Vought moves to kill CFPB
In an email sent Monday, OMB Director Russ Vought told CFBP staff to stay home and stop working
Kendrick Lamar saved the boring Big Game
Kendrick Lamar injected some much-needed life into the night, where unity was stressed amid division outside
The lie behind Trump's imperial ambition
After winning by a bigger margin than in 2016, Donald Trump now sees himself as omnipotent and invincible
Trump's firings test the First Amendment
First Amendment protections afforded to all public employees are supposed to shield them from political punishment
Trump's "trans" orders attack all women
Under the guise of "protecting women," the military, schools and labs are forced to take women's safety away
Is a new painkiller too good to be true?
Meet suzetrigine, a non-opioid that promises to avoid addiction risk. But some experts say it can't replace opioids
Can "Click to Cancel" survive Trump?
The rule, passed under the Biden administration, makes it as easy to cancel a subscription as it was to sign up
Taylor Swift booed at Super Bowl
Boots down in New Orleans to support Travis Kelce, Swift appeared visibly bummed in the stands after a harsh intro
Trump adviser talks Canada annexation
Trump's national security adviser pointed to snowbirds as a possible reason annexation of Canada would be welcomed
How "Puppy Bowl" wins the Big Game day
Salon talks to the longtime "Puppy Bowl" ref about the animal rescue special's impact and those other "Bowls"
The slow art of nurturing food (and me)
Learning to slow down with sourdough, soup and the unexpected lessons of patience
Bash slams brakes on Noem govt. mistrust
Dana Bash wouldn't let Noem's stock conservative talking points on federal paranoia fly
Musk: Impeach judge who blocked DOGE
In a series of late-night posts to X, Musk raged against a federal judge that restrained DOGE's access to data
Reading my mom's mail with Howard Cruse
Reading her letters was the only way I could know her now. But opening the mail took me more than 30 years
Open letter to Democrats: What's next?
We can bring the party together — and win — if we're willing to address inequality and advocate for radical change
Trump exploits a failure of imagination
At the root of Trumpism's rapid ascendance, and the pitiful resistance to it, is a profound failure of imagination
Trump's Gaza vision: Imperialism on acid
Do we take Trump's outlandish Gaza-Lago vision seriously? In the quantum-Trump realm, all answers are correct
Migrants on the front lines of bird flu
Migrant farmworkers are on the front lines of the H5N1 surge — but deportation fears complicate virus surveillance
Scammers swarming disaster areas
"It's really pretty dangerous out there," California fire victims say
Dems file "Nobody Elected Elon Musk Act"
New Mexico Rep. Melanie Stansbury wants the world's richest man to be "on the hook" for DOGE's legal damages
Hayes to Maher: Leave trans kids alone
The MSNBC host stunned the HBO comedian with some confrontational advice: leave families with trans kids alone
Chappell Roan responds to op-ed
The "Pink Pony Club" singer is calling an op-ed writer's bluff after he accused her of faux-activism
The halftime show's humble origins
Salon spoke to a music expert about the halftime show's evolution from marching bands to Kendrick Lamar
Judge restrains DOGE Treasury access
The temporary restraining order came after more than a dozen states filed suit over Elon Musk's vast access