Calder McHugh is a technology and culture reporter at POLITICO Magazine. Charlie Kirk is sitting down, leaning forward and speaking into a microphone. “Counting or not counting gang violence,” he says ...

The Trump administration is once more invoking upside-down alibis of state to conjure the bogus specter of imminent threat. A sign in Minneapolis commemorates the killing of Renee Good. There was the ...

Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti has confirmed his facial expressions do change, though he's not likely to show off the happier ones when he is coaching during games. Ahead of Friday's College ...

Vice President JD Vance shared a meme of congressional Democrats attending a candlelight vigil Tuesday marking the fifth anniversary of Jan. 6, reposting content that added sombreros to images of ...

A TikTok user’s esoteric comment created a confusing viral moment. By Madison Malone Kircher There’s a TikTok user who goes by Tamara who is marking 2026 using 365 buttons. How is Tamara doing that ...

This weekend’s attack on Venezuela produced plenty of indelible images. The one burned into my brain was shared by President Donald Trump on Truth Social. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is sitting in ...

President Donald Trump's presidential address has sparked a flurry of memes on social media. The president addressed the nation on Wednesday night in an 18-minute speech in which he addressed the ...

From Jack Dorsey to Gen Alpha, everyone seemingly wants to go back to the internet of a decade ago. But is it possible to reverse AI slop and brain rot? Which implies, of course, that memes lack ...

TikTok users spent much of 2025 complaining that memes had slipped into pure nonsense. Consequently, a growing crowd is pushing for a full cultural refresh, dubbed the Great Meme Reset of 2026, set to ...