Chelsea Stahl / NBC News; Getty ImagesHot TakeAmerica's best coronavirus Instagram celebrity is Leslie Jordan. Not that he'd admit it.
Patrick T. Fallon / Bloomberg via Getty Images fileDaniel Acker / Bloomberg via Getty Images fileHealth & TechnologyRedditors stormed Wall Street and beat the system. Here's what happened.
Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics & PolicyWhy one senator is a sign that there is little hope of a Trump-free GOP
Gabrielle Lurie / The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty ImagesCulture & LifestyleMany of us felt a palpable sense of relief after Biden's inauguration. So what now?
Tom Brenner / ReutersPolitics & PolicyWhat Biden's abortion position shows about American CatholicismJamie Manson
Chip Somodevilla / Getty ImagesPolitics & PolicyTrump never acted on criminal justice reforms he crowed about. Biden must.Chandra Bozelko and Ryan Lo
Patrick Semansky / Pool via AFP - Getty ImagesPolitics & PolicyCan Biden's call for unity in his inaugural speech work? Yes — and here's whyJohn Carlson
Jae C. Hong / AP fileHot TakeHere's how Democrats can make Republicans get serious about climate changeKate Aronoff
Lynne Sladky / APHealth & TechnologyHere's why it's so hard to get an appointment for a Covid vaccineEvan Siegfried / Updated
Carlos Barria / ReutersPolitics & PolicyRepublicans should know Trump doesn't care about impeachment if there are no consequencesMichael Conway
Chris Saunders / HBO MAXCulture & Lifestyle'Search Party' Season 4 is a thriller that looks at how we (re)create identityLexi Lane
Chip Somodevilla / Getty ImagesPolitics & PolicyHere's how Biden's new CDC director can fix what's been damaged at the agency
Victor J. Blue / Bloomberg via Getty ImagesHot TakeThere's a reason why Capitol rioters dressed up in costumes
James Devaney / WireImageCulture & LifestyleRebooting 'Sex and the City' without Samantha means there's no real reason to watch
NBC News; Getty ImagesHot TakeThe far right's lizard people conspiracy has a surprisingly dark origin story
Jonathan Ernst / Reuters fileHot TakeBiden's CIA pick of William Burns shows why he has no intention of shifting left
Peter Nicholls / Reuters fileHot TakeTrump's presidency underscores exactly why Julian Assange's case is importantJameel Jaffer
Carlos Barria / ReutersPolitics & PolicySen. Ron Wyden: Post-riots, we must reaffirm our democracy. Start with voting rights.Sen. Ron Wyden
J.D. Cuban / Getty ImagesCulture & LifestyleTiger Woods' life gets explored through a frustratingly Freudian lens in HBO's new docNadra Nittle
Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg via Getty ImagesHot TakePro-Trump freshmen lawmakers send very worrying signal about the next four yearsSeth Masket
Adrian Rogers / AMCHot Take'Discovery of Witches' highlights one of fantasy's most frustrating blind spotsNoah Berlatsky
Anna Moneymaker / Pool via Getty Images fileHot TakeTrump has given up as commander in chief. Pelosi is right to ask about nuclear codes.Jeff McCausland
Andrew Harnik / APPolitics & PolicyI'm an event planner and I could see the Capitol Police were woefully unprepared
Apple TV+Hot TakeEmily Dickinson gets the homage she deserves in cheeky (if fictionalized) 'Dickinson'
Enrique Aracena / APHot TakeThe U.S. has always been the best example of a banana republic. This week shows that.
Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images fileHot TakeCan Trump pardon himself? Here's what will happen if he tries
Chip Somodevilla / Getty ImagesPolitics & PolicyWhy liberals are disappointed Biden chose Merrick Garland as attorney general
Evan Vucci / AP fileHot TakeTo be white in America means you can storm the Capitol — and take selfies with police
Saul Loeb / AFP - Getty ImagesPolitics & PolicyWednesday's riots show why Trump needs to be removed from office before Jan. 20
