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Alex Galbraith is Salon’s nights and weekends editor, and author of our free daily newsletter, Crash Course. He is based in New Orleans.

Former Speaker of the House U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as he greets U.S. veterans in the Capitol Rotunda on October 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

“Canary in the coal mine”: McCarthy predicts GOP exodus following Greene resignation

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U.S. President Donald Trump pardons National Thanksgiving Turkey Gobble during the 78th annual National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation in the Rose Garden of the White House on November 25, 2025. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Trump says Biden turkey pardons were “totally invalid” at annual pre-Thanksgiving ceremony

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U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., speaks to press before the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

“It won’t work”: Kelly responds to Trump admin’s court-martial threat

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) speaks onstage during the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 19, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

“Got to be kidding me”: Crockett roasts MTG over resignation

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 04: New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani celebrates as he takes the stage at his election night watch party at the Brooklyn Paramount on November 4, 2025 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Mamdani defeated Independent candidate Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa in the closely watched election for New York City mayor. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Mamdani on working with Trump: “I’m not coming into the Oval Office to make a stand”

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Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin (D - MI) delivers a speech on a "new vision" for America's national security at the Council of Foreign Relations on September 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

“American public isn’t stupid”: Slotkin says Trump’s “sedition” threats are a distraction

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Joe Rogan and Daniel Cormier announce the fights during the UFC 306 at Riyadh Season Noche UFC event at Sphere on September 14, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images)

“Heard there are no files”: Rogan mocks Trump for changing his story on Epstein

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Lindsey Halligan, attorney for U.S. President Donald Trump, looks on during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House, on March 31, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)

Comey indictment was never approved by grand jury

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President Donald Trump at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

“Give and take”: White House defends Trump calling reporter “piggy” on Air Force One

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Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., attends a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, where he addressed the House vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Senate passes resolution demanding Epstein files release, sends bill to Trump’s desk

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U.S. President Donald Trump responds to a question Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia was asked about the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

“Things happen”: Trump waves away Khashoggi question during summit with MBS

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U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks before Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on October 15, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

“You will have voted to protect pedophiles”: MAGA splits on Epstein files on Sunday talk shows

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James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

“Saturday Night Live”: Epstein emails are breakout star of Glen Powell-led episode

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Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is seen outside a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Rayburn building on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Underage girl at center of Gaetz probe began sex work to pay for braces: report

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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., attends a news conference on the government shutdown on Oct. 8, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Johnson promises vote on Epstein files “next week”

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President Donald Trump, Belgian model Ingrid Seynhaeve, and American businessman Jeffrey Epstein attend the Victoria's Secret “Angels” party on April 28, 1997. (Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images)

Dog barks: Trump says Epstein emails are Democrats’ “deflection” from their own “failures”

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U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks before Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on October 15, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

“Got some kind of an act going”: Trump accuses Greene of putting on show for Democrats

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President Donald Trump at the White House (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump spreads satirical website’s “Obamacare royalties” claim

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing an executive order creating a White House task force to help coordinate logistical issues related to the 2028 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump promises $2000 tariff dividend to all Americans

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James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

“Who’d have thought it’d be not me?”: “SNL” recreates Trump reaction to Oval Office fainting

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Grimes performs at the 2024 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Coachella)

Grimes ushers in a new era of internet infestation

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Jon Stewart is seen arriving to the Clooney Foundation for Justice's The Albies at New York Public Library on September 26, 2024 in New York City. (Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images/Getty Images)

Stewart blames Trump’s “No Kings” dump for GOP election beatdown

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A transgender rights supporter takes part in a rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court as the high court hears arguments in a case on transgender health rights on December 04, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Supreme Court revives Trump admin ban on transgender, nonbinary passport identification

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New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani visits "The Story With Martha MacCallum" at Fox News Channel Studios on October 15, 2025 in New York City. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

“You must be held accountable”: Mamdani gears up for ICE showdown

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