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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.

President Donald Trump appears at a news conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump praises Liberian president’s “good English”

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Floridians protest the construction of an immigration detention center in the Everglades, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" (GIORGIO VIERA / AFP via Getty Images)

Supreme Court lets harsh Florida immigration law languish

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Jake Tapper (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Tapper says Trump admin’s Epstein memo is a ruse

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James Gunn at the "Superman" World Premiere. (Photo by River Callaway/Getty Images)

Gunn responds to MAGA backlash over immigrant Superman

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The US Supreme Court is seen in Washington DC on May 25, 2023. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

“Release the wrecking ball”: Supreme Court OKs Trump layoffs

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US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the House Republican Members Conference Dinner at Trump National Doral Miami, in Miami, Florida on January 27, 2025. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump announces steep new tariffs on Japan, South Korea

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds her first news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on January 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Leavitt defends Bondi’s Epstein bluff to Fox News

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President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on March 31, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump’s tariff talk is all for “show,” insiders admit

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Elon Musk arrives for US President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

“DOGE was popular, Elon was not”: Bessent bashes Musk’s America Party

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Sean "Diddy" Combs attends Black Tie Affair For Quality Control's CEO Pierre "Pee" Thomas at Fox Theater on June 02, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

“I’m coming home, baby!”: Diddy celebrates, prays in courtroom following verdict

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Former Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Thomas Homan speaks at the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 17, 2024. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

“I mean, people die”: Homan waves off death of 75-year-old in ICE custody

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United States President Donald Trump (R) hosts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) in the White House in Washington DC., United States on February 04, 2025. (Avi Ohayon (GPO) /Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

“Worked very hard to bring peace”: Trump says Israel has agreed to Gaza ceasefire conditions

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A protester in a Trump mask during the No Kings demonstration in Los Angeles, California, on June 14, 2025. (LAUREN PUENTE/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

“Singling out the feds”: Trump admin accuses LA of “discriminating” against ICE agents in lawsuit

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Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the Economic Club of New York on September 5, 2024. (DAVID DEE DELGADO/AFP via Getty Images)

“Not getting any money”: Trump says he’ll pull NYC’s federal funding if Mamdani wins mayorship

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DJ Próvaí of Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap performs during the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, April 11, 2025. (Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images)

“We know we’re on the right side of history”: Kneecap play Glastonbury despite BBC blackout

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US President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (CHIP SOMODEVILLA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

“Who gave it?”: Trump threatens journalists, Democrats over Iran leaks

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Rod Stewart performs onstage at the 2025 American Music Awards. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

“How is it ever going to stop?”: Rod Stewart takes on Trump, Musk and the war in Gaza

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A collection of some of our staff picks. (Photo illustration by Salon / Courtesy of Netflix, Apple TV+, Darren Vargas, Penguin Random House)

The best of 2025 . . . so far

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Wander Franco of the Tampa Bay Rays looks on during the ninth inning against the Cleveland Guardians at Tropicana Field. (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)

Former Tampa Bay Rays star Wander Franco found guilty of sexual abuse of a minor

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Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo waits to speak at the West Side Institutional Synagogue on April 1, 2025, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

“An interesting situation”: Cuomo considers independent run against Mamdani in NYC mayoral race

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds her first news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on January 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

“Low-level loser”: Hegseth, Leavitt deny reports that U.S. Iran strikes were ineffective

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U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

“The 12 Day War”: Trump says Israel, Iran have reached tentative ceasefire agreement

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Donald Trump | The U.S. Supreme Court Building (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“Inexcusable”: SCOTUS allows Trump admin to deport migrants to countries that are not their home

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President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on March 31, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“They would use it if they could”: Trump justifies attacks on Iran with nuclear hypotheticals

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