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From Venezuela to America: Trump wants to bring the war home

By linking "Antifa" to foreign drug cartels, U.S. officials are building the case for a domestic war on terror

16.10.2025 10

Salon

Charles R. Davis

“Too risky”: Scholars who study America say they won’t visit

At a recent panel in Vienna, academics who study America said the country has become similar to Russia and China

09.10.2025 10

Salon

Charles R. Davis

Trump’s war on cities is part of his ugly vision for America

The U.S. president is declaring war on cities because they represent a positive, multicultural alternative to MAGA

02.10.2025 20

Salon

Charles R. Davis

Trump’s takeover of American society is nearly complete

The public mourning of Charlie Kirk is more about Donald Trump than the deceased

17.09.2025 9

Salon

Charles R. Davis

Venezuela gave Trump $500,000. What did he do with it?

The president accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from a government that he says is funded by the drug trade

10.09.2025 20

Salon

Charles R. Davis

Veterans fear Trump creating conditions for another Kent State

War veterans worry escalating violence could be "politically advantageous" for Trump

20.08.2025 7

Salon

Charles R. Davis

Amid deep cuts, USDA spent thousands on 31-foot Trump banners

Department also ordered but never displayed banner that featured Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins behind Trump

13.08.2025 10

Salon

Charles R. Davis

Trump is sending a dark signal with his White House expansion

Donald Trump's "White House Ballroom" is unlikely to be finished anytime soon. So who is it for?

06.08.2025 10

Salon

Charles R. Davis

Seth Moulton’s primary challenger: He surrendered to MAGA

Beth Andres-Beck is challenging Rep. Seth Moulton because he wants to "give up" standing up for "woke" values

01.08.2025 10

Salon

Charles R. Davis

Trump admin claimed CECOT held worst “terrorists.” Then they just let them go

The administration, by its own logic, freed the world’s most dangerous terrorists at a 25-to-1 exchange rate

24.07.2025 10

Salon

Charles R. Davis

Trump admin “disappeared” a gay stylist for propaganda. He hasn’t been heard from since

Asylum-seeker Andry José Hernández Romero hasn't been heard from in 4 months despite never being accused of a crime

16.07.2025 9

Salon

Charles R. Davis

Ban Trump? Top genocide scholar issues dire warning

“Negotiating with Nazis didn’t prove useful in 1939. It won’t now either," says founder of Genocide Watch

12.06.2025 10

Salon

Charles R. Davis

Boulder police say "makeshift flamethrower" used in antisemitic attack that injured 8

Police have detained a suspect in Sunday's attack on a vigil for Israeli hostages

02.06.2025 10

Salon

Charles R. Davis

Stephen Miller’s deportation machine is failing — and he’s furious

The Trump advisor is angry that the promise of "mass deportation now" remains largely unfulfilled

29.05.2025 20

Salon

Charles R. Davis

Musk, splitting with Trump, says he's "disappointed" by the GOP's "massive spending bill"

In an interview released Tuesday night, Musk complained that the bill would increase the federal deficit

28.05.2025 8

Salon

Charles R. Davis

Mahmoud Khalil holds infant son for first time, over objections from Trump administration

Khalil, a legal U.S. resident, has been detained since March

22.05.2025 10

Salon

Charles R. Davis

"Wasting our time": Democrats dismiss Trump impeachment — revealing their cynicism

The opposition says Trump is a threat to the very foundation of the republic. But it's not acting like that

21.05.2025 10

Salon

Charles R. Davis

Gerry Connolly, top Democrat on House Oversight Committee, dies of cancer at 75

The Virginia Democrat was diagnosed last year with esophageal cancer

21.05.2025 10

Salon

Charles R. Davis

He voted for Trump, twice. Now he wants to take down MAGA and the "pathetic" Tommy Tuberville

Kyle Sweetser, who's running for Senate as a Democrat, told Salon he's disgusted by Trump and his imitators

17.05.2025 10

Salon

Charles R. Davis

Pope Leo XIV: Robert Prevost, an American, is the new head of the Catholic Church

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was chosen Thursday to be the next leader of the Catholic Church

08.05.2025 20

Salon

Charles R. Davis

"Whole Foods lost, the workers won": NLRB officer sides with union in certification fight

A National Labor Relations Board report has dealt a setback to union-busting efforts by Amazon, a regional hearing officer rejecting the company's...

02.05.2025 10

Salon

Charles R. Davis

Democrats get a do-over: Connolly resignation is an opportunity to promote youth

With Rep. Gerry Connolly stepping aside, the Democratic Party has an opportunity to elevate a younger leader

30.04.2025 7

Salon

Charles R. Davis

Trump is not invincible: Democrats, immigrants and the politics of due process

It’s a setup, they said: President Donald Trump, an accomplished demagogue with his finger on the pulse of America’s most reactionary voters,...

25.04.2025 10

Salon

Charles R. Davis

Why not tyranny? JD Vance says he's fine with the "inevitable errors" of abandoning due process

The vice president argues it would too difficult to provide due process to those he wants to imprison or deport

16.04.2025 10

Salon

Charles R. Davis

"Harboring hatred": Police say Shapiro arson suspect confessed to targeting Democratic governor

Police say Cody Balmer admitted setting fire to the Pennsylvania governor's mansion

14.04.2025 20

Salon

Charles R. Davis

From the Confederacy to the Gilded Age: Manisha Sinha on the "sorry history" that inspires MAGA

Manisha Sinha spoke to Salon about Donald Trump's 19th-century vision and America's history of radical resistance

04.04.2025 10

Salon

Charles R. Davis

DHS detains grad student who advocated for Palestine and the "humanity of all people"

Rumeysa Ozturk, a student at Tufts University, drew the attention of a pro-Israel group for co-auhtoring an op-ed

26.03.2025 10

Salon

Charles R. Davis

AOC tops list of Democrats who best reflect party's "core values": CNN poll

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was named by 10% of respondents, compared to just 4% for President Barack Obama

18.03.2025 10

Salon

Charles R. Davis

Trump and Putin to discuss ceasefire, "dividing up" Ukraine's assets

"We’re already talking about that — dividing up certain assets," Trump told reporters Sunday

17.03.2025 10

Salon

Charles R. Davis

Federal employees union tells Congress: Don't just give Musk and Trump more money

The American Federation of Government Employees said a "government shutdown has been underway since January 20"

13.03.2025 20

Salon

Charles R. Davis

Trump pledges to escalate economic war on Canada, saying annexation is "only thing that makes sense"

In a post on Truth Social, Trump stressed that his goal is to make Canada a "cherished" part of the United States

11.03.2025 10

Salon

Charles R. Davis

"A whole new level of cruelty": Health experts decry "devastating" cuts to HIV treatment programs

The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation said the latest cuts will deprive 350,000 people of HIV treatment

28.02.2025 10

Salon

Charles R. Davis

Trump picks right-wing podcaster and Infowars guest Dan Bongino to be FBI deputy director

The second most powerful official at the FBI will be a right-wing podcaster who used to regularly appear on Infowars. Describing him as a "man of...

24.02.2025 10

Salon

Charles R. Davis

Trump administration refuses to back UN resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine

The United States marked the third anniversary of Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by siding with Moscow at the United Nations, joining an...

24.02.2025 20

Salon

Charles R. Davis