Salon’s most popular recipes of 2025
Look at the food we kept coming back to this year and a story emerges, soft-edged but unmistakable. We wanted
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Trump’s primetime speech was a master class in gaslighting
For an administration leading an all-out assault on vaccines, Wednesday night’s primetime address by Donald Trump from the Diplomatic Reception
Read moreNot the last picture show: A small-town theater brings hope to the heartland
“The town isn’t what it used to be,” Rozella Thomas says, shaking her head. As she pauses to reminisce, I
Read moreDonald Trump’s biggest attack dog is Joe Biden’s legacy
Institutions don’t collapse all at once. They are hollowed out sentence by sentence until the only thing left is power
Read moreKaroline Leavitt’s White House doublethink is straight out of Orwell
During a press conference on Dec. 11, 2025, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced there was good news on
Read more“He wants to go back to his show”: Bongino announces exit from FBI
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino announced that he will be leaving his position in the new year. The conservative media
Read more“I have not lost control”: Johnson blindsided by centrist GOP revolt on ACA vote
A group of four Republican lawmakers turned the tables on House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Wednesday. The centrist defectors
Read moreRob Reiner, remembered at Katz’s Deli
The pastrami sandwiches at Katz’s Delicatessen are iconic, but Meg Ryan’s impassioned exclamations at the deli in “When Harry Met
Read more“Shameful”: Harvard secretly investigated students who leaked Summers’ Epstein apology
Officials at Harvard University launched a secret disciplinary investigation into students who recorded Larry Summers discussing his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, The
Read more“Like nothing they have ever seen”: Trump threatens Venezuela with blockade
President Donald Trump sharply escalated tensions between the United States and Venezuela on Tuesday evening, issuing threats that signaled an
Read more“When Harry Met Sally” is Rob Reiner’s everlasting message of love
It’s almost time for the page to turn again. Whether we like it or not, time marches on, the year
Read more10 shows we loved watching in 2025
The story of TV in 2025 is, by and large, positive, in that the year yielded so much incredible TV
Read moreRepublicans are quiet quitting on Trump
Donald Trump is worried that Republicans aren’t as afraid of him as they used to be. Despite his self-billing as
Read moreAntisemitism against Claudia Sheinbaum damages Mexico protests
Since mid-November, thousands have taken to Mexico’s streets to protest insecurity under the government of progressive president Claudia Sheinbaum. Many
Read moreEpstein’s victims deserve more attention than his ‘client list’
The Jeffrey Epstein story has slipped in and out of the headlines for years, but in a very particular way.
Read moreVance responds to Wiles’ claim he’s a “conspiracy theorist”
Vice President JD Vance responded to allegations that he is a conspiracy theorist made by Susie Wiles. In an explosive
Read moreHouse poised to vote on MTG bill criminalizing trans health care
The House of Representatives is expected to vote on legislation that would criminalize transgrander health care as soon as Wednesday.
Read more“Political malpractice”: Johnson faces bipartisan blowback for nixing ACA subsidies vote
House Speaker Mike Johnson faced criticism from both sides of the aisle after announcing that the House will not vote
Read more“Hit piece”: Susie Wiles accuses Vanity Fair of crafting “negative narrative” of Trump admin
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is up in arms with Vanity Fair, alleging that a bombshell interview she
Read more7 steps to a better winter salad
This year, somehow, I careened straight from verdant, crisp summer food — cucumber salads, crisp chicken Caesar wraps, yogurt bowls,
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