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Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after officially accepting the Republican presidential nomination on stage on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

CNN fact checker counts Trump's RNC lies

Griffin Eckstein

The rambling 90-minute slog of a speech hit on the greatest hits of Trump's lies, and introduced some curveballs

J.D. Vance, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, speaks during a campaign rally at The Trout Club on April 30, 2022 in Newark, Ohio. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

JD Vance screened diplomats for wokeness

Griffin Eckstein

The senator forced an anti-woke screener on highly qualified nominees who support LGBTQ+ rights and DEI initiatives

Simone Biles Rising (Netflix)

Simone Biles, a "brave" Olympics dropout

Gabriella Ferrigine

Netflix doc director Katie Walsh on showing the "full human" side of Biles and following her to the Paris Games

InfoWars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media outside Waterbury Superior Court during his trial on September 21, 2022 in Waterbury, Connecticut. (Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images)

Viral lie: Trump shooter was trans woman

Griffin Eckstein

A viral X post, which labeled an image of a random trans woman as Trump's shooter, was amplified by Alex Jones

Ana Navarro on "The View" (ABC/Lou Rocco)

View slams Trump's "meandering" speech

Gabriella Ferrigine

"It’s too bad the bandage was just over his ear — it should have been over his mouth!” host Ana Navarro said

Meghan McCain attends The Algemeiner's 8th annual J100 Gala on October 12, 2021 in Rockleigh, New Jersey. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

Meghan McCain says Biden's COVID is fake

Griffin Eckstein

McCain has a theory that Biden's reported illness “might just be an excuse for him to step down gracefully”

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Experts on dangers of Trump idolization

Tatyana Tandanpolie

Republican "fight" chants are "fanning, not cooling down, the flames," extremism expert warns

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) listens during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol Building following passage in the House of a 45-day continuing resolution on September 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Jeffries steps back from ouster calls

Griffin Eckstein

The top House Democrat, who privately told Biden he needed to leave the race, is again publicly backing his run

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris holds a campaign event that is her seventh visit to North Carolina this year and 15th trip to the state since taking office in Fayetteville NC, North Carolina, United States on July 18, 2024. (Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Kamala Harris takes on GOP "unity" claim

Nandika Chatterjee

At a campaign stop Thursday in North Carolina, Vice President Harris accused Republicans of hiding their agenda

Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, leaves a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus about the candidacy of President Joe Biden at the Democratic National Committee on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

More Democrats call on Biden to go

Nandika Chatterjee

Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, is the first member of the Congressional Black Caucus to call on Biden to step aside

A view of Bud Light bottles in a cooler (G Fiume/Getty Images)

Bud Light slips in nationwide beer rank

Joy Saha

The brand trails behind Michelob Ultra and Modelo Especial

William Zabka as Johnny Lawrence, Sean Kanan as Mike Barnes and Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso in "Cobra Kai" (Curtis Bonds Baker/Netflix)

Karate kids shouldn't play "Star Wars"

Melanie McFarland

The "Karate Kid" franchise creators called this story their "Star Wars." Is that why it lost its kick in the end?

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

AOC blasts "scared" Biden critics

Nandika Chatterjee

In an hour-long chat, Ocasio-Cortez argued Democrats should publicly dissent if they oppose Biden's candidacy

Donald Glover on “Hot Ones” (Photo courtesy of First We Feast)

Donald Glover is on "Hot Ones"

Joy Saha

The actor and rapper also gave a special shoutout to his "Community" co-star Joel McHale

Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, arrives to the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on June 06, 2024 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Hunter Biden asks judge to toss case

Nandika Chatterjee

President Biden's son is citing a ruling that a Trump-appointed judge made in the classified documents case

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the assassination attempt on Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at the White House on July 14, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Is the backlash against Biden ableist?

Matthew Rozsa

The fallout from the Trump-Biden debate raises fresh questions about ageism and ableism

U.S. President Joe Biden departs after speaking to the media following the Supreme Court's ruling on charges against former President Donald Trump that he sought to subvert the 2020 election, at the White House on July 1, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Democrats' Biden debate may finally end

Charles R. Davis

Even as the Biden campaign insists he's "absolutely" in the race, privately some on his staff admit it's over

United Airlines (Getty/David McNew)

Big IT outage impacts countless services

Nandika Chatterjee

CrowdStrike, a major cybersecurity company, claimed its issues began with a faulty Microsoft Windows update

Donald Trump | Voting (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump remixes the Big Lie for the RNC

Heather Digby Parton

When Trump says "we're never going to let that happen again" he means we're never going to let Democrats win again

Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump's "unity" pivot was a bust

Amanda Marcotte

Like Trump, delegates at the RNC weren't feeling all the "unity" talk

Donald Trump and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

An American legacy in jeopardy

Chauncey DeVega

Indecision is a path to certain defeat

Abortion provider Dr. Barbara Zipkin councils a patient at Camelback Family Planning in Phoenix, Arizona on April 11, 2024. (Getty Images)

Abortion "exceptions" and mental health

Nicole Karlis

"It's one stigma on top of another: abortion is stigmatized, mental health is stigmatized," one expert told Salon

Attendees sit outside the Fiserv Forum during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 16, 2024. (NICK OXFORD/AFP via Getty Images)

Surreal encounters of the RNC kind

Kris Kodrich

For a week, Republicans wandered the streets of my hometown of Milwaukee

US former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pumps his fist during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15, 2024. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump speaks at RNC, forgetting "unity"

Griffin Eckstein

Donald Trump spread election and immigration lies on stage in Milwaukee after reflecting on the attempt on his life

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