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Druski's two-minute sketch about "conservative women" racked up over 160 million views on X alone — and the right responded with outrage instead of self-awareness. Then the Daily Mail dropped a report claiming Kristi Noem's husband Bryon leads a secret double life that includes wearing fake breasts and chatting with fetish models online—and again, the response was pearl-clutching rather than perspective. 

Both moments had the DNA of great satire. Both moments were real. And both times, conservatives played it exactly wrong. (Particularly in terms of the pop culture of it all.)  

Here's the thing: being in on the joke is a political superpower. Knowing when to laugh at yourself, when to shrug, when to just let a bit land — that's not weakness, that's strategy. And look, it's April Fools' Day—a holiday that requires exactly one skill conservatives seem to have lost entirely: a sense of humor. 

I sat down with Newsweek’s Politics and Culture editor Carlo Versano on the Parting Shot Podcast to talk about why the right keeps missing the moment, and whether learning to take a punch might actually be their best play right now. Hit play. 

Lisa Rinna has built an empire by saying yes. "I just say yes more than I say no," the actress, author and reality television veteran told me at Newsweek’s Women's Global Impact Forum. Judging by her recent streak, that philosophy is paying off. 

Rinna's new book, You Better Believe I'm Gonna Talk About It, is a New York Times bestseller, her run on The Traitors reminded the world who she really is outside of Housewives, and the endorsement deals keep coming. She's not slowing down.  

In our conversation, Rinna opens up about why she almost didn't write the book, what leaving Housewives actually cost her, and how a series of COVID-era dance videos quietly unlocked a whole new chapter of her career. "What The Traitors did was reinvent me and let people see me for who I really am," she says. "Not this evil villain from Housewives."  

As for what's next? She's open—and if history is any indication, whatever she says yes to next is going to work out just fine. 

Actress and director Kerry Washington joined Newsweek's Editor in Chief Jennifer H. Cunningham on stage at Newsweek's Women's Global Impact Forum 2026 on March 25 at the London West Hollywood in Los Angeles, CA, to talk about the projects she's working on at her production company, Simpson Street.

Washington and her producing partner Pilar Savone, executive vice president of production and development at Simpson Street, closed out the event with a panel on how their partnership shapes the content they produce.

By Jack Royston

Peter Phillips—a cousin of Prince William and Prince Harry—is due to marry his fiancée Harriet Sperling this summer in what is set to be the society wedding of the year and could even create an opportunity for the warring princes to see each other again.

The announcement stated that King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Prince William and Princess Kate had all been given the joyful news, while the church wedding itself will be in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, on June 6.

No mention has yet been made of who will be invited but if the happy couple do choose to invite the Sussexes as well, it could create a rare opportunity for them to see William and Kate.

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