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Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem participates in a roundtable event with President Donald Trump in Texas. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

WH says Noem replacement is "fake news"

Garrett Owen

Grumbling inside the DHS has grown louder in recent weeks

President Donald Trump answers questions while departing the White House on July 11, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump mortgages match his "fraud" claims

Justin Elliott, Robert Faturechi, Alex Mierjeski - ProPublica

Trump once did the very thing he called “deceitful and potentially criminal"

Chris Chalk in "IT: Welcome to Derry" (Brooke Palmer/HBO )

Welcome to Derry sets racist evil ablaze

Melanie McFarland

As the season nears its finale, the town's racist destruction burns brightly in vile and deadly acts, not slurs

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., leaves the Capitol Hill Club on Sept. 9, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

MTG says Republicans secretly mock Trump

Garrett Owen

Republicans talk "differently" about Trump behind the scenes, Greene told "60 Minutes"

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN); President Donald Trump (AP/Getty/Salon)

Somali Americans troll Trump and MAGA

Sophia Tesfaye

Turning hate into humor is becoming a strategy of resistance

Donald Trump places the FIFA Peace Prize around his neck after receiving it from FIFA President Gianni Infantino. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Phony peace prize for a fake president

Heather Digby Parton

Trump is an incompetent warmonger, and an elderly man in obvious decline. A made-up medal won't change that

Members of the far-right group Patriot Front are seen marching through Washington, DC on May 13th, 2023. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

AI is next frontier for extremists

Michelle Lynn Kahn - The Conversation

Far-right extremists have been organizing online since before the internet

CNN Anchor Kaitlan Collins responded to President Trump's online attack on her questioning him at a recent press conference. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP / Getty Images)

Trump goes after another female reporter

CK Smith

The CNN anchor responded after Trump posted churlish criticism about her reporting on the White House expansion

Quentin Tarantino speaks onstage at the "Jackie Brown" screening during the 2024 Tribeca Festival at SVA Theater on June 14, 2024 in New York City. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival)

"F**king sucks": Lillard responds to QT

Alex Galbraith

Hollywood has come to the defense of several actors who caught strays in a recent Tarantino rant

The redesigned Kennedy Center Honors medal by Tiffany & Co., a further change in the rebranding of the D.C. arts venue. (Kennedy Center)

Redesigned Kennedy Center and medals

CK Smith

The 2025 Honors highlight sweeping institutional and aesthetic changes, including a new Tiffany-designed medal

Jamaica Vaughan, Nick E. Tarabay and Ivana Baquero in "Spartacus: House of Ashur" (Starz)

America, we are not Spartacus

Melanie McFarland

We chat with creator Steven S. DeKnight and star Nick Tarabay about the resurrection of Ashur, a heel turned hero

Colin Jost as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth during the "Pentagon Press Conference" Cold Open on "Saturday Night Live" (Will Heath/NBC)

Hegseth roasted on "Saturday Night Live"

Alex Galbraith

Colin Jost took on the role of defense secretary to answer questions about "Operation Kill Everybody"

Permanent residents, asylum seekers, green card holders, migrants and international students all face expanding travel bans to limit entry from mostly Latin America, Africa, Middle Eastern and Asian countries. (PS Photography / Getty Images)

Trump to expand non-Western travel ban

CK Smith

Rights groups say Trump's across-the-board freeze of entry permits punishes entire nationalities, not individuals

Giardiniera being scooped at Mr. Beef (Kathleen Hinkel for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

A love letter to Chicago's gravy bread

Ashlie D. Stevens

How one quiet, beige, perfect Chicago classic — gravy-soaked and unshowy — helped root me in the city

Donald Trump, Viktor Orbán, JD Vance (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

MAGA's dream: Make Europe white again

Andrew O'Hehir

Trump's global "strategy" is grandiose, racist, and alarmingly dumb: Tyranny is cool, bro! But democracy sucks

Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hassett (right) speaks as President Trump makes an announcement on changes to the country's fuel economy standards in the Oval Office, Dec. 3, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Even Fox News hates Trump's economy

Sophia Tesfaye

Trump tries to "hoax" his way past bad economic news, but his once-loyal boosters won't play along

Detonation of Nuclear Device (CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

A new generation of nukes? No thanks

William J. Astore - TomDispatch.com

I served in America's nuclear command post. Those weapons are a loaded gun held to all our heads

Admiral Rachel Levine was the first openly transgender service member confirmed for federal office. She served HHS under President Biden. Now, Trump's administration is trying to erase her. (Jemal Countess / Getty Images)

Admiral Levine’s portrait gets deadnamed

CK Smith

The first openly transgender four-star official’s portrait was quietly altered by HHS, sparking criticism

Sydney Sweeney continues to brush off the now infamous jeans ad, promoting her third film since the summer controversy. (Dia Dipasupil / Getty Images)

Sweeney dismisses jean ad pushback

CK Smith

Fans voiced concerns over the ad, but Sweeney focused on her excitement, but not an apology

François Arnaud as Scott Hunter and Robbie G.K. as Christopher "Kip" Grady in "Heated Rivalry" (HBO Max/Crave)

"Heated Rivalry" fanfic story debunked

Angelina Mazza

Author Rachel Reid sets the record straight about one couple in her queer hockey romance novels

Olivia Nuzzi continues to find herself at the center of this controversial affair between her and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (STEFANI REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Controversial Nuzzi leaves Vanity Fair

CK Smith

The political writer’s departure filled with continued questions about access, ethics and scrutiny

Pequeño arroz seco at  Maleducat (Howie Southworth)

Barcelona's bold new food frontier

Howie Southworth

A new wave of chefs is refreshing Catalan staples with sharp technique and playful confidence

Prince Harry (R) crashes Stephen Colbert's monologue for political jabs and a role in a Christmas movie. (Scott Kowalchyk courtesy of CBS Broadcasting Inc.)

Harry’s Colbert cameo lights up audience

CK Smith

Prince Harry’s surprise cameo sparked boos, laughter and instant conservative misinterpretation and rage bait

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Sept. 4, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

RFK vaccine overhaul puts kids at risk

Nicole Karlis

A vaccine advisory panel on Friday voted to end its recommendation that kids receive hepatitis B vaccine at birth

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