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The Butler County, Ohio, jail, where Sheriff Richard Jones has posted a sign reading "Illegal Aliens Here." He has begun holding undocumented immigrants under a contract with Immigration and Customers Enforcement (ICE). (Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Solitary confinement changed him

Tatyana Tandanpolie

Imam Ayman Soliman, who faces the threat of deportation to Egypt, claims he was punished for observing his faith

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. hinders search for autism cause

Sharon Lerner - ProPublica

Federal funding for autism research has been gutted in Trump's second term

Rep. Marc LaHood, R-San Antonio, looks at a congressional redistricting map during debate of a congressional redistricting plan in the House Chamber at the Capitol in Austin. (Photo by Jay Janner/Getty Images)

Texas House passes Trump-approved maps

Alex Galbraith

The mid-decade redistricting effort got over its first hurdle on Wednesday

Independent Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gives a keynote speech during the Bitcoin 2024 conference at Music City Center July 26, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

RFK: They're great, jeans

Alex Galbraith

The Trump Cabinet member's explanation for his unusual workout attire only raised more questions

Governor of California Gavin Newsom attends a press conference in Beijing on October 25, 2023. (WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)

Democrats play redistricting "hardball"

Russell Payne

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said his party needs to take a new tack to fight Republican schemes

Vice President JD Vance speaks to the press following a tour of the multiagency Federal Joint Operations Center at the Wilshire Federal Building on June 20, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

DC residents call Vance "couch f**ker"

Garrett Owen

The vice president and Pete Hegseth were met with boos and jeers at Union Station in the nation's capital.

Elon Musk, during a news conference with President Donald Trump on May 30, 2025 inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (Photo by Tom Brenner For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Musk's third party isn't happening

Garrett Owen

The so-called America Party was proposed back when Musk was openly feuding with President Donald Trump

Woman takes out fresh organic vegetables (Getty Images/Maria Korneeva)

Americans’ faith in food safety plummets

Francesca Giangiulio

Budget cuts, delayed recalls and a drop in inspectors leave the public doubtful about food safety

Taylor Swift is joined on stage by Travis Kelce (R), during "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at Wembley Stadium on June 23, 2024 in London, England. (Photo illustration by Salon / Gareth Cattermole / TAS24 / Getty Images for TAS Rights Management / surachetkhamsuk)

Taylor Swift played us again

Coleman Spilde

Teetering on overexposure, Swift's "New Heights" episode keeps the pop star lovable and marketable

Democratic Texas Rep. Mihaela Plesa tears her Department of Public Safety escort form during a news conference outside of the House chamber in the State Capitol on August 19, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Texas Democrats reject police escorts

Garrett Owen

One lawmaker said she was "correcting course" after earlier consenting to full-time police surveillance

Grace Van Patten as Amanda Knox in "The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox." (Disney/Andrea Miconi)

Why Amanda Knox's story still captivates

Melanie McFarland

"The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox" wants us to understand its subject instead of judging her case

People shop at a retail store in New York. Wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, the biggest monthly increase since June 2022. (Michael Nagle/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Wake up, Dems: Hammer Trump on inflation

Austin Sarat

The party's winning message is staring them right in the face

First Lady Melania Trump departs the White House with President Donald Trump. ( Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The weird sexism of Melania's Putin plea

Amanda Marcotte

Even a deadly war can't get in the way of pushing cartoonishly retro gender roles

National Guardsmen are surrounded by thousands of protesters in Washington, D.C., on August 16, 2025. (DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump setting stage for Kent State 2.0

Charles R. Davis

War veterans worry escalating violence could be "politically advantageous" for Trump

Trump and Putin meet in Alaska for supposed peace talks. No resolution, a brief no-question press conference, and maybe Moscow next time. Zelenskyy noticeably absent and uninvited to meet Trump next week. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

What peace looks like to Putin and Trump

Ronald Suny - The Conversation

Trump and Putin's vision for the future is likely to be tough for Ukraine to accept

Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, MA on 9/8/04. (Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)

House will release redacted Epstein docs

Alex Galbraith

The House Oversight Committee said it would make Epstein docs public, following redactions to protect victims

A robot using artificial intelligence is displayed at a stand during the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, on May 30, 2024. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Is "clanker" a slur?

Alex Galbraith

Some social media users are uncomfortable with the slang term for robots, likening it to racial epithets

Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture (Getty/Preston Keres)

Trump: Museums too focused on history

Alex Galbraith

The president wondered why the Smithsonian couldn't talk about "success" and "the future"

Noel Gallagher attends the 'Zoë Law: Legends' photography exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery on November 28, 2024. (Photo by Dave Benett/Getty Images)

Oasis' Noel Gallagher praises brother

Alex Galbraith

The Britpop guitarist offered a rare bit of praise for his sibling in his first comments about their reunion tour

The Texas State Capitol is seen during a Texas Senate flooding committee hearing at the State Capitol. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Texas Rep. holds protest sleepover

Blaise Malley

State Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night on the House floor in protest of Republican demands

Italian panino (Alexander Spatari / Getty Images)

The free panini press that saved dinner

Ashlie D. Stevens

When a $0 appliance changes the way you cook, you keep it — and maybe rethink the gadgets you’ve left behind

Neil Young, 2025 ( Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty Images)

Neil Young proves live music is better

Caryn Rose

Young’s “Love Earth” tour with the chrome hearts affirms the enduring joy of experiencing music in a crowd

California Governor Gavin Newsom holds a news conference in Downey, California, on July 16, 2025. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Gavin Newsom’s Trump act riles Fox host

Blaise Malley

Dana Perino said Newsom was making a "fool" of himself by emulating Trump's posting style

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks about California redistricting plans at a press conference at the Democracy Center, Japanese American Museum on August 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Dems can't win the redistricting wars

Russell Payne

Democrats simply do not have as many opportunities to pick up seats through gerrymandering

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