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Jim Lovell died this week at age 97. The former astronaut is most well-known as the cool-headed commander of the storied and problematic Apollo 13 mission. He was a lifelong promoter of space exploration. (Bettmann / Contributor / Getty Images)

Apollo 13 hero Jim Lovell dies at age 97

CK Smith

Astronaut Jim Lovell, whose Apollo 13 mission became a story of courage under pressure, dies at age 97

President Donald Trump speaks in the newly decorated Oval Office on April 7, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

How in God's name did we get here?

Mike Lofgren

Our culture turned on itself, stagnated and went rancid — that's how

New poll says 3 of 4 Americans believe democracy is at risk and trust their political leaders even less. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP / Getty Images)

Trump escalates his racist attacks

Chauncey DeVega

Failure to connect his comments to our worsening democratic crisis is an act of complicity

Greg Gutfeld (left) and Stephen Colbert (right) on the sets of their respective shows. (Photo illustration by Salon / Roy Rochlin / Getty Images / Scott Kowalchyk / CBS )

Greg Gutfeld will never outshine Colbert

Sophia A. McClennen

Fox News tries to credit Gutfeld's show for Colbert's cancellation — but the facts tell a different story

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (L) and Texas Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer (R) listen as Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu speaks to reporters during a press conference at the DuPage County Democratic Party headquarters on August 03, 2025 in Carol Stream, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Texas Dems may lose but have bigger plan

Kayla Guo - The Texas Tribune

Democrats concede there’s only so much they can do to keep Texas from redrawing its maps

1956: Elvis Presley and Colonel Tom Parker (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

The Colonel wasn't Elvis' villain

Kenneth Womack

"The Colonel and the King" reveals a complex, often misunderstood figure whose ambitions mirrored Presley's

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press after signing two executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump order authorizes cartel strikes

Blaise Malley

Order raises possibility of "direct military operations at sea and on foreign soil against cartels,” NYT reports

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth meets with Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) at the U.S. Capitol on December 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Hegseth boosts Christian nationalist

Garrett Owen

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth promoted a CNN interview with Doug Wilson, who argues the US should be a theocracy

Julia Garner in "Weapons" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

"Weapons" succumbs to its worst instinct

Coleman Spilde

The "Barbarian" filmmaker fumbles summer's most mysterious movie by revealing both too much and not enough

President Donald Trump boarding Air Force One (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

America is in our rearview mirror

Brian Karem

Republicans in Congress have capitulated to a circus boss who is no longer running the show

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters near Air Force One on August 03, 2025 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump betrays MAGA by reneging on IVF

Amanda Marcotte

Instead of treatment, Project 2025 proposes shaming patients for premarital sex

A person, who declined to be named, views a U.S. Congressional District map as the Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting meets to hear invited testimony on Congressional plan C2308 at the Texas State Capitol on August 6, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Redistricting war puts critics in a bind

Russell Payne

Good government groups say they oppose redistricting in Democratic states, even if Republicans do it first

A firefighter surveys a field near the Riverside Fire on September 13, 2020 in Glen Avon, Oregon. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

GOP misinfo kills Oregon wildfire map

Rob Davis - ProPublica

Lawmakers' attempt to help people most at risk drew accusations that they were trying to "depopulate rural areas"

Kash Patel, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), arrives to testify during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

GOP "weaponizing" FBI against Texas Dems

Blaise Malley

Sen. John Cornyn claimed the FBI will help find Democrats who fled Texas, but it's not clear what that might entail

Sodas (Getty Images / ContemporAd)

"MAHA" soda ban gains momentum

Joy Saha

Trump’s USDA is letting states ban soda and candy from SNAP. Six more have just signed on

Trader Joe’s paper shopping bag (Michael Buckner/Penske Media via Getty Images)

Win the potluck, Trader Joe’s-style

Joy Saha

Skip the stress — these Trader Joe’s favorites are all you need to pull off a flawless summer potluck

Early morning at New Fulton Fish Market (Lochlain Healy)

Trump could gut NYC's seafood supply

Lochlain Healy

Imported seafood powers New York’s kitchens. New Trump tariffs could make it scarcer — and much more expensive

Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., talks with reporters in the U.S. Capitol about the presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, on Friday, June 28, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Clyburn to Dems: "Fight fire with fire"

Blaise Malley

The South Carolina lawmaker said the GOP is inviting trouble by trying to eliminate Democratic congressional seats

Donald Trump reacts to Taylor Swift publicly endorsing Kamala Harris (Anna Barclay/Getty Images)

Trump wants the stars to shine for him

Andi Zeisler

From Swift to Sweeney, the president’s celebrity circus rants reveal who’s living rent-free in his head

(Getty/Salon)

Trump isn't "entitled" to House seats

Austin Sarat

The 2026 midterms will not be free and fair if Trump can help it

The FEMA Colorado Task Force 1 navigates the Guadalupe River as they search for flooding victims in Center Point, Texas. (Brenda Bazán / The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Aging US collides with climate change

Eugene Rusyn, Douglas A. Kysar

During and after disasters, the elderly are the most vulnerable

Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump's war on Big Law chokes resistance

Molly Redden - ProPublica

Some of America’s largest law firms are refusing to take cases that seek to hold the government to account

Chris Cuomo (Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images/Getty Images)

Cuomo duped by AOC deepfake

Alex Galbraith

The NewsNation anchor was fooled by a fake clip of the congresswoman talking about Sydney Sweeney

Dean Cain speaks onstage at the Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman 25th Anniversary Reunion panel during New York Comic Con 2018 at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on October 5, 2018 in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for New York Comic Con)

Cain stumps for ICE

Alex Galbraith

The actor best known for playing Clark Kent pushed his followers to become immigration agents

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