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Person at a tap filling a glass of water (Getty Images/Catherine Falls Commercial)

Study: Is tap water safer than bottled?

Michael La Corte

"Bottled water is significantly more expensive than tap, but a middle-ground option might be purified tap water"

Elon Musk VS. Mark Zuckerberg (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

It's time to ditch toxic social media

Chauncey DeVega

To survive Trump's return, Dr. Gail Christopher heeds, "we must practice disciplines that calm our nervous system"

Ken Martin, the chair of the Minnesota DFL party introduces Amy Klobuchar to the people attending the Minnesota DemocraticFarmerLabor Party (DFL) election watch party held at the InterContinental Hotel in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States on November 05, 2024. (Christopher Mark Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Can Ken Martin save the Democrats?

Russell Payne

Allies of the Minnesota Democratic Party chair say "everyone has a seat at the table" when Martin is in charge

US President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (JIM WATSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump: Mexico, Canada tariffs by Feb. 1

Natalie Chandler

The president said he's still considering universal tariffs, and did not mention higher ones on China

A "For Rent" sign is seen on a building Hollywood, California. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

LA landlords exploit a disaster

Nicholas Liu

Landlords are reportedly flouting laws that prohibit them from jacking up prices during an emergency

Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., questions Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Treasury secretary, during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Thursday, January 16, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Democrats help pass Laken Riley Act

Tatyana Tandanpolie

Critics say the bill would eliminate due process for undocumented immigrants accused of crimes

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Musk accused of giving "Nazi salute"

Nicholas Liu

"Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too," wrote NYU's Ruth Ben-Ghiat

Declining sea ice may present the largest threat to Pacific walrus populations in the future. (Devin Johnson / USFWS Permit PRT #MA33776D)

The internet is trying to save walruses

Matthew Rozsa

More than 37,000 citizen scientists have joined the Walrus From Space project, with the hopes of helping walruses

First Lady Melania Trump and President Donald Trump, Jan. 20, 2025. (Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images)

We wanted it darker, apparently

Andrew O'Hehir

Donald Trump's first presidency was a test. Well, we failed

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Donald Trump Jr., Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Usha Vance, Interior Secretary nominee Doug Burgum and Vice President-elect JD Vance applaud during the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. (Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump's triumphant celebration of scams

Amanda Marcotte

Forget "unity" — the real theme of the day was "rich people swindling the rest of America"

U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. First Lady Melania Trump inside Capital One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

The inauguration was an absurd spectacle

Coleman Spilde

Big, ugly hats! An improvised a cappella! Entirely inappropriate ensembles! That's . . . entertainment?

Merrick Garland and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How Garland stymied Trump on his way out

Austin Sarat

Trump wants to ramp up the federal death penalty. Before he left, the former attorney general made that harder

Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk attend the inauguration of Donald Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 20, 2025. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson - Pool/Getty Images) ((Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson - Pool/Getty Images))

Trump's Big Tech turnaround

Cara Michelle Smith

The scene signaled that the industry Trump once called “dividing and divisive” is now in his good graces

U.S. Vice President-elect former Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrive to inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Listless, uninspired and robotic

Lucian K. Truscott IV

Now Donald Trump has to meet the high expectations he’s set for MAGA

Washing carrots in the sink (Getty Images/PeopleImages)

Why some foods can even change skin tone

Michelle Spear - The Conversation

"These colorful tales carry more than an aesthetic message"

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Grieving Donald Trump's return

Chauncey DeVega

Dr. Gail Christopher on the "balance of positive thoughts to trigger positive emotions"

Martin Luther King Jr. | Capitol Riot on January 6th, 2021 (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A tale of two Americas

Audra Wilson, Esq., Lucy Di Rosa, PhD

In a curious coincidence, the inauguration of Donald Trump falls on a day we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King

President Donald Trump being sworn in on January 20, 2025. (Morry Gash/Getty Images)

Trump fails to place hand on Bible

Nicholas Liu

While it is customary to swear by some holy text, it is not constitutionally required

U.S. singer-songwriter Carrie Underwood performs "America the Beautiful" after President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. ( SAUL LOEB/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Carrie Underwood's awkward a cappella

Nardos Haile

Underwood's performance of "America the Beautiful" at Trump's inauguration got off to a rough start

President Joe Biden in the Oval Office at the White House on July 25, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Biden grants clemency to Leonard Peltier

Nicholas Liu

Activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of killing two FBI agents in a shootout, had his life sentence commuted

Cecile Richards (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Cecile Richards dies at 67

Cara Michelle Smith

Richards, a former Planned Parenthood president for more than a decade, had been diagnosed with brain cancer

Red, rose and white wine glasses, top view (Getty Images/5PH)

Alcohol shouldn't be used as a sleep aid

Emma Sweeney, Fran Pilkington-Cheney - The Conversation

"But alcohol affects the production of melatonin and alters our body temperature"

President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump threatens war with Panama

Charles R. Davis

President Donald Trump used his inauguration speech to threaten the United States' Central American ally

President-elect Donald Trump points to his wife Melania Trump during an election night event in West Palm Beach, Florida, on November 6, 2024. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Melania Trump launches memecoin

Natalie Chandler

The First Lady's announcement came two days after her husband promoted his own meme coin

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