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Garrett Owen

Email: garrett.owen@salon.com

Garrett Owen is a National Affairs Fellow for Salon. His extensive coverage of the Trump administration includes reporting on the Epstein files, the Iran War, the Justice Department, and gerrymandering efforts across the country.

He is based in New York City and is the 2025 recipient of the Silurians Press Club Award for his local reporting in Manhattan. His work has appeared in Time Out, Byline, Brooklyn Magazine, Straus News, and others.

He can be reached on email, and tips can be sent via Signal to garrettowen.05

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The conflict in the Middle East has hit the global fuel and fertilizer markets that, in turn, have increased farmers' costs right as planting season begins. (Mark Mirko/Connecticut Public via Getty Images)

Trump’s $12B farm aid was meant as relief. The Iran war is wiping it out

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InfoWars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media outside Waterbury Superior Court during his trial on September 21, 2022 in Waterbury, Connecticut. (Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images)

“Fraud!”: Alex Jones spirals on social media as The Onion prepares to take over Infowars

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during a hearing of the House Education And Workforce Committee on Capitol Hill on April 17, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

RFK Jr.’s medical racism is to be expected

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Former Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Former Virginia lt. governor killed wife in murder-suicide while their children were home: police

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White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought testifies before the House Budget Committee at the U.S. Capitol on April 15, 2026 in Washington, DC. Vought is testifying on President Trump's FY2027 budget request. ((Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images))

“Never seen spending like this”: House Dems grill Vought on war spending

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A ship is seen in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Sharjah the day after the failure of US-Iran peace talks on April 13, 2026. The failure of US-Iran peace talks has left the US President with several unpalatable options, as analysts say his order to blockade the strategic Strait of Hormuz could further complicate his next move on April 12, 2026. Any hopes that US Vice President would emerge from the marathon day of negotiations with top Iranian officials with a deal to end a war that has rippled across the Middle East were dashed when he left hosts Pakistan emptyhanded. (Photo by AFP/Getty Images)

Chinese oil tanker breaks US blockade in Strait of Hormuz

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Pope Leo XIV responds to questions regarding US President Donald Trump's recent statements during the flight to Algeria on April 13, 2026 in Algiers, Algeria. (Photo by Matteo Pernaselci - Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)

Catholics warn of serious juncture as Trump targets Pope Leo XIV

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Melania Trump attends the premiere of her documentary "Melania" at the Kennedy Center (Craig Hudson/Variety via Getty Images)

“Completely false”: Melania Trump denies any “relationship” to Jeffrey Epstein

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Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims in St. Peter's Square on Oct. 11, 2025. (ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)

“Reasonable discussion”: Pentagon denies reports that official threatened Pope Leo

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The Artemis II crew snapped a photo of the moon as it drew close in the window of the Orion spacecraft on April 6, 2026. (Image Credit: NASA)

Trump’s race to the moon is about dominance over China, not discovery

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Vice President JD Vance and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban address the media during a joint press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Budapest, Hungary, on April 7, 2026. (Photo by Balint Szentgallay/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

“Will you stand for Western civilization?”: Vance demands Hungary reelect Viktor Orbán

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President Donald Trump takes the stage during a rally with U.S. Army troops on June 10, 2025 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“An out-of-touch plea for more money”: Trump seeks $1.5 trillion for new defense budget

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President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool via Getty Images)

Trump is considering a ground war in Iran. Experts say he should walk away

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President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at Winfield House, London on December 3, 2019. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP via Getty Images)

“They weren’t there for us”: Trump vows to leave NATO after allies refuse to enter Iran War

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A warehouse purchased by the Department of Homeland Security that is slated to become an immigration detention facility is seen on March 10, 2026 in Williamsport, Maryland. DHS spent $102.4 million earlier this year to buy the 830,000-square foot warehouse in an industrial park "to provide short-term housing for individuals in immigration custody awaiting immigration processing and related administrative procedures," according to a DHS notice. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Dozens of lawmakers to investigate companies building Trump’s detention centers

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President Donald Trump at the "Shield of the Americas" Summit at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, March 7, 2026. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump and Latin allies push rebrand of failed War on Drugs

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Attorney General Pam Bondi attends a press briefing held at the White House February 20, 2026 in Washington. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images)

“Damning evidence”: Trump’s DOJ shares memo alleging Trump took docs related to business interests

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U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia at the White House on November 18, 2025. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Saudi Arabia tells Trump to seize “historic moment” and continue war on Iran: report

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A general view of Tehran with smoke visible in the distance after explosions were reported in the city, on March 02, 2026. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)

Trump’s Iran war price tag just keeps rising

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A poster of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos accompanies ranking member Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) as he delivers an opening statement during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in the U.S. Capitol Building on March 04, 2026. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“Heartbreaking”: Judge denies asylum claim for Liam Conejo Ramos, family

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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard talks to reporters at the White House on July 23, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

“I would not participate”: Gabbard defends presence at FBI election center raid in Georgia

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Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla. testifying during his Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Mullin takes Senate grilling, makes case for top job at DHS

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talks to guests following an event to release the new Make America Healthy Again Commission report in the East Room of the White House on May 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A judge shot down RFK Jr.’s vaccine overhaul. The fight is far from over

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People held in custody in a cell during a walk around El Salvador CECOT mega prison in the municipality of Tecoluca on January 30, 2026 in San Vicente, El Salvador. (Photo by Alex Peña/Getty Images)

“Black hole”: El Salvador disappearing US deportees into CECOT, rights group says

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