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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.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth walks through the Russell Senate Office building on Capitol Hill on December 3, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“Nobody was texting war plans”: Hegseth denies Yemen leaks, calls Atlantic editor “garbage-peddler’

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(L-R) Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, and Yuval Abraham accept the Documentary Feature Film award "No Other Land" onstage during the 97th Annual Oscars at Dolby Theatre on March 02, 2025, in Hollywood, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

“Even the Oscar can’t protect you”: “No Other Land” director reportedly attacked by Israeli settlers

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives for his Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“Incompetence is staggering”: Trump admin accidentally leaked Yemen war plans to Atlantic editor

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Sen. John Curtis. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

“We’re not being honest”: Sen. Curtis says GOP is deceiving voters about Social Security cuts

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The White House is seen in Washington D.C., United States on January 22, 2025. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

“The White House isn’t a stadium”: Shock as Trump admin seeks corporate sponsors for Easter event

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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to press in the U.S. Capitol on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

“There was no leverage”: Schumer says voting to avoid shutdown sidestepped harm from “evil people”

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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) special agent preparing to arrest alleged immigration violators (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Trump officials believe law used to speed up deportations will also allow warrantless searches

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U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks after signing an executive order on expanding access to IVF at his Mar-a-Lago resort on February 18, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

“Fat, dumb, foolish country”: Trump says US has been “pillaged” via trade deals

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Federal Reserve Board Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington on November 07, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

“Progress may be delayed”: Powell blames stubborn inflation on Trump tariffs

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt takes questions during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 28, 2025. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

“Partisan activists from the bench”: White House attacks federal judges, promises more deportations

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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)

“No relation to fact”: Judge blocks Trump transgender military ban, says order is “soaked in animus”

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Tracy Morgan performs for April Fools Comedy Jam at Barclays Center on April 05, 2024 in New York City. (John Nacion/Getty Images)

“I’m doing ok now”: Tracy Morgan offers health update after vomiting courtside at Knicks game

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk arrive for the Inauguration of Donald J. Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Lamarque - Pool/Getty Images)

“Violated the Constitution in multiple ways”: Judge says DOGE’s USAID dismantling was likely illegal

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US Supreme Court by Chief Justice John G. Roberts (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP via Getty Images)

“Impeachment is not appropriate”: Chief Justice Roberts slaps down MAGA attacks on federal judge

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears at a pretrial hearing in his securities fraud case before state District Judge Andrea Beall in the 185th District Court Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at Harris County Criminal Courts at Law in Houston. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

“Don’t believe it for one second”: Texas arrests midwife, accuses her of providing illegal abortions

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“Not enforceable”: Trump DOJ, administration officials flout judge’s order on deportations

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US President Donald Trump speaks with Allyson Phillips, mother of Laken Riley, and John Phillips, stepfather of Laken Riley, before signing the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, January 29, 2025. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

“Void and vacant”: Trump says Biden pardons are nullified

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U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in the East Room at the White House on February 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

“Too late”: White House mocks judge after Trump admin ignores order against deportations

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Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Treasury secretary, testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Thursday, January 16, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

“There are no guarantees”: Trump acolytes run defense on potential recession

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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

“Necessary”: Musk calls for judge who blocked Trump deportations to be impeached

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Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk (R) arrives to the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (SHAWN THEW/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

SpaceX mission to recover ISS astronauts postponed

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U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in the East Room at the White House on February 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

“Don’t know what this is gonna look like tomorrow”: Trump advisers, allies spooked by tariff chaos

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Rosie O'Donnell speaks onstage at the Showtime portion of the 2017 Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour on August 7, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images For Showtime)

“You’re better off”: Trump takes shot at Rosie O’Donnell after comic flees for Ireland

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Linda McMahon, former Administrator of Small Business Administration, speaks during the final night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

“The first step”: Department of Education to lay off half of workforce, McMahon promises “shutdown”

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