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Will Hurricane Dolly hit Mar-a-Lago?

We’re already well into the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, and storm trackers are closely watching what forms near Cape Verde, off the west coast of Africa, that may become the next big storm. So far, America has been hit by…
Marco Rubio won’t give up his Pop-Tarts for MAHA

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has enough on his plate managing American foreign policy. Apparently, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s sauerkraut won’t be joining it. Rubio and his wife, Jeanette, offered a surprisingly candid glimpse into life inside the Trump administration…
Rising US life expectancy isn’t what it seems

There’s some good news for American lifespans: In July, preliminary CDC data suggested that life expectancy in the U.S. is on track to reach a record high while death rates hit a historic low.  According to the report, there were…
Fauci is an easy scapegoat for pandemic revisionists 

Dr. Anthony Fauci is under congressional scrutiny following an appearance before a Senate committee last week, in which the former National Institutes of Health immunologist was grilled by elected officials over his response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Thursday, the…
SpaceX’s rocket trashes the moon

A version of this essay first appeared in Crash Course, Salon’s free morning newsletter. Sign up for early access to articles like this, plus more of Salon’s bold journalism on how policies, movements and culture wars affect real people. The moon has…