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Iranian connection in the age of Trump: How will the president-elect address the Iran nuclear deal?

Rajan Menon
Or is that the least of our problems when it comes to U.S.-Iranian relations?
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From startling insight to random insult: A guide to the uses and misuses of “fake news”

Émile P. Torres
A term that barely existed before last fall, meant to describe deliberate lies, has itself become an obfuscation
This Jan. 1, 2015 photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows 24 Cuban migrants in the waters south of Key West, Fla. The Cubans were later repatriated. Coast Guard officials said Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, that the number of Cubans attempting to reach Florida illegally by sea has surged since the U.S. and Cuba announced they would restore diplomatic relations. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard) (AP)

Cuban migrants steps from US border hope for Trump solution

Alfredo Pena, Christopher Sherman
The American Dream is still real: Cubans want in, and hope Trump will restore "wet foot, dry foot" border policy
New York Public Library (Getty/Theo Wargo)

A canon round for democracy: The literati’s power in a populist era is limited, but vital

Eileen G'Sell
If Beyoncé and Jay Z plugging Hillary failed to resist Trump, what can Writers Resist do? Maybe more than you think
Barack Obama; Donald Trump; Vladimir Putin; Hillary Clinton (AP/Getty/Reuters/Evan Vucci/Ivan Sekretarev/Ty Wright/Rainier Ehrhardt)

The new American exceptionalism: How the Russian connection to the 2016 election signals the destruction of our nation’s ideals

Sophia A. McClennen
Our nation has a long history of fighting over what American exceptionalism means. It's about to get even uglier
A dog enjoys the fresh snow in Salgotarjan, 109 kms northeast of Budapest, Hungary, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. (Peter Komka/MTI via AP) (AP)

Look Again: The day’s most compelling images from around the globe

Salon Staff
Fascinating world views from the White House to the Tokyo Auto Salon
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“Payback’s a bitch!” Neil Cavuto is pretty happy that Donald Trump is attacking CNN

Matthew Rozsa
The Fox News host isn't even concealing his partisan bias in gleefully rooting on Trump against the news network
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Donald Trump’s approval rating is at a historic low — and keeps falling

Matthew Rozsa
Fewer than half of Americans approve of Trump as he prepares to take office, and it's getting worse for him
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WATCH: President Obama surprises Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Matthew Rozsa
The Obama-Biden bromance culminated in the president awarding his veep with a very great honor
FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2017 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. Trump has promised to donate to the Treasury "profits" from foreign governments officials staying at his hotels. But he left unawares many questions about the practicalities, pitfalls and accountability. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) (AP)

Donald Trump continues to bash the intelligence community in Friday morning tweetstorm

Matthew Rozsa
Trump is airing his anti-intelligence community grievances on Twitter again
FILE - In this March 22, 2016 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at the Grand Theater of Havana, Cuba. President Barack Obama is ending a longstanding immigration policy that allows any Cuban national who makes it to U.S. soil to stay and become a legal resident, a senior administration official said Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan, File) (AP)

The end of “wet foot/dry foot”: Obama ends visa-free path for Cubans who make it to US soil

Alicia A. Caldwell, Julie Pace
The longstanding policy allowed Cubans who made it to U.S. soil to stay in the country
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What do we know about Donald Trump’s outrageous “dossier”? Almost nothing — except that it exposes his most serious weaknesses

Amanda Marcotte
Trump got this far by smashing political norms — now he's left with few real friends and little political capital
FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. For almost eight years, the members of the Congressional Black Caucus existed in the shadow of the first black president, simultaneously praising President Barack Obama’s achievements while pushing him to do more for their constituents who overwhelmingly supported his history-making campaign and administration. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) (AP)

Goodbye, age of great expectations: We know how America got here, but where does it go now?

Andrew J. Bacevich
In the present day, there is no vision to which Americans collectively adhere
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BuzzFeed’s inauguration gift to Donald Trump: Publishing outrageous rumors, true or false, only helps him

Matthew Sheffield
BuzzFeed's decision to publish heaps of sleazy Trump-Russia innuendo only undermines legitimate journalism

WATCH: Michelle Obama appears on “Tonight Show,” leaves people in tears

Sophia Tesfaye
The first lady surprised Americans recording goodbye messages with Jimmy Fallon
FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. For almost eight years, the members of the Congressional Black Caucus existed in the shadow of the first black president, simultaneously praising President Barack Obama’s achievements while pushing him to do more for their constituents who overwhelmingly supported his history-making campaign and administration. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) (AP)

We all knew about this: The leaked dossier on Donald Trump’s Russia ties had been circulating in D.C. for months

Jack Gillum
The bombshell story had been known in some forms since as early as August, when the FBI was presented with info

“Propaganda minister”: Carl Bernstein slams Kellyanne Conway after she picks a fight with CNN, Anderson Cooper

Taylor Link
Following CNN's report and BuzzFeed's document dump, Kellyanne Conway got into an extended battle against the media
U.S. President Barack Obama wipes away tears as he delivers his farewell address in Chicago, Illinois (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

Farewell, my black president: Barack Obama sounds a note of hope, and a note of warning

Chauncey DeVega
Obama stuck to the positive because he knows history will vindicate him — if America endures the coming ordeal
Jeff Sessions takes his seat on Capitol Hill at his confirmation hearing (AP/Alex Brandon)

Jeff Sessions would be a disaster for the LGBT community: Trump’s attorney general pick has spent his career opposing equality at every level

Nico Lang
Name the minority group and Sessions has spent his long, varied career in public life fighting rights of its member
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Surviving President Trump: “This happened,” author Gene Stone says, “because not enough of us did something”

Scott Timberg
The writer behind the crisp, pragmatic "Trump Survival Guide" tells Salon about his blueprint for action, CODE B
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., listens as Retired Marine Gen. John F. Kelly testifies during the Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on his confirmation to be Secretary of Homeland Security on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) (AP)

Kamala Harris was the only senator to grill DHS nominee on radical immigration plans

Sophia Tesfaye
Gen. John Kelly wouldn't commit to not using Obama's DACA to target and deport young undocumented immigrants
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Donald Trump isn’t going to admit just how unpopular he is

Matthew Rozsa
A new Quinnipiac University poll finds that 51 percent of voters disapprove of Trump
U.S. President Barack Obama embraces his wife Michelle Obama after his farewell address in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX2YEQN (Reuters)

Look Again: The day’s most compelling images from around the globe

Salon Staff
Fascinating world views from President Obama's tearful farewell address to a CodePink protest in Washington D.C.
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President Obama is considering commuting the sentence of leaker Chelsea Manning

Matthew Rozsa
Manning is apparently on the "short list" for a commutation
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