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Former Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco now works for Microsoft. But President Trump's grudge over her investigation of 2020 election interference and classified documents has him continuing his threats to corporations over his perceived critics. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

Trump to Microsoft: “Fire her now”

CK Smith

Firing threats continue as Trump singles out Lisa Monaco, others question political influence on corporations

The FBI worked with local and federal authorities during the 2020 protests in reponse to George Floyd's murder. Now, FBI agents who knelt in solidarity are now losing their jobs for being "political". (Yasin Ozturk / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)

FBI fires agents from 2020 protest pic

CK Smith

Agents fired for kneeling at 2020 George Floyd protests, fueling debate on agency rules and personal expression

Clafoutis in a baking dish (Albina Yalunina/Getty Images)

A Julia Child classic, remixed for fall

Ashlie D. Stevens

A buttery custard, tender apples — and apple butter swirls — make this fall-ready clafoutis irresistible

ICE protests continue this week. In Iowa's largest school district, the people are protesting against the detention of Dr. Ian Roberts, the distinguished superintendent and former Olympic runner. (Scott Olson / Getty Images)

ICE detains Iowa superintendent

CK Smith

Roberts worked in US schools for decades. Now ICE says he was never authorized to work, Iowans are protesting

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance after Trump signed an executive order on TikTok. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's TikTok deal is not what it seems

Sophia Tesfaye

If successful, the transaction will cement Silicon Valley's right-wing shift

President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2025. (pencer Platt/Getty Images)

An Ugly American berates the UN

Chauncey DeVega

Trump's angry speech before the General Assembly was "coarse absurdist theater"

A pair of UXOLao technicians walk down a new road built atop the old Ho Chi Minh Trail. 

After spending the day finding buried explosives, A pair of UXOLao technicians walk down a new road built atop the old Ho Chi Minh Trail in Phu Vong, Attapeu, Laos. (Jerry Redfern/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The war beneath our feet

Danae Hendrickson

With unexploded bombs, wars never really end — even after the fighting stops

Items are displayed in the makeshift memorial for Charlie Kirk outside the headquarters of Turning Point USA on September 18, 2025, in Phoenix, Arizona. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The making of an AI-generated martyr

Art Jipson - The Conversation

Within hours of his assassination, memes appeared of Kirk draped in an American flag, being carried by Jesus

Tao Tsuchiya as Yuzuha Usagi in "Alice in Borderland" (Netflix)

"Alice in Borderland": Who's back?

Hanh Nguyen

Besides Arisu and Usagi, a few other familiar faces returned to examine what makes life worth living

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (Disney/Randy Holmes)

Jimmy Kimmel was meant for this moment

Melanie McFarland

In the tradition of late-night confronting cultural flashpoints, ABC's host is the free speech champion we need

President Donald Trump at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump's diplomacy by insult

Brian Karem

More people need to tell the huckster-in-chief to bugger off

Vice President Kamala Harris concedes the 2024 presidential election to Donald Trump at Howard University on Nov. 6, 2024. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Kamala Harris should blame Joe Biden

Amanda Marcotte

Glass cliff theory shows how women only get power after men screwed everything up

(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / TorriPhoto / iStock)

AI is turning you basic

Dr. Sandra Matz, C. Blaine Horton

Be careful, or your Wild 'N Reckless could soon become Pralines 'N Cream

Presidential candidate Javier Milei of La Libertad Avanza lifts a chainsaw during a rally on September 25, 2023 in San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Tomas Cuesta/Getty Images)

Argentina looks to Trump for a bailout

Arturo Porzecanski - The Conversation

Javier Milei goes hat in hand to US after MAGA praised his economic reforms

Nellie McKay performs as part of Wesley Stace's Cabinet of Wonders variety show at City Winery (Al Pereira/Getty Images)

Nellie McKay and the therapy of music

Nicole Michael

Singer-songwriter McKay discusses her creative journey on the latest episode of "Everything Fab Four"

Large group of school kids raising their hands to answer the teacher's question on a class at elementary school. (Getty Images/skynesher)

Okla. education chief abruptly quits

Blaise Malley

Ryan Walters mandated teaching of bibles and worked to require students to prove immigration status

"South Park" (Comedy Central)

“South Park” gives Carr toxoplasmosis

Angelina Mazza

After a rare delay, the animated series resumes its satirical take on current events, blasting the FCC chairman

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth helps curb his lie detector program just as he faces scrutiny for his own leaking scandal. (Celal Gunes / Anadolu / Getty Images)

Hegseth order sparks military "anxiety"

Garrett Owen

Top military officials said they were alarmed after the defense secretary demanded an all-hands meeting

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, Republican from Texas speaks during a press conference following a shooting at an ICE detention facility in Dallas, Texas, on September 24, 2025. (ARIC BECKER/AFP via Getty Images)

MAGA blames Dems for Dallas ICE shooting

Blaise Malley

Friends of the alleged shooter told one journalist that they do not believe he was motivated by opposition to ICE

The U.S. Department of State sign in Washington, DC, United States of America on July 9th. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Trump nominee deletes call for violence

Garrett Owen

State Department nominee Jeremy Carl had called for the head of a teacher's union to be executed, CNN reported

The boundaries of boundaries (We Are/Getty Images)

Set boundaries, don't weaponize them

Andi Zeisler

Therapy-speak has slowly but surely turned into social media’s bluntest instrument

"After the Hunt" (Amazon MGM Studios)

“After the Hunt”: a bold MeToo labyrinth

Coleman Spilde

In Luca Guadagnino’s timely drama, Julia Roberts is out for millennial blood at a steep cost

Protesters burn a Confederate battle on Aug. 12, 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

GOP keeps pushing flag-burning ban

Russell Payne

Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Pa., is floating the idea of imprisoning "radical left" flag burners

After a full month since a major food shopping trip had been taken, the refrigerator at the home of Raphael Richmond was near empty. Richmond and her six children adjust to the recent cut in their food stamp (SNAP) allotment. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Hunger surges — so Trump stops counting

Ashlie D. Stevens

The government has ended its annual food security survey, immediately following cuts to key hunger safety nets

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