Astronauts explain why no human has visited the moon in 50 years — and the reasons why are depressing

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Apollo 11 astronauts planted a flag on the moon on July 20, 1969.

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COMIC: I led an all-women military unit in Afghanistan. Here's what happened when Kabul fell.

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2024 is going to be a dumpster fire of a year for US politics

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Caution tape blows in the wind on the east front plaza of the U.S. Capitol Building on September 27, 2023, in Washington, DC.

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  • 2023 was a chaotic mess.
  • Next year's calendar is already jam-packed with primaries and trial dates.
  • Buckle up!

2023 has been one for the books.

It sure does seem like Nikki Haley is toying with being Trump's next possible vice president

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US President Donald Trump announces that he has accepted the resignation of Nikki Haley as US Ambassador to the United Nations, in the Oval Office on October 9, 2018 in Washington, DC. President Trump said that Haley will leave her post by the end of the year.
President Donald Trump announces that he has accepted the resignation of Nikki Haley as US Ambassador to the United Nations, in the Oval Office on October 9, 2018, in Washington, DC.

Nikki Haley utterly botched an answer about the cause of the Civil War at the worst possible time for her campaign

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Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks to guests during a campaign stop at the Fireside Grille on December 17, 2023, in Altoona, Iowa.

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A Republican House member spoke in support of a Ugandan law that doles out a death penalty for 'aggravated homosexuality'

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Rep. Tim Walberg speaks with staff before the start of the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Thursday, October 12, 2017.

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The Republican National Committee took $1.4 million from a casino magnate accused of sexual misconduct after saying they'd reconsider his money

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Steve Wynn speaks to reporters about a planned casino in Everett during a press conference in Medford, Massachusetts, on March 15, 2016.

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Listen up, cowards: Melania Trump's White House Christmas decorations were good, actually

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First Lady Melania Trump walks through Christmas decorations in the East Wing as she tours holiday decorations at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 27, 2017.

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A GOP House member thinks his colleagues have been taped sleeping with Russian spies: 'Next thing you know, you're in the motel room with 'em naked'

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GOP Rep. Tim Burchett speaks during a bipartisan press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on November 30, 2023, to discuss the US's lack of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) transparency.

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Coach Tommy Tuberville routed in a 0-436 loss after the senator failed to prevent a single military promotion

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville speaks on the 1st day of CPAC.

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