A Government Bulletin Warned Extremists Would Use Jan. 6 To Promote Violence

Documents obtained by BuzzFeed News show authorities particularly focused on the Proud Boys, even monitoring the hotel they were staying at.

Brianna Sacks

Facebook Helped Fund David Brooks’s Second Job. Nobody Told The Readers Of The New York Times.

The New York Times columnist has been using his perch to promote the Weave Project — without disclosing his potential conflicts of interest to his readers.

Craig Silverman

18 Great Books That Are Out In Paperback This Month

Michelle Obama’s memoir, Andrea Bartz’s boss-babe thriller, Cathy Park Hong’s essay collection, and more.

Arianna Rebolini

How Has Putting Your Student Loans On Hold Changed Your Life?

If your student loans are in forbearance and you suddenly have more money than normal, BuzzFeed News would like to hear from you.

Pia Peterson

Trump’s Pentagon Blocked Troops From Getting to the Capitol Riots For Hours, DC National Guard Commander Said

The DC National Guard commander said he was not allowed to send troops to the Capitol, in sharp contrast to the city’s George Floyd protests last year, when troops were given immediate permission to deploy.

Paul McLeod

Netflix's “Moxie” Aims For Intersectional Feminism, But Falls A Little Short

Moxie tries hards to be inclusive, but it ends up being awkward.

Lauren Strapagiel

Andrew Cuomo Says He’s Sorry — But Won’t Resign Over Those Sexual Harassment Claims

Cuomo said he “never touched anyone inappropriately,” despite one woman saying he kissed her without consent and a photo of another woman looking visibly uncomfortable as Cuomo grabbed her cheeks.

Julia Reinstein

“It’s A Sin” Perpetuates Moralizing AIDS Tropes

The hit HBO Max miniseries is moving, but it overemphasizes the role of internalized homophobia and individual actions — rather than systemic violence — in worsening the AIDS crisis. Spoilers ahead.

Shannon Keating

Olivia Rodrigo Said She Couldn’t Write A Song About Sabrina Carpenter Because She Doesn’t “Know Her At All”

“I actually don’t know her at all.”

Ben Henry

Todrick Hall Is Facing Backlash After Being Accused Of Defending Taylor Swift By “Slut-Shaming” Other People

“I can think of quite a few pop stars who run through men/women like it’s cardio and no one mentions their names.”

Ben Henry

Joe Biden Withdrew His Nomination Of Neera Tanden After Pushback In The Senate

Tanden had drawn criticism from Democrats and Republicans in the Senate, dooming her nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget.

Matt Berman

Dolly Parton Received A Dose Of The COVID Vaccine She Helped To Fund

"Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaciiiiiiine," she sang. "I'm begging of you, please don't hesitate."

David Mack

This Billionaire Has Been Partying Through The Pandemic While His Company’s Workers Died

Ricardo Salinas Pliego has seen his net worth rise to $13.5 billion during the pandemic. But while he’s partied on his yacht, his workers have faced deadly conditions that violate Mexico’s pandemic rules.

Karla Zabludovsky

A Judge Released A Man Charged With Assaulting A Cop During The Capitol Riots, Saying The Government Messed Up Its Case

Chief Judge Beryl Howell said she likely would have kept alleged Capitol rioter Clayton Mullins behind bars, but the government’s arguments left her hands “tied.”

Zoe Tillman

US Officials Are Deporting Haitian Immigrants Despite Knowing They May Face Danger

“I’m afraid I am going to get killed,” one Haitian immigrant told BuzzFeed News.

Hamed Aleaziz

At Least A Dozen People Died After An SUV Crashed Into A Semitruck In California

An SUV crammed with people struck a semitrailer carrying gravel near El Centro in Southern California.

Amber Jamieson

The 10 Photographs That Shaped This MoMA Curator’s Career

Meister discusses when she realized she was never going to be a photographer and how it feels to “shift the stories we can tell about the history of art.”

Pia Peterson

Paris Hilton Opened Up About Being "Purposefully" Humiliated In A 2007 Interview With David Letterman After An Extremely Uncomfortable Clip Resurfaced

"I was just getting so uncomfortable and I was so upset. During the commercial breaks I'd look at him like, 'Please stop doing this.'"

Ellie Woodward

Halsey Shut Down Speculation About Her Pregnancy And Questioned Why It Was OK To "Pass Judgement About Fertility And Conception"

"My pregnancy was 100% planned, and I tried very hard for this bb."

Ben Henry

The FBI Has Tracked Down Some Of The Capitol Rioters In Truly Surprising Ways

One of the Capitol defendants was identified by an FBI agent he went to college with. Another was arrested trying to stop a relative from getting the COVID vaccine.

Zoe Tillman

Why Are Millennials So Worried About Moving Back In With Their Parents?

Sally never expected to be living with her parents when she turned 30 — but moving back home helped her build the life she truly wanted. (An excerpt from But You’re Still So Young.)

Kayleen Schaefer

Here Are Some Great Virtual Book Events Happening This Week: March 1–7

Discussions with Kazuo Ishiguro, Isabel Allende, Anne Lamott, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and more.

Arianna Rebolini

This Woman Is Getting Her Massive Q Tattoo Removed And You Can Guess Why

Caitlin promises she does not support and is not affiliated with Q, and she plans to get what was a tattoo with a sweet backstory removed.

Tanya Chen

Taylor Swift Responded To The “Lazy, Deeply Sexist Joke” About Her Love Life In Netflix’s “Ginny & Georgia”

“Hey Ginny & Georgia, 2010 called and it wants its lazy, deeply sexist joke back.”

Ben Henry

Instagram Has Launched Live "Rooms"

The livestream feature has expanded from two to four people at once.

Katie Notopoulos

The Pleasure And Pain Of Gay Bars

These social spaces are sites of both pleasure and isolation in Gay Bar: Why We Went Out, a new book by Jeremy Atherton Lin.

Mitchell Kuga

Kim Kardashian Finally Addressed Calling Kourtney Kardashian The “Least Exciting To Look At” And Said It Was “Such A Low Blow”

“I took it really personally and was like, ‘Why would someone in my family say something like that?!’”

Ellie Woodward

Kaley Cuoco Posted A Picture After Losing At The Golden Globes And It's So Funny It Deserves An Award Of Its Own

“I would like to thank... Never mind!!”

Ben Henry

German Radio Station Bayern3 Apologized After Their Host Likened BTS To The Coronavirus In An On-Air Rant

In a vitriolic rant, host Matthias Matuschik likened the Korean group to "a virus that we'll hopefully have a vaccine for soon."

Ellie Bate

CrossFit Is Finally Fed Up With Marjorie Taylor Greene

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s political identity is tightly intertwined with CrossFit. After a year of scandal at the gym, it’s finally distancing itself from Georgia’s bigoted conspiracy theorist representative.

Ryan Brooks

Tina Fey And Amy Poehler Really Roasted The Hell Out Of The Golden Globes

Big celebrities have called out the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for not having a single Black member, and hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler piled on.

David Mack

Here Are The Winners Of The 2021 Golden Globes

Here are the winners of the Golden Globes this year, which was held remotely because of COVID.

Jason Wells