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Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse at Montana State University on August 9, 2024 in Bozeman, Montana. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Trump's head "exploding" over bad polls

Charles R. Davis
Published 11 months ago

Trump resorts to bizarre conspiracy theories and insists "REAL polls" show him leading

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during an election campaign rally in Bozeman, Montana, on August 9, 2024. (NATALIE BEHRING/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump blasts donor with angry texts

Marin Scotten
Published 11 months ago

As tensions run high in the former president's campaign, some worry he is susceptible to manipulation

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Global Black Economic Forum during the 30th annual Essence Festival of Culture at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 6, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Michael DeMocker/Getty Images)

Young Texas voters motivated by Harris

Isaac Yu, Juan Salinas II - The Texas Tribune
Published 11 months ago

Some young voters upset at handling of the Israel-Hamas war say they’re still hesitant about the vice president

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Harris beating Trump at his own game

Chauncey DeVega
Published 11 months ago

Trump is on the ropes. Now is the time for the Harris-Walz campaign to press the attack and show no mercy

Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, nominee to be Donald Trump's vice president, acknowledges the crowd after he addressed the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wis., on Wednesday July 17, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

GOP wishes they could switch nominees

Amanda Marcotte
Published 11 months ago

Donald Trump's running mate weirds voters out, but at least he's not an incoherent mess like his boss

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

SCOTUS quietly jumpstarts Project 2025

Sabrina Haake
Published 11 months ago

Donald Trump’s authoritarian playbook on Christian nationalism is already in motion

Long-billed Vulture (Gyps indicus) at Bandhavgarh National park, Madhya Pradesh, India (Getty Images/ePhotocorp)

Vulture deaths linked to human deaths

Matthew Rozsa
Published 11 months ago

New research links a sharp decline in vulture populations with half a million deaths

U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at the Thomas and Mack Center, University of Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 10, 2024. (RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump: Harris uses AI for "fake" crowds

Kelly McClure
Published 11 months ago

"Everything about Kamala is fake!" Trump writes in a series of rants to Truth Social

Ken Leung (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Ken Leung talks "Industry" & "Star Wars"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Published 11 months ago

The Hollywood veteran on wielding a metaphorical bat, shooting "Avatar" and what he thinks is the best TV show ever

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks at the site of the former B&M Baked Beans plant on Wednesday, August 7, 2024. (Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

Buttigieg: Trump's "Olympics of lying"

Kelly McClure
Published 11 months ago

Asked about Vance being "concerned about honesty," Buttigieg points at Trump, who "sets records" for lying publicly

Kamala Harris | Close up hands of woman checking prices of groceries on her receipt (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Harris plans to fight price gouging

Joy Saha
Published 11 months ago

Harris said she would “take on price gouging and bring down costs” on “Day One” of her presidency

Healthy fresh blooming red rose among a row of other dried dead roses (Getty Images/enviromantic)

How "hopeful skeptics" outsmart Doomers

Rae Hodge
Published 11 months ago

A new book from a Stanford neuroscientist aims to prove that cynicism blinds us as badly as rose-colored glasses

U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris walks on stage during a campaign rally at the Thomas and Mack Center, University of Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 10, 2024. (RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP via Getty Images)

Harris and Walz pack Vegas rally

Kelly McClure
Published 11 months ago

According to local press, 12,000 attended the rally on Saturday, leaving thousands waiting without a seat

Donald Trump, Joe Biden and the Abraham Lincoln Memorial (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Donald Trump, Honest Abe and Joe Biden

Kirk Swearingen
Published 11 months ago

Trump's repeated ludicrous self-comparisons to Abraham Lincoln only remind us of Joe Biden's selfless sacrifice

Sha'Carri Richardson poses for a photo while riding with teammates on a boat with teammates along the Seine River during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Ashley Landis - Pool/Getty Images)

In defense of elaborate, unwieldy nails

Nardos Haile
Published 11 months ago

Sha'Carri Richardson's nails are flamboyant and impractical, and that's the point

Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz greet supporters during a campaign event at the Liacouras Center at Temple University on August 6, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Joy is Harris-Walz' superpower

Sabrina Haake
Published 11 months ago

Donald Trump is stewing in frustration over Kamala Harris’ meteoric rise

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign appearance on July 31, 2024 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Another prosecutor's Trump mistake

Austin Sarat
Published 11 months ago

Arizona prosecutors told grand jury not to indict Trump in fake elector scheme. It was bad law and a bad decision

Northrop Group, Bechtel and Lockhead Martin logos in front of a nuclear blast (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why are we spending $2T on more nukes?

Hekmat Aboukhater, William D. Hartung - TomDispatch.com
Published 11 months ago

Pentagon's plan will rain money on big weapons contractors — and threaten Armageddon for the rest of us

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump walks off the stage after speaking at a rally at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse at Montana State University on August 9, 2024 in Bozeman, Montana. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Trump campaign hacked and blames Iran

Kelly McClure
Published 11 months ago

A Trump campaign spokesperson confirmed the hacking after Politico received internal Trump documents from “Robert”

Phia Saban as Helaena Targaryen in "House of the Dragon" (HBO)

How "Dragon's" mystic women access power

Nicholas Liu
Published 11 months ago

In channeling the Old Gods' magic, Alys and Helaena recast their supposed limitations to obtain spiritual power

B-Girl Raygun of Team Australia competes during the B-Girls Round Robin - Group B on day fourteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Place de la Concorde on August 09, 2024 in Paris, France. (Elsa/Getty Images)

Australian Olympic breakdancer trolled

Kelly McClure
Published 11 months ago

Rachael Gunn, competing under the name Raygun, says she wanted to make her mark "in a different way"

Therapist going on vacation, leaving an empty couch (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Help! My therapist is on vacation

Susan Shapiro
Published 11 months ago

"If I'd known it would be so helpful, I might have shrunk around sooner"

Greek civilization, 5th century BCE. Red-figure pottery. Attic kylix depicting a disc-thrower. (DEA PICTURE LIBRARY/De Agostini via Getty Images)

Cheating, a tale as old as sports

Nicholas Liu, Gabriella Ferrigine
Published 11 months ago

Cheaters in the ancient Olympics were thrashed with a rod. But what is to be done when the cheater is the king?

Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats (Troy Conrad/Netflix)

Platforming misinfo & panic for laughs

Melanie McFarland
Published 11 months ago

Serving the conspiracist comedy podcaster to mainstream audiences normalizes far-right talking points with jokes

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