“When some of the kids at his Bridgewater, Mass., elementary school decided to pick on him for his attire, they quickly found that Danny wasn’t an easy target. His beautiful spirit and infectious smile had inspired the boys on Danny’s Peewee football team, for which he serves as the “official …

“If you thought the botched rollout of Obamacare, the government shutdown, or the sequester represented Washington dysfunction at its worst, wait until you hear about the taxpayer waste at the Defense Department. Special Enterprise Reporter Scot Paltrow unearthed the “high cost of the Pentagon’s bad bookkeeping” in a Reuters investigation. …

“Sydney Leathers, the chick who turned her sexting relationship with Anthony Weiner into something resembling a media career, has really managed to stretch out her 15 minutes. But for Leathers, elongated infamy is one thing and elongated labia another. That’s right, she’s having labiaplasty. And she’s auctioning off the excess …

“When retailers opened on Thanksgiving last year, workers protested outside stores and holiday purists grumbled online — a distracting sideshow in what ultimately proved to be a less-than-robust sales season. Still, 35 million Americans showed up at shops and on websites, a 21% increase from the holiday turnout in 2011. …

Charles Krauthammer said ‘Democrats will absolutely rue’ using ‘the nuclear option’ in an appearance on Special Report with Bret Baier on Fox News, as the Republicans will eventually take control and push the rules further. Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz (What The Flick?! and TYT Sports), John Iadarola (TYT University and …

Smartwatches are still in their infancy, but they can have a purpose. For Dan Seifert, that purpose is inescapable notifications. Here’s how Dan uses his Pebble at work. Read more on The Verge: http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/29/5152544/the-verge-at-work-using-the-pebble-smartwatch-to-never-miss-a-thing More from The Verge: Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theverge Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/videos Visit our playlists: …

The next generation of game consoles is now the new generation — the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are out. But should you become an early adopter? What do the new consoles offer right now vs. the Xbox 360 and PS3? Dante D’Orazio takes a hard look at many of …

“The Army should use photos of “average-looking women” when it needs to illustrate stories about female soldiers, a specialist recommends — images of women who are too pretty undermine the communications strategy about introducing them into combat roles. That’s the gist of an internal Army e-mail an Army source shared …

Aaron Huey spent seven years on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, photographing the complex lives of the Oglala Lakota people. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo …

***UPDATE*** Our Indiegogo Campaign is over. We are so thankful to everyone who has participated in the campaign! Many have reached out and still want to donate. You can do so here: http://bit.ly/TYTDonate. Message from Cenk Uygur: We are awed by what has happened in this campaign to build our …