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Demonstrators march during the nationwide "Stop ICE Terror" rally through downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 20, 2026 in protest against US President Donald Trump's policies. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP / Getty Images)

Minn. judges reject ICE warrant requests

Garrett Owen

In one case, a federal judge rejected a warrant against a protester who allegedly threw a single egg

American actors Adam West as Bruce Wayne/Batman and Burt Ward as Dick Grayson/Robin in the TV series 'Batman', circa 1966. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The resistance has a "Batman" problem

Alex Galbraith

Liberals keep framing the Trump administration through past evils instead of confronting it on its own terms

President Donald Trump during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21, 2026. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump lurches further into delusion

Brian Karem

In Davos and the White House briefing room, the president showed that he is faltering and dangerous

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Dems: It's more than just the economy

Heather Digby Parton

Tariffs, ICE raids, city invasions and brutalizing immigrants have also become kitchen table issues

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Harassment at work can now go unpunished

Sara Estep, Haley Norris

Led by Trump's hand-picked chair, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission just made millions vulnerable at work

A physical representation of Bitcoin and the flag of the United States (U.S.) appear as the background on a laptop computer screen in this photo illustration in Athens, Greece, on January 13, 2026. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/Getty Images)

"Bitcoin Jesus" skates on Trump ties

Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden - ProPublica

Billionaire fugitive Roger Ver avoided prison by hiring a defense attorney whom DOJ prosecutors a "Friend of Trump"

Special Prosecutor Jack Smith addresses reporters after his grand jury issued more indictments of former President Donald Trump on August 01 in Washington, DC. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump accuses Smith of "perjury"

Alex Galbraith

The president said the former special counsel lied before Congress and should be prosecuted

Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, arrives to the U.S. Capitol for the last votes of the week on Thursday, June 15, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Dems crack over "legitimate" ICE funding

Garrett Owen

Seven Dems joined nearly all Republicans to support ICE funding

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ICE detains 5-year-old boy in Minnesota

Garrett Owen

The child and his father were reportedly transported to a facility in Texas

MINNEAPOLIS, UNITED STATES - JANUARY 21: US Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino stands in a gas station parking lot in Minneapolis, Minnesota on January 21, 2026 (Photo by Madison Thorn/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Bovino gasses Minneapolis protesters

Garrett Owen

A federal judge previously said Bovino's tactics "intended to cause protesters harm"

Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark speak onstage during the 2025 iHeartPodcast Awards on March 10, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images)

"My Favorite Murder," a girl-power trap

Andi Zeisler

Kilgariff and Hardstark’s feminist spin on true crime opened the gates to a decade of problematic podcasting

Prue Leith (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Prue Leith is leaving "Bake Off"

Francesca Giangiulio

After judging over 400 challenges in the tent, Leith says "now feels like the right time to step back"

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The high cost of lunching

Joy Saha

Your midday lunch break could be costing you over $5,000 annually, says a new study

Victims from Iran's uprisings are remembered at a vigil in Paris on Jan. 18, 2026. (Siavosh Hosseini/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The new Iranian revolution isn't over

Farshad Askari

Iranians won't give up on reclaiming their inheritance of justice, openness and human rights

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Don't buy MAGA's baby boom hype

Amanda Marcotte

Usha Vance, Karoline Leavitt and Katie Miller's pregnancies do not signal a return to the 1950s

US President Donald Trump participates in calls to US service members, on Christmas Eve, from the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, December 24, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP / Getty Images)

Trump 2.0's attack on civil rights law

Spencer Overton - The Conversation

The president's second term has chipped away at ideas of diversity and inclusivity

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Kyle Gass (L) and Jack Black of Tenacious D perform at PNC Music Pavilion on September 06, 2023 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jeff Hahne/Getty Images)

Tenacious D plots return

Jelinda Montes

Tenacious D co-founder Kyle Gass said the act will return after a Trump joke spurred an unexpected hiatus

Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump issues veiled threats at Davos

Jelinda Montes

The president spoke of Greenland with the noncommittal menace of a mobster at the World Economic Forum

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Naivete isn’t a media literacy flaw

Melanie McFarland

A viral misunderstanding of MTV’s "demise" illustrates the urge to believe what feels right

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. waits to enter a meeting with Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on Capitol Hill on January 9, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

RFK Jr. set back by resistance

Sophia Tesfaye

Accountability reporting is helping reverse health policy and funding shifts tied to the HHS secretary’s agenda

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Epstein explains everything about Trump

Amanda Marcotte

From Greenland to Minneapolis, it's all rooted in his predatory ways

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, speaks  in Dallas on Dec. 19, 2025. (Omar Vega/Getty Images)

Jasmine Crockett and authenticity

Maya Rupert

The "Las Culturistas" dust-up shows the impossible standards Black women politicians must navigate

Donald Trump | US Supreme Court building (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Economist worried as SCOTUS eyes tariffs

Kent Jones - The Conversation

Trump’s tariffs pose a threat to “economic democracy”

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - JANUARY 20: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting held in Davos, Switzerland on January 20, 2026. (Photo by Harun Ozalp/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Canada PM rails against US economic rule

Jelinda Montes

Mark Carney called the global order based on rules a “fiction” in a World Economic Forum speech Tuesday

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