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President-Elect Donald Trump at the Elysee Palace on December 7, 2024 in Paris, France. (Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)

Epstein accuser pointed FBI toward Trump

Alex Galbraith

In a new interview, a former employee of Jeffrey Epstein said she told the FBI to look into Trump twice

Noted Republicans DNI Tulsi Gabbarxd and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene both evoked conspiracy theories online this week. (Collage by Salon / Anna Moneymaker / Tom Williams / Getty Images)

Greene, Gabbard invoke conspiracies

CK Smith

Wild week for right-wing conspiracies: MTG's cashless society is “Mark of the Beast," DNI claims "Deep State" coup

Uma Thurman attends the "Dexter: Resurrection" World Premiere. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)

Even Uma Thurman feels pull of romantasy

Alex Galbraith

The A-lister is busy reading about dragons and orcs in love

Stephen Colbert (CBS)

The cruel joke of ousting Colbert

Melanie McFarland

CBS says it's ending "The Late Show" for financial reasons. That may be true, but nobody believes it's right

Jayden Daniels #5 of the Washington Commanders runs off the field. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)

Trump commands NFL to be more racist

Alex Galbraith

The president commanded NFL owners to change Washington's team name back to a racial slur

From left, American real estate developer Donald Trump and his girlfriend (and future wife), former model Melania Knauss, financier (and future convicted sex offender) Jeffrey Epstein, and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell pose together at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000. (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)

Trump: Epstein scandal is good, actually

Alex Galbraith

The president said the scandal was perpetrated by "democratic troublemakers" and only helped with his base

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott listens to President Donald Trump's address during a tour to an unfinished section of the border wall on June 30, 2021 in Pharr, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Can Texas GOP steal the midterms now?

David Daley

Sorry, political wise men: "Dummymander" is not a thing — the plan to create more GOP seats will probably work

Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal in "Eddington" (Courtesy of A24)

We don't need any more COVID movies

Coleman Spilde

In his latest feature, "Midsommar" provocateur Ari Aster gruelingly chronicles mass hysteria with no perspective

At a recent Coldplay concert, the kiss-cam moment got a few tech execs in trouble. Now it's a viral phenomenon. ( Robert Okine / Getty Images)

Coldplay kiss cam costs CEO his job

CK Smith

Social media frenzy over a kiss-cam video led to an investigation and resignation

Cheese dairy master cutting a parmesan cheese wheel at the dairy (Cavan Images / Getty Images )

Trump's war on Parmigiano Reggiano

Ashlie D. Stevens

The prized Italian cheese has long symbolized tradition. Now it faces political pressure — and rising prices

Displaced Palestinian children push into a queue to get a portion of cooked food from a charity kitchen in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, ahead of the iftar fast-breaking meal during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on March 9, 2025. (OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images)

War is also an assault on public health

Andrea Mazzarino - TomDispatch.com

Measles, cholera, typhoid, polio — the ripple effects of violence on health often go unrecognized

After a car plowed through a line outside an LA nightclub, injuring 30, bystanders shot and beat the driver before EMS arrived. (Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Images)

Driver arrested after LA nightclub crash

CK Smith

A man is in custody after his car hit pedestrians outside a LA nightclub, most victims were female

TSA's post 9/11 rules might be getting more updates soon, DHS announces. (Kent Nishimura / Getty Images)

TSA says keep your shoes, maybe liquids

CK Smith

The DHS secretary Kristi Noem is phasing out post-9/11 rules, citing new scanners and mounting traveler frustration

Sour candy for sale (Oliver Strewe / Getty Images )

I devoured Japan’s sourest sweets

Joy Saha

From konbini hauls to tongue-tingling lemon drops, my obsession ran wild in Japan

3 killed at ATF training center in LA Friday, one of several incidents in recent years (Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images)

Explosion kills 3 at LA sheriff training

CK Smith

Explosion during LASD training kills three and injures one, latest in series of deadly department incidents

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

SCOTUS weakens separation of powers

Sabrina Haake

Conservative justices permit Trump's Education Department purge — and increase his power

First responders assisted 30 injured after a car plowed into a line outside a nightclub early Saturday morning. (MattGush / Getty Images)

Car slams into crowd in East Hollywood

CK Smith

Officials say a car hit a taco truck and a crowd near a club. LAPD is investigating the crash and a gunshot wound

Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why MAGA hates science so much

Kirk Swearingen

Billionaires hate the rest of us — and Trump's loyalists would rather suffer, even die, than face the truth

Two ICE agents film the press using smartphones in the hallway outside the immigration court  in New York USA on July 11, 2025. (MADISON SWART/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

Pressure grows to unmask ICE

Russell Payne

Democrats in California, New York and other states are trying to prevent ICE agents from concealing their identity

President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) watch as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announces the passing of H.R. 1, the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act on July 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Joyce Boghosian/The White House via Getty Images)

"Big, beautiful bill" deepens wealth gap

Beverly Moran - The Conversation

A law scholar explains how it reduces poor families’ ability to afford food and health care

Stephen Colbert takes part in a conversation with Paul Giamatti during the 2024 North To Shore Festival at New Jersey Performing Arts Center on July 26, 2024 in Newark, New Jersey. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

Colbert fired over politics, critics say

Blaise Malley

"The Late Show" staff and others believe Colbert was ousted over his repeated criticism of President Donald Trump

Lena Dunham in "Too Much" (Netflix)

You can stop blaming Lena Dunham now

Andi Zeisler

Expecting the "Girls" and "Too Much" creator to be the voice of a generation was always our mistake

President Donald Trump signs an executive order for pardons on January 6 offenders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's "desperate move" on Epstein

Blaise Malley

Trump called for the release of grand jury transcripts knowing they would reveal little that is new, critics charge

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent at New York Federal Plaza Immigration Court on July 17, 2025. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's ICE may draw the wrong recruits

Geoffrey Grammer

In years past, agents were largely motivated by allegiance to the Constitution. Not anymore

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