WHAT THEY CLAP FOR As soon as Trump won the nomination in 2016, Republican U.S. senators began clapping, even those whom Trump had belittled, even those whose families Trump had insulted, and they ...

Students at Boston College listen to a speaker as they gather during a solidarity demonstration on the school's campus. AP The social justice warriors of American campuses would like you to hold your ...

Jay-Z directed a crowd to stop clapping as they struggled to stay on beat during his performance at Pharrell's recent debut Louis Vuitton fashion show. Jay-Z Tells Crowd to "Forget the Clap" On ...

On Oct. 7, Lopez made an appearance on The View to discuss her role in Kiss of the Spider Woman. As she walked out to join Goldberg and the other hosts, the crowd burst into applause. Even after she ...

WERTHEIMER: But what makes us clap more for some performances than others? You'd think it's obvious: the better the show, the more applause. Think again. New research at Uppsala University in Sweden ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was forced to rein in excitement from clapping Congress members on Wednesday as she announced ...

MINOT, N.D. -- In his book, the " The Gulag Archipelago," Nobel Prize-winning Russian author and historian Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn recounted a chillingly absurd incident at a conference in Soviet ...

A sign is pictured after a rally with House Democrats on the steps of the US Capitol to voice opposition to the Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion indicating the court will overturn Roe v. Wade.

Somewhere between a film’s final scene and the exalted audience’s first clap at either the Venice or Cannes film festivals, cinema loses its dignity. We have entered a standing ovation arms race. What ...