Sophia Tesfaye

Sophia Tesfaye is Salon's senior editor for news and politics, and resides in Washington, D.C. You can find her on Twitter at @SophiaTesfaye.

Paul Ryan; Liz Cheney; Donald Trump; Mitt Romney; Kevin McCarthy
Paul Ryan can’t save the GOP — he is still a huge part of the problem Sophia Tesfaye
Neera Tanden; Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin, who voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, to vote against Neera Tanden over mean tweets Sophia Tesfaye
Donald Trump
Senate Republicans vote to acquit Trump in second impeachment trial; GOP downplays Capitol riot Sophia Tesfaye
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; Capitol Riot
Mocking Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's trauma is really about covering for Trump's violent coup Sophia Tesfaye
Baby wearing a red hat
TakingCaraMAGA: What to do when your favorite mommy influencer is outed as a Trump supporter Sophia Tesfaye
Lou Correa; Electoral College; Trump Supporters Storm The Capitol
Republican lawmakers caught helping pro-Trump mobs at U.S. Capitol, Oregon statehouse Sophia Tesfaye
Joe Biden; Antony Blinken
Has consummate insider Tony Blinken, Biden's nominee for State, learned from his mistakes? Sophia Tesfaye
Ned Staebler; Chris Krebs; Brad Raffensperger
A new #Resistance hero emerges amid the Trump endgame: The dutiful civil servant Sophia Tesfaye
Kelly Loeffler; David Perdue; Donald Trump
Trump's false voter-fraud claims could blow GOP's chances of holding Senate Sophia Tesfaye
Tom Cotton; Josh Hawley; Marco Rubio; Donald Trump
What "reasonable" Republicans? GOP leaders are boosting Trump's attack on democracy Sophia Tesfaye
Donald Trump; Election Night 2020
Trump snaps the tether: He calls for end to vote count, threatens appeal to the Supreme Court Sophia Tesfaye
Judge Amy Coney Barrett
Are Democrats open to expanding the Supreme Court? After Barrett, it looks that way Sophia Tesfaye
Joe Biden
That should make him president: Joe Biden shows up — and shows he's learned the lesson of 2016 Sophia Tesfaye
Donald Trump
Trump's town hall stunt backfires: NBC's Savannah Guthrie gives him the grilling voters wouldn't Sophia Tesfaye
Mike Pence; Kamala Harris
Just cancel the remaining debates: Pence and Harris were polite, but utterly useless Sophia Tesfaye