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Congress has also been complicit in giving away its own power. Especially when dealing with a polarized Congress, presidents increasingly steer the ship in budget negotiations, which can lead to more local priorities – the ones Congress is supposed to represent – being ignored.

Humor is a defining element. X posts from the Governor Newsom Press Office account poke fun at the administration -- highlights include posts that satirize Trump’s speech style. Utilizing the president’s penchant for all caps and self-aggrandizing comments, Newsom’s posts quip at the controversy of the day. Sometimes the president's comments are adapted verbatim.

As this fight escalated, the conflict became about more than contraception or abortion. It revealed Americans’ views about what kinds of professionals pharmacists should be, and whether they are professionals at all – that is, members of occupational groups that have specialized knowledge and skills, and exclusive rights to do particular kinds of work.

But the kind of ROI that matters in friendship isn’t the one you’d find in a quarterly report. It can’t only be about efficiency, balance sheets, or perfect reciprocity. It’s about the nourishment that strong and healthy human bonds can give us: the relief of being known, the spark of joy after an hour of laughing at nonsense, the comfort of someone who shows up when you’re at your worst.

His departure plunges Japan back into political uncertainty, reviving fears of a return to the revolving-door prime ministers who dominated the 1990s and late 2000s, before Shinzo Abe restored stability in 2012.

An innovative seawater cooling system was built into the performing arts center from the start. But can this iconic landmark, once a symbol of modernist ambition, also learn a few new tricks about sustainability in the 21st century? And can visitors become part of its green journey?

Jon Stewart and the rest of "The Daily Show" team, for example, have been scathing in their coverage of the Epstein case. John Oliver continues to amass colorful analogies for describing the president and his actions. After the "Late Show" was canceled, ostensibly due to financial reasons, host Stephen Colbert was defiant: “They made one mistake – they left me alive!”

Sometimes it sounds like inside jokes and borrowed vowels, like made-up grammar and pet names that mean everything and one thing at the same time. Sometimes it sounds like chosen family. Sometimes it sounds like a language no one else would understand unless they already belong.