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Inside the Queen’s 90th-Birthday Patron's Lunch

We may have Prince Philip to thank for the efficient celebration.

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Is Snapchat preparing for an I.P.O.?

The launch of the social-media platform’s advertising A.P.I. might be about more than just revenue.

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Introducing NomiNation, the political docuseries that charts the rise of Trump

Is the American presidential-primary system broken? It’s a question worth asking in a year when the nation’s two major political parties have produced the most unpopular presumptive nominees in history.

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Donald Trump: Being smart is dumb, ignorance is good

On Sunday, Barack Obama delivered a stirring commencement speech to the graduating seniors of Rutgers University in which he condemned the toxic “anti-intellectualism” that has taken hold during the current presidential campaign. “Class of 2016, let me be as clear as I can be: in politics and in life, ignorance is not a virtue,” the outgoing president opined. “It’s not cool to not know what you’re talking about. That’s not keeping it real or telling it like it is. That’s not challenging political correctness, that’s just not knowing what you’re talking about.”

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“Untrue”: Facebook slams report after conservatives accuse social network of political bias

​Contrary to what you might have thought, there’s a team of journalists that puts together the “trending” news section on your Facebook page—it’s not a robot’s job (yet). And those journalists, or “news curators,” may not be objective about the news stories they choose to display.

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“Disqualifying”: Romney and Clinton tear into Trump for refusing to release tax returns

“There is only one logical explanation” for this, said Mitt Romney: “There is a bombshell in them.”

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Is Hillary’s E-mail nightmare about to explode?

While Hillary Clinton is busy trying to put the Democratic primary race behind her and pivot to the general election against presumptive G.O.P. nominee Donald Trump, the past several days have served as a stark reminder that Clinton is not yet clear of a potential scandal that still threatens to derail her campaign: the F.B.I. is nearing the completion of its investigation into her use of a private server to send classified e-mails, with the results expected be released before November.

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A Clinton-Trump showdown just became a lot more likely

And why the clash of civilizations might be less predictable than anyone thinks.

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Is the “New” Trump invincible?

It depends on whether he can beat the old one.

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Jack Ma's PayPal Rival just closed the single largest funding round for a tech company, EVER​

Ant Financial, which owns payments processor Alipay, is now valued at Uber-like levels.

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Jesse Tyler Ferguson plays around 40 characters in his broadway show—and Mitchell ain't one

This week, the Modern Family star steps into the spotlight solo for his one-man show, Fully Committed.

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Amy Schumer's No-pants look is literally ON FIRE

The showpiece in the comedienne’s Vanity Fair cover shoot with Annie Leibovitz gives new meaning to “it’s lit.”