At first glance, Amelia, with her purple bob and pixie-girl looks, seems an unlikely candidate for the far right to adopt as an increasingly popular meme.

But even while administration sources were contesting the notion that Hegseth had personally ordered the follow-up strike, the secretary himself was letting the grinning, weapon-wielding turtle speak ...

The rapid responses of netizens to political news with memes means that comedy formats like Mock the Week will always be ...

An AI character from a UK anti-extremism game went viral as a politial meme, showing how generative tools can fuel influence, ...

People online are using AI to faceswap the conservative influencer’s face onto everything and everyone. It could be changing ...

There has been a broader nostalgia trend in which people have been returning to pop‑culture references, personal photos and ...

Even if you didn't watch any of the three presidential debates, chances are you're familiar with Big Bird, binders and bayonets. The words were barely out the candidates' mouths before Internet memes ...

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When the clock struck midnight on Oct. 1, a battle began to unfold in Washington, D.C. It was not, as some may have hoped, about how to reopen the government. No, for better or — more likely — for ...

The topic of memes briefly dominated online discourse around the race for New York City mayor on Tuesday after a self-proclaimed “memelord” claimed to be working with Andrew Cuomo and his social media ...

For University of Oregon student and football equipment manager Mitchell Godfrey, his entry point into college football came after a medical... If you’re a UO student who’s been sent an oddly-specific ...