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Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani (Photo illustration by Salon/Yuki Iwamura-Pool/Getty Images)

What does "Don't rank Cuomo" even mean?

David Daley, Deb Otis
Published 2 weeks ago

You vote for five candidates? What are "cross-endorsements"? NYC's election may preview the future of democracy

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears speaks during a campaign rally for Donald Trump at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia, on November 2, 2024. (ALLISON JOYCE/AFP via Getty Images)

"Gay blood" and the VA governor's race

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Published 2 weeks ago

Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is hoping anti-LGBTQ+ clergy can help her become Virginia's first female governor

The Animas River flows south through Cinnamon Pass, approximately 11 miles near Canby Mountain on September 23, 2023 in Rio Grande National Forest, Colorado. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

For sale by the GOP: Our public land

Michael Albertus
Published 2 weeks ago

Trump's "big beautiful bill" puts millions of acres in the West at risk

Pro Palestine demonstrators hold a rally and march to the national ICE headquarters to protest the arrest of Palestinian activists, April 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

Judge orders Mahmoud Khalil's release

Blaise Malley
Published 2 weeks ago

“It is highly, highly unusual to be seeking detention ... given the factual record,” Judge Michael Farbiarz said

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Jeffries: Only Congress can declare war

Blaise Malley
Published 2 weeks ago

Jeffries called Iran a “sworn enemy” of the U.S. and said it should never be allowed to make nuclear weapons

American Chef Anthony Bourdain (Paulo Fridman/Corbis via Getty Images)

Anthony Bourdain didn't say that

Ashlie D. Stevens
Published 2 weeks ago

Get the cream sauce. Have a pint at 4. The internet’s favorite Bourdain quote isn’t real — but feels almost true

Bullet holes are seen in the door outside the home of DFL State Sen. John Hoffman on June 15, 2025 in Champlin, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Democrat recounts assassination attempt

Blaise Malley
Published 2 weeks ago

Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were seriously wounded by the same man suspected of assassinating another Democrat

President Donald J Trump arrives to speak about infrastructure and artificial intelligence to reporters in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on Tuesday, Jan 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

On Iran, Trump is as befuddled as ever

Heather Digby Parton
Published 2 weeks ago

America's alleged strongman can't seem to make a decision

News photographers watch Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump onscreen at a townhall event hosted by Fox News on October 15, 2024 in Cumming, Georgia. (Megan Varner/Getty Images)

It sounds like 2003 on Fox News

Sophia Tesfaye
Published 2 weeks ago

It sounds like 2003 on Fox News — but is MAGA listening?

Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and his son Spike (Alfie Williams) in "28 Years Later" (Miya Mizuno/Sony Pictures)

We all have a rage virus now

Coleman Spilde
Published 2 weeks ago

In Danny Boyle's highly anticipated "28 Years Later," the zombie apocalypse is no scarier than watching the news

President Trump and Elon Musk during happier days at a SpaceX launch. This week, another rocket exploded during testing, just one part of a brutal stretch for Musk that includes AI losses, political fallout and a fraying public image. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)

Musk’s meltdown era is here

CK Smith
Published 2 weeks ago

Exploding rockets, billion-dollar losses, and a Trump cold shoulder: Elon Musk’s empire is running on fumes

ICE enforcement doesn’t just target undocumented immigrants. Legal residents and U.S. citizens have also been caught in the dragnet. As raids ramp up, the line between “illegal” and “American” blurs, exposing deep flaws with real consequences. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)

This ad hits a nerve because it's true

CK Smith
Published 2 weeks ago

A dramatic ICE detention ad goes viral, echoing real cases of American citizens wrongfully held

ICE continue to arrest those they suspect of being "illegal aliens." Now, online, its supporters call for action, even against U.S. citizens. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Handout / Getty Images)

“Send them back!" Even when they’re ours

CK Smith
Published 2 weeks ago

After Americans were rescued from Israel, online trolls flooded the comments with ICE threats, racist outrage

American flag-themed pie (vaaseenaa / Getty Images )

A good fight baked into every slice

Melanie McFarland
Published 2 weeks ago

From Los Angeles to Minnesota to "PIEOWA," baking activists make a better world with slices that do (and are) good

Juneteenth, which marks the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people learned of their freedom, is now a federal holiday. But some are hesitating to honor it amid recent rollbacks to DEI efforts and cultural programming. (Kholil Wahyudi / Getty Images)

Juneteenth: "Resilience and resistance"

CK Smith
Published 2 weeks ago

A federal holiday can’t be repealed without Congress. But silence and funding cuts can threaten its meaning

The end of America (Getty Images/Davide Zanin)

A failed nation-state in 150 days

Brian Karem
Published 2 weeks ago

From chaos and political violence to Israel and Iran, Trump's latest actions have sealed our fate

Members of the U.S. Army and armored vehicles move across the Memorial Bridge during the Army 250th Anniversary Parade in Washington, D.C., on June 14, 2025. President Donald Trump reveled in a long dreamt-of military parade on his 79th birthday Saturday, as demonstrators across the country branded him a dictator in the biggest protests since his return to power. (ANNABELLE GORDON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's dangerous rage after "No Kings"

Chauncey DeVega
Published 2 weeks ago

After two weeks of chaos and violence, four experts consider what's next

A makeshift memorial for DFL State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman is seen at the Minnesota State Capitol building on June 16, 2025 in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Steven Garcia/Getty Images)

Trump's "brutal politics" breed violence

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Published 2 weeks ago

The targeting of Democratic lawmakers is a reminder that inflammatory rhetoric can inspire violent extremism

Charlie Kirk, founder and executive director of Turning Point USA, speaks during a Turning Point PAC town hall at Dream City Church on June 06, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Kirk to teen girl: Get your "MRS degree"

Alex Galbraith
Published 2 weeks ago

A teen asked Kirk for his advice on going to college. He told the girl to get married

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in the East Room at the White House on February 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Trump: Civil War mishandled by Lincoln

Cheyenne McNeill
Published 2 weeks ago

Hundreds of thousands of people died in the Civil War. Trump seems to think he can negotiate that down

Police lights and crime scene tape (Getty Images/Ajax9)

Break-in at home of slain MN lawmaker

Garrett Owen
Published 2 weeks ago

Police reported on Wednesday that the home of the slain lawmaker and her husband was subject to a break-in

US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) holds up the book The End of Policing while questioning Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson before the Senate Judiciary Committee on her nomination to be an Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court, in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 22, 2022. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Carlson accuses Cruz of Iran ignorance

Cheyenne McNeill
Published 2 weeks ago

Sen. Ted Cruz has been a vocal proponent of war with Iran. Carlson quizzed him on what he knows about the country

In this handout photo provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the New York City Fugitive Operations Team conducted targeted enforcement operations resulting in the arrest of a Dominican national on January 28, 2025 in New York City. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via Getty Images)

ICE facility bars entry to Dem lawmakers

Garrett Owen
Published 2 weeks ago

Reps. Jerry Nadler and Dan Goldman were refused entry to "observe" an ICE facility

Pope Leo XIV meets media representatives in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on May 12, 2025. (Maria Grazia Picciarella/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Pope Leo XIV related to Madonna, Bieber

Alex Galbraith
Published 2 weeks ago

It's not clocking to us that the Pope is related to the "Sorry" singer

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