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U.S. President Donald Trump holds an executive order establishing the Energy Dominance Council led by Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum in the Oval Office at the White House on February 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump promises "peace" in Iran, Israel

Alex Galbraith

Trump said he would "never get credit" for his statecraft and promised to "make the Middle East great again"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a state memorial ceremony for the victims of the 1948 Altalena affair, at Nachalat Yitzhak cemetery in Tel Aviv on June 18, 2024. (SHAUL GOLAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Everybody hates Bibi — but he's winning

Andrew O'Hehir

Forget Trump — he just caddies for this guy. Like it or not, Benjamin Netanyahu is the 21st century's antihero

A robot using artificial intelligence is displayed at a stand during the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, on May 30, 2024. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

"Summoning the demon": MAGA splits on AI

Russell Payne

Some on the right see artificial intelligence as an apocalyptic threat from Big Tech

A black widow spider, a venomous species now common in the American West, wrapping up its prey. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Who's the real invasive species?

Carlyn Zwarenstein

Our cities and suburbs have spiders, rats, raccoons, lizards — and people. Which of us is really the invader?

Thousands are turning out for rallies across the U.S. to protest President Trump, while Trump celebrates his birthday tonight in D.C. with a military parade. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

No kings, no tyrants, just tanks

CK Smith

As Trump turns 79, protests erupt worldwide while D.C. hosts military parade in his honor

Father's Day is forecasted to see record sales this year. (krisanapong detraphiphat / Getty Images)

Father’s Day hits record sales high

CK Smith

Americans plan to spend $24B in 2025, but moms still get more love and larger gift budgets

Author Joan Didion and her husband, John Gregory Dunne, captured in candid moments (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Lauri Gaffin / Frank Edwards)

The final fact-check of Joan Didion

Andi Zeisler

One of the year’s best books yet shows us an author at odds with her own storytelling

Green zucchini (Francesca Carta fotografro / Getty Images )

Zucchini deserves an apology

Joy Saha

Summer's signature squash is often criticized for being too abundant. But is that really a problem?

Ahead of today's nationwide scheduled protests, Gov. Ron DeSantis reminds Florida drivers that it's legal to drive through crowds of protesters if they fear for their lives. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

“No Kings” protests test FL protest law

CK Smith

Critics say Florida statute gives drivers a pass to run over demonstrators as tensions rise nationwide

Police are searching for suspect involved with an early morning shooting Minnesota state legislators on June 14, 2025. (Douglas Sacha / Getty Images)

UPDATED: MN lawmakers targeted, shot

CK Smith

Suspect posing as cop at large after shooting state officials in an attack that may be politically linked

Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal in "Materialists" (Atsushi Nishijima)

Don't call "Materialists" a rom-com

Coleman Spilde

In the follow-up to "Past Lives," Celine Song proves she's mainstream cinema's most perceptive filmmaker

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during the South Carolina Democratic Party State Convention on Saturday, May 31, 2025 in Columbia, SC. (Sam Wolfe/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Walz is sick of "sternly worded" letters

Tatyana Tandanpolie

The Minnesota governor said that the path to tyranny "is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting"

America In One Room (Helena.org)

One weird trick — to save democracy?

Paul Rosenberg

Stanford prof James Fishkin says he can end political deadlock, and build true democracy for the internet age

Hospital emergency room entrance sign (Getty Images/Douglas Sacha)

A film on life after Roe became reality

Maria Prudente

Trump's rollback of emergency abortion protections will cost lives

Amanda Marcotte in Salon's New York studio. (Salon)

Standing Room Only with Amanda Marcotte

Erin Keane

Her popular newsletter is now a weekly show delivering sharp, honest takes on politics and culture every Thursday

Sabrina Carpenter performs live during The BRIT Awards 2025 (Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty Images)

Sabrina Carpenter's sexpot feminism

Amanda Marcotte

Feminists can't let male porn producers be the only ones selling sex

People look over damage to buildings in Nobonyad Square following Israeli airstrikes on June 13, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. Iran's three top military generals were killed in the attacks that also targeted nuclear and military facilities, according to published reports. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

What does Iran strike mean for US?

Javed Ali - The Conversation

Why Israel chose now to strike and what the implications are for U.S. policy on Iran

Senator Alex Padilla, Democrat from California, is removed from the room after interrupting a news conference with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles on June 12, 2025. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Padilla removal signals dangerous shift

Charlie Hunt - The Conversation

We do not ever see something like this happen to members of Congress

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey raises his right hand to swear in several officers on November 1, 2017 in Titusville, Florida. (Willie J. Allen Jr. for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Sheriff: We'll "kill" violent protesters

Blaise Malley

"We will be notifying your family where to collect your remains at," says Wayne Ivey

CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk looks on 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)

Over 100 Musk followers still at DOGE

William Turton, Christopher Bing, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Al Shaw, Jake Pearson - ProPublica

At least 38 DOGE members work, or have worked, for one of Elon Musk’s companies

First-responders gather outside a building that was hit by an Israeli strike in Tehran on June 13, 2025. (MEGHDAD MADADI/TASNIM NEWS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump: Israeli strike was "excellent"

Blaise Malley

“Iran should have listened to me ... I gave them a 60-day warning and today is day 61,” Trump said

Pete Rose is introduced to the crowd as the 1976 World Series Championship team was honored prior to the start of the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the San Diego Padres at Great American Ball Park on June 24, 2016 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Kirk Irwin/Getty Images)

Ending manhood in the hall of shame

Robert Lipsyte - TomDispatch.com

Pete Rose and Donald Trump are the dregs of American maleness

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in the Oval Office on May 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Trump is worse than Orbán

Heather Digby Parton

In Orbán's Hungary, it's "respectable fascism." Here in the U.S., it's something else

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference at Gemperle Orchard on April 16, 2025 in Ceres, California. ( Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Newsom learns "fighter" is a good look

Amanda Marcotte

Other Democrats should pay attention

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