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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.

Harvard University (Getty/Pgiam)

Trump’s fight against Harvard used antisemitism as “smokescreen,” judge says

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President Donald Trump arrives for a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Trump says troops “going in” to Chicago after judge rules use of National Guard illegal

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A woman holding a cell phone in front of the Google logo displayed on a computer screen. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Google can hold on to Android, Chrome: federal judge

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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shakes hands with North Dakota Governor Kristi Noem during a Buckeye Values PAC Rally in Vandalia, Ohio, on March 16, 2024. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Noem says Los Angeles “wouldn’t be standing” if Trump hadn’t called in troops

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Author Stephen King signs copies of his new book 'Revival: A Novel' at Book People on November 15, 2014 in Austin, Texas. (Rick Kern/WireImage/Getty)

Stephen King demanded “The Long Walk” show kids getting shot

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A view of chairs and a newly paved Rose Garden at the White House on Aug. 19, 2025. (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump defends Rose Garden revamp, slags contractors

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Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits "Fox & Friends" at Fox News Channel Studios on July 14, 2023 in New York City. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

“Stop peddling bulls**t”: Smith rails at RFK Jr for linking SSRIs to mass shooting

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Susan Monarez, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Monarez is a health scientist with a Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology who previously served as the Deputy Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

CDC Director Monarez out after less than a month on the job

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Fox News host Jesse Watters appears on air on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Watters says Fox News shapes Trump’s agenda in Cracker Barrel victory lap

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Trey Gowdy is seen outside Manhattan Criminal Courthouse for the Donald Trump hush-money trial on May 30, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by James Devaney/Getty Images)

Fox News’ Gowdy calls for gun control after Minnesota Catholic school shooting

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Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs and Taylor Swift embrace after defeating the San Francisco 49ers in overtime during Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Taylor Swift announces engagement to Chiefs’ Travis Kelce

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Lil Nas X attends the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 03, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

Lil Nas X pleads not guilty to felony battery after LA arrest

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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)

Pentagon readies plans to deploy troops in Chicago following Trump DC takeover: report

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Sydney Sweeney, Halsey at Lionsgate's "Americana" Los Angeles Special Screening. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Getty Images)

Halsey defends movie with Sydney Sweeney: “Greater than tabloid denim bulls**t”

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Metal tables and chairs along with yellow umbrellas decorate a paved over historic White House Rose Garden lawn on Aug. 16, 2025. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)

Modern farmhouse devours the Rose Garden

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Lil Nas X (Getty/Rich Fury)

Lil Nas X arrested, hospitalized after reportedly wandering streets of Los Angeles in his underwear

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Alina Habba, attorney for former President Donald Trump, gives a statement to members of the media during his civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court on November 02, 2023 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Judge: Trump’s former attorney Habba has been illegally serving as top N.J. prosecutor

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams stands with his lawyer Alex Spiro (R) who delivered remarks to the press on September 26, 2024 in New York City. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

Former Eric Adams advisers accused of bribery

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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, gerrymandered congressional maps

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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)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. explains why he works out in jeans

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

House will release some of DOJ’s Epstein files

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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? Anti-robot jokes accused of being thinly veiled racism

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

Trump criticizes Smithsonian museums for discussing “how bad slavery was”

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

Noel Gallagher praises brother Liam in first interview about Oasis reunion

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