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"It: Welcome to Derry" (Brooke Palmer/HBO)

Pennywise isn't Derry's biggest terror

Melanie McFarland

Salon talks to the makers of "It: Welcome to Derry" about building the town's history on America's fears

Former Vice President Mike Pence attends the unveiling ceremony for the statue of Rev. Billy Graham in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall on Thursday, May 16, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Trump: Pence a "wimp" on Jan. 6

Alex Galbraith

A new book reveals details of a tense conversation between Trump and Pence shortly before a mob stormed the Capitol

Three days after the heist, the Paris landmark reopened its doors to the public. How many were hoping for a peek at the scene of the crime rather than enjoying the art on the wall? (THIBAUD MORITZ / AFP / Getty Images)

Louvre heist arrests made, but no jewels

CK Smith

France’s real-life caper now has its suspects, but the missing jewels and our moral fascination remain unsolved

Lee Chae-min as the Joseon-era tyrant foodie king in "Bon Appetit, Your Majesty" (Netflix)

Forget kimbap, cook royal Korean recipes

Hanh Nguyen

Only you, the home cook, can save these ancient Korean recipes seen in recent k-dramas – no time travel necessary

Protesters march against Trump's Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago on Oct. 19, 2025. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump's enemies list keeps expanding

Chauncey DeVega

The administration's theater of cruelty has everyday people asking "Am I next?"

President Donald Trump attends a Cabinet Meeting at the White. House on Aug. 26, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Inflation is coming for Donald Trump

Heather Digby Parton

Trump and the GOP haven't learned from Biden's misread of economic perceptions

(Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Angelina Katsani/Underwood Archives/Katsumi Murouchi)

That time a socialist ran for mayor

Andrew O'Hehir

Sometimes history rhymes like crazy: Morris Hillquit came 108 years before Mamdani, and his lessons still resonate

An attendee wears a Superman-Trump t-shirt at a campaign rally in Traverse City, Michigan on October 25, 2024. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

How Trump blurs reality for his base

Andrew Rojecki, Tanja Aitamurto - The Conversation

The White House tailors its content to the beliefs, language and worldview of Trump’s political base

Construction on Trump's enormous ballroom began this week. Not everyone was pleased about it. Even on Fox News. (Salwan Georges / The Washington Post / Getty Images)

Fox News host slams Trump ballroom

CK Smith

The lone liberal on Fox News' "The Five" called Trump’s proposed ballroom “gaudy and self-indulgent"

Conservative influencer Tomi Lahren always has a lot to say. This week, she's been having a beef with President Trump over a proposed deal with Argentina. Lahren is siding with American farmers' outcries online to buy more American. Lahren is just the latest of GOP stars to take a stand against Trump. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images)

GOP's latest beef: A deal with Argentina

CK Smith

Tomi Lahren erupted online over a beef-import deal with Argentina. GOP outrage now hinges on steaks, not ideology

Pam Bondi's DOJ plans to send election monitors to 6 blue counties. Critics claim it's a partisan intimidation tactic. (Alex Wong / Getty Images)

DOJ to send election monitors to NJ, CA

CK Smith

DOJ will deploy civil-rights monitors to 6 counties to protect ballot access, critics call it partisan intimidation

Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu, Arion King as TJ. in "The Bear" (FX. Copyright 2025, FX Networks. All rights reserved.)

Elevate Hamburger Helper like "The Bear"

Melanie McFarland

In the tender “Worms” episode, Sydney turns Hamburger Helper into a masterclass in care and doing more with less

The Pentagon announced this week that an anonymous donation helped offset military pay expenditures, despite federal shutdown halting thousands of other workers' paychecks. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Trump's mystery donor adds shutdown woes

CK Smith

Anonymous donation keeps military paychecks flowing — concerns now on privatizing patriotism and government failure

The East Wing of the White House was demolished on Oct. 23, 2025. (Eric Lee/Getty Images)

Trump’s demolition shakes MAGA base

Sophia Tesfaye

The entire East Wing of the White House is gone — and people are angry

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, is now on its way to the Caribbean. (JONATHAN KLEIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump signals war in all but name

Sabrina Haake

The Pentagon's aircraft carrier deployment to the Caribbean is a major escalation

Signage for the US government's humanitarian agency USAID is seen on a cargo container beside a tricycle in Manila on February 4, 2025. (JAM STA ROSA/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump aims to burn global birth control

Nicole Karlis

After killing USAID, Trump administration intends to incinerate contraceptives meant for low-income countries

Cropped image of a businessman putting money in his pocket (Getty Images)

Is it wrong to have too much money?

Jackson Trager - The Conversation

Your answer may depend on deep-seated values – and your country’s economy

Bruce Springsteen, 1982 (Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

The Boss is back

Kenneth Womack

"Deliver Me from Nowhere" and "Nebraska ’82" bring new life to a classic Springsteen era

Steve Bannon, media personality and political strategist, speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center on February 20, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Bannon claims "plan" for 3rd Trump term

Garrett Owen

"At the appropriate time, we’ll lay out what the plan is," Trump's former chief strategist told The Economist

Tim Curry (FOX Image Collection via Getty Images)

Tim Curry is Gen X’s favorite villain

Andi Zeisler

Curry's new memoir, "Vagabond," takes stock of a fearless career that’s not over yet

President Donald Trump departs the White House on Sept. 30, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump fumes at Reagan ad ripping tariffs

Garrett Owen

The president continued furiously posting on Truth Social after calling off trade talks over the advertisement

Rose Byrne in "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" (A24)

The film that sees therapy how it is

Coleman Spilde

Mary Bronstein breaks down her sophomore feature’s brutally realistic look at seeking treatment

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt takes questions during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 28, 2025. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

The press is crumbling under Trump

Brian Karem

The administration is staging the news and telling reporters how to present it. When will it stop?

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller speaks at the White House on September 25, 2025. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Cuts hamper Miller's war on the left

Russell Payne

Experts say Trump deputy chief of staff's “war” on the left is more performance than policy

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