé used the ground-breaking moment to pay homage to Korean heritage by arriving onstage in hanboks: a traditional type of dress.

So far this tax season, the IRS has received more than 90 million income tax returns for 2022.

Welcome to your first full day in the new Confederate States of America.Much like the old CSA, the new CSA (also known as MAGA America) is devoted to:— Making American as white as possible, — Stripping women and minorities of political and economic power, — Gutting workers’ rights, — Rigging election outcomes, — Leaders nakedly taking bribes,— Using a phony veneer of Christianity to justify brutal policies, — Making queer people invisible, — Reconfiguring schools for indoctrination, — Having militias terrorize minorities and their opponents, and, — Maintaining a government of, by, and for rich white men.Never in American history has a group of morbidly rich white men this large or with anything close to this net worth sat to watch a president

Only one day into Donald Trump's second term, The Atlantic's David A. Graham is able to pinpoint the biggest factors that make this time around so "different" from the MAGA leader's first presidency. Noting that, in 24 hours, the 47th president of the United States has already "pardoned more than 1,500 January 6 rioters, including some involved in violence," moved "to end birthright citizenship," removed the US from the "World Health Organization, attempted to turn large portions of the civil service into patronage jobs, and issued an executive order defining gender as a binary," Graham submits these actions "would have caused wi

Former Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff "refused" to shake the hand of the man who recently blew of his wife, former Vice President Kamala Harris — by refusing to shake her hand.CNN's Edward-Isaac Dovere shared via X that ahead of the inauguration, Senator Deb Fischer's (R-NE) husband, Bruce Fischer, "who went viral for his interaction w/Harris a few weeks ago—went to shake Doug Emhoff's hand Emhoff refused."According to CNN, "a person familiar with the interaction" said, "Why would you try to shake my hand when you wouldn’t shake my wife’s hand?"READ MORE:

President Donald Trump did not clearly answer a question from a reporter who asked him Tuesday why he pardoned someone who confessed to assaulting a police officer, according to Mediaite. During a press conference about AI infrastructure, NBC News' Peter Alexander asked the president, “You would agree that it’s never acceptable to assault a police officer?"Trump said, "Sure."READ MORE: 'No one should excuse violence': Top Senate Republican rips Trump’s pardons of Jan. 6 rioters"So, then if I can, among those you pardoned, D.

President Donald Trump didn't waste any time pardoning nearly all of those charged and convicted in connection with the January 6, 2021 insurrection. Now, one legal expert is arguing that despite the pardons, the newly minted president isn't any closer to achieving the central goal of the pardons.In a statement posted to the official White House website, Trump wrote that he intended to correct "a grave national injustice that has been perpetrated upon the American people over the last four years" and that he hoped to begin "a process of national reconciliation." But Lawfare editor-in-chief Benjamin Wittes

Critics are blasting President Donald Trump following his reaction to the inaugural national prayer service in Washington Tuesday. C-SPAN shared a video of the MAGA leader leaving the service — which took place at the Washington National Cathedral — writing: "President Trump following National Prayer Service: 'Not too exciting, was it. I didn't think it was a good service. No...They can do much better.'"Former CNN political analyst Marc Lamont Hill replied: I thought this was a joke at first.READ MORE: 'God have mercy on us': GOP rep slammed over 'dangerous' response to bishop’s plea to Trumphost Roland Martin

The Trump administration has canceled President Joe Biden’s ban on federal immigration agents arresting suspects inside schools, churches, houses of worship, hospitals, shelters, and at events such as weddings, funerals, and public demonstrations and protests.“This action empowers the brave men and women in CBP and ICE to enforce our immigration laws and catch criminal aliens— including murders [sic] and rapists—who have illegally come into our country. Criminals will no longer be able to hide in America’s schools and churches to avoid arrest,” an unnamed DHS spokesperson said in a statement Tuesday, posted by CBS News’s Camilo Montoya-Galvez. “The Trump Administration will not tie the hands of our bra

During President Donald Trump's inauguration festivities, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) reportedly tried to build goodwill with a top member of the administration. But she apparently identified the wrong person.The American Spectator's "Cockburn" (a pseudonymous personality named after British Admiral Sir George Cockburn) wrote Tuesday that they personally witnessed Boebert attempt for several hours to woo Trump's White House Chief of Staff. Cockburn dryly referred to the Colorado Republican as the "socialite of the weekend," saying she "spent a decent chunk of Saturday’s America First Policy Institute ball trying to ingratiate

The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington — who led the inaugural prayer service Washington, DC Tuesday received fierce backlash from a Republican congressman after asking President Donald Trump to "have mercy" on LGBTQ people and immigrants. “In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now,” said Budde, as Trump, Vice President Vance, and their families looked on. "There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican and independent families. Some who fear for their lives. They may not be citizens or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors. They are faithful members of our churches and mosques, synagogues."READ MORE:

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk – who is one of President Donald Trump's top advisors — went viral on Monday for throwing up a gesture described by a fascism expert as a "Nazi salute." Now, a leading German newspaper is criticizing both the gesture itself and the American press for trivializing it.In an op-ed published in Tuesday's edition of Berlin's Die Zeit newspaper, journalist Lenz Jacobsen said it was clear that anyone "who raises their right arm in a sweeping and diagonal manner several times during a political speech in front of a partly right-wing extremist audience is doing the Hitler salute," and that there