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Is this what it takes to win the messaging battle in 2025?: Washington leaders have a new and unexpected weapon in their political arsenal for the 2025 government shutdown: trolling with memes.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) that he should ignore the AI-doctored videos President Trump has posted picturing him in a sombrero, calling them a ...

Want to know who’s winning in politics? Look at who’s laughing and who’s trying to keep their chin up. Remember those joyful early days of then-Vice President Kamala Harris‘s campaign? They were ...

Vice President JD Vance brushed off outrage over President Donald Trump sharing a video meme depicting House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero, saying he was confused by claims it was ...

Is the King of Cashmere about to be deposed? Last week, in an 84-page report, short seller Morpheus Research alleged that Brunello Cucinelli SpA — purveyor of the tech billionaire ensemble of fine ...

If you have kids, you’ve probably heard them blurt out “6-7” recently, with emphasis on the seven. Something like six-seven. Gen Alpha are randomly repeating the numbers and laughing at the inside ...

“Real Time” host Bill Maher asked an internet culture researcher Friday about memes to understand how people get “inspired to kill.” Memes, or “historical documents” with various interpretations, were ...

Brunello Cucinelli SpA shares had their steepest drop on record after short seller Morpheus Research alleged the luxury Italian cashmere brand is misleading investors about its Russian business and ...

Joan Donovan is an assistant professor of journalism and emerging media studies at Boston University and coauthor of the book “Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in ...