salon.comadded August 2026
Salonby Amanda Marcotte6h ago
Pete Hegseth may be the most hated man in Washington. According to a recent polling analysis by CNN’s Harry Enten, the defense secretary’s approval ratings have fallen below even the basement-level...
Salonby Susan Shapiro6h ago
I was not surprised by recent news that online classes have become swamped by artificial intelligence cheating, eroding academic integrity.
Salonby Gabby Birenbaum7h ago
For over a generation, Texas Republicans have owned the politics of the southern border. Now the Trump administration’s latest border project has them cornered, stuck between constituents outraged...
Salonby CK Smith19h ago
President Donald Trump‘s summer-long celebration of America’s 250th birthday ended Sunday the only way it possibly could: with race cars, fighter jets, a presidential limousine, an operatic tenor...
Salonby CK Smith22h ago
President Donald Trump has some beef with the price of beef. American ranchers — many of them among his most reliable supporters — have some beef with his solution.
Salonby CK Smith1d ago
Education Secretary Linda McMahon praised the growing use of artificial intelligence in classrooms Sunday, even as she acknowledged there is little evidence yet showing how the technology affects...
Salonby Melanie McFarland1d ago
At least once while watching “The Great American Road Trip,” I found myself wondering what the Founding Fathers would make of all this.
Salonby Andrew O'Hehir1d ago
When German Chancellor Friedrich Merz finally rose to power in May 2025 after years of political failure and an inconclusive election, he already faced what looked like an impossible situation.
Salonby Heather Digby Parton1d ago
Donald Trump has always believed himself to be an expert at what he calls “nuclear,” due to the fact that his uncle, John Trump, was a physicist who taught at MIT.
Salonby CK Smith1d ago
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth‘s Pentagon has spent months restricting journalists’ access to the military.
Salonby Melanie McFarland2d ago
It is bizarre to watch someone like Alan Ritchson follow in the footsteps of Charlie Chaplin. That’s less of a stretch than it seems, I promise. Stick with me.
Salonby CK Smith2d ago
Marjorie Taylor Greene, the former Georgia congresswoman, issued a blistering response Saturday morning after Donald Trump attacked her, Tucker Carlson and Thomas Massie as “LOSERS ALL” in a...
Salonby Sophia Tesfaye2d ago
Scott Jennings’ appointment as White House press secretary would not be a surprising turn in Donald Trump’s second administration.
Salonby Troy Farah2d ago
Even as Donald Trump’s war against Iran drags on with no end in sight, let alone any sort of victory for the U.S., there’s another conflict America will definitely never win: the drug war.
Salonby Gabby Birenbaum2d ago
WASHINGTON — With under nine weeks to go until early voting begins in Texas’ U.S. Senate race, both Ken Paxton and James Talarico have been campaigning around the state, meeting voters everywhere...
Salonby Kelly McClure2d ago
If you’ve never heard of the band Black Marble, that should change, and today’s as good a day as any for that to happen, because their new album, “Life in Small Spaces,” was just released on Sacred...
Salonby Alex Galbraith3d ago
Even if you aren’t old enough to remember the heyday of Columbia House, you’re probably familiar with the scam at its center.
Salonby Brian Karem3d ago
Now that Donald Trump no longer has a White House press secretary with a ready cherubic smile and a ton of snark, we can all see that the paint is peeling off his delusional presidency.
Salonby Amanda Marcotte3d ago
Since Markwayne Mullin took over the Department of Homeland Security in March, Immigration and Custom Enforcement has dialed back on the trolling.
Salonby Troy Farah3d ago
Donald Trump’s war against Iran is going so well that the U.S. is now yanking the USS George Washington from the western Pacific to relieve the beleaguered USS Abraham Lincoln, which is stationed...
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