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A white star-shaped bowl filled with fresh red pomegranate seeds (Horia Ionescu / 500px / Getty Images)

The lazy baker's cookie decorating trick

Ashlie D. Stevens

Jewel-like pomegranate seeds turn plain cookies into festive, effortless little works of art

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in the Oval Office on Aug. 25, 2025. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump still can't say "you're fired"

Heather Digby Parton

Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem and Kash Patel are rumored to be on the chopping block

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers remarks  on Dec. 8, 2025. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Hegseth's press purge is now complete

Sabrina Haake

Despite his hand-picked press corps, the defense secretary still has major problems

Luigi Mangione appears with his lawyers for a suppression-of-evidence hearing in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan Criminal Court on Dec. 8, 2025, in New York City. (Sarah Yenesel - Pool/Getty Images)

Care even worse since Mangione arrest

Troy Farah

Brian Thompson's killing hasn't helped our public health crisis. Here's what actually might

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press aboard Air Force One on Oct. 19, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Venezuelans' legal status in limbo

Mauricio Rodríguez Pons - ProPublica

The Trump administration has targeted legal protections for Venezuelan immigrants

President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, for a summit meeting on Russia's war on Ukraine. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Danish spy agency: US a security risk

Garrett Owen

“There is uncertainty about the role of the United States as a guarantor of Europe’s security," the report said

Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, Mass., in 2004. (Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)

Judge allows release of Epstein docs

Blaise Malley

A judge reversed course on releasing grand jury docs from the 2019 sex trafficking case against Epstein

ICE officers and National Guard soldiers stand outside of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, California on June 8, 2025. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Judge: Natl. Guard must leave LA

Garrett Owen

Months after Trump first sent them, hundreds of National Guard members are still active in LA

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - AUGUST 28: U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) (C) speaks during a press conference at City Hall following a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School on August 28, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to Minneapolis Police, a gunman fired through the windows of the Annunciation Church at worshippers sitting in pews during a Catholic school Mass, killing two children and injuring at least 17 others. The gunman reportedly died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Omar: Trump is obsessed with me

Garrett Owen

The lawmaker called the president a "national embarrassment" after he went on a racist rant

Bath & Body Works' Perfect Pairings candles for 2025 (Bath & Body Works, Inc.)

Pickle brine in my candle? Pass

Joy Saha

Bath & Body Works is pitching the smell of spilled condiments as festive. Your nose may disagree

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 30: Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Musk, who served as an adviser to Trump and led the Department of Government Efficiency, announced he would leave his role the Trump administration to refocus on his businesses. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Musk wouldn't do DOGE again

Alex Galbraith

The tech CEO said his efforts were "somewhat successful," but he wouldn't do it all over again if given the chance

Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., speaks to reporters as he leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. (Bill Clark/Getty Images)

Rogers says boat-strike probe is "done"

Blaise Malley

The Armed Services chair is ready to wrap up the investigation, but questions remain

Double exposure photograph of the Netflix logo and the Warner Bros logo (Vincent Feuray / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images)

The Netflix-ification of Hollywood

Melanie McFarland

Many viewers see streaming services as interchangeable. Would the media merger that may devour HBO change anything?

MIAMI, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 09: Miami Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins speaks to supporters as she celebrates her victory at her election night party held at the Miami Women's Club on December 09, 2025 in Miami, Florida. Higgins, a Democrat, beat her Republican challenger Emilio González, a former city manager endorsed by President Donald Trump, in the runoff election. The position of Mayor for the City of Miami is officially nonpartisan.  (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Miami mayor-elect "crushing" opponent

Blaise Malley

Eileen Higgins' double-digit win comes amid a string of races where her party has outperformed expectations

President Donald Trump holds a rally at Mount Airy Casino Resort on Dec. 9, 2025 in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump's return to MAGA rallies is a flop

Sophia Tesfaye

Republicans have reason to worry if this is how Trump campaigns in 2026

Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump walks on stage to speak on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump's affordability con job backfires

Amanda Marcotte

The president's policies cost families $2,250 in 2025 — and the economy is only getting worse

ICE agents. (Photo by Bryan Cox/Getty Images)

Americans caught up in ICE raids

Nicole Foy - ProPublica

Senate Democrats documented the experiences of nearly two dozen citizens wrongly detained by ICE and CBP

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Surfshark VPN review

Tyler Cooper

This new to market VPN has already built a solid reputation

Donald Trump and Ghislaine Maxwell attend Anand Jon Fashion Show on Sept. 18, 2000, in New York City. (Patrick McMullan/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

Maxwell grand jury files to be released

Blaise Malley

The decision accelerates the DOJ’s effort to meet a new congressional deadline after law passed last month

President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in the Oval Office, Feb. 28, 2025. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump compares Zelenskyy to huckster

Alex Galbraith

In an interview with Politico, the president didn't mince words about the Ukrainian leader

Martha Stewart attends the 2025 Library Lions gala at New York Public Library on November 03, 2025 in New York City. (Valerie Terranova/Getty Images)

Stewart shares her last meal

Alex Galbraith

The culinary icon would opt for a surprisingly simple dish

The Replacements (Rhino)

2025's best box sets and reissues

Caryn Rose

Thoughtful remastering, well-chosen outtakes and archival material can make familiar albums feel newly essential

A classic cheese ball (pamela_d_mcadams /Getty Images)

No one can resist a good cheese ball

Ashlie D. Stevens

Let alone these two: a sweet version — swirled with fruit jam — and a savory, covered in bacon and Parmesan crisps

Shadows of "Little Men" against a world map (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump's security doc endangers democracy

Austin Sarat

The president's retrograde National Security Strategy emphasizes profit and bluster at democracy's expense

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