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For a Moment, It Looked as if Trump’s Efforts to Rig the Midterms Had Failed. Then Three Things Happened.

For a Moment, It Looked as if Trump’s Efforts to Rig the Midterms Had Failed. Then Three Things Happened.

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Jim Newell

Putin’s Fear Is Showing. There’s Good Reason for It.

Putin’s Fear Is Showing. There’s Good Reason for It.

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Fred Kaplan

Trump Just Got a Big Win for His Fulton County Vote Raid. He Still Won’t Get What He Really Wants.

Trump Just Got a Big Win for His Fulton County Vote Raid. He Still Won’t Get What He Really Wants.

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Shirin Ali

Virginia Supreme Court Thrusts America Into Worst-Case Gerrymandering Scenario

Virginia Supreme Court Thrusts America Into Worst-Case Gerrymandering Scenario

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Alexis romero

The Supreme Court Sapping Black Voting Power Was Not an Accident

The Supreme Court Sapping Black Voting Power Was Not an Accident

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Robyn Nicole Sanders

Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Staff Writer? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Staff Writer? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

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Ray Hamel

Does John Roberts’ Whites-Only Childhood Home Explain the Supreme Court’s Callais Ruling?

Does John Roberts’ Whites-Only Childhood Home Explain the Supreme Court’s Callais Ruling?

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David daley and lisa graves

Trump Is in His Ozymandias Era

Trump Is in His Ozymandias Era

Everybody knows about President Donald Trump’s ballroom. We saw the bulldozers tear down the East Wing of the White House, the many renderings of...

07.05.2026 4

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Rob Gunther

Iran Has the Upper Hand Now

Iran Has the Upper Hand Now

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07.05.2026 4

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Fred Kaplan

He Spends His Days Tracking America’s Wildest Conspiracy Theorists. What He’s Seeing Lately Is Eye-Popping.

He Spends His Days Tracking America’s Wildest Conspiracy Theorists. What He’s Seeing Lately Is Eye-Popping.

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Luke Winkie

Why Democrats Stand No Chance in the Gerrymandering Wars

Why Democrats Stand No Chance in the Gerrymandering Wars

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Shirin Ali

What Does the Letter H Stand For in the Acronym for the DASH Diet?

What Does the Letter H Stand For in the Acronym for the DASH Diet?

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07.05.2026 3

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Ray Hamel

She Went From Trump’s Enemy No. 1 to His Most Adoring Fan and Back Again. What Happened in Between Is a Hell of a Trip.

She Went From Trump’s Enemy No. 1 to His Most Adoring Fan and Back Again. What Happened in Between Is a Hell of a Trip.

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06.05.2026 5

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Which Writer Coined the Term “Cold War” in a 1945 Essay?

Which Writer Coined the Term “Cold War” in a 1945 Essay?

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Ray Hamel

Supreme Court Conservatives Promised That Ending Roe Would Solve a Major Problem. They’ve Made It Infinitely Worse.

Supreme Court Conservatives Promised That Ending Roe Would Solve a Major Problem. They’ve Made It Infinitely Worse.

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Jill Filipovic

Guess Whose Rights the Supreme Court Thinks Come With a Stopwatch

Guess Whose Rights the Supreme Court Thinks Come With a Stopwatch

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One State Just Made a Unprecedented Move Toward Locking Up Women Who Seek Abortions

One State Just Made a Unprecedented Move Toward Locking Up Women Who Seek Abortions

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05.05.2026 9

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Dana sussman

Louisiana Republicans Are Taking Attacks on New Orleans Voters to a Shocking Place

Louisiana Republicans Are Taking Attacks on New Orleans Voters to a Shocking Place

This story was produced in partnership with Deep South Today, a network of nonprofit, nonpartisan local newsrooms in Louisiana and Mississippi.  One...

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John Pfaff

What Is the Primary Spirit Used to Make an Aviation Cocktail?

What Is the Primary Spirit Used to Make an Aviation Cocktail?

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Ray Hamel

Is Todd Blanche Already a Worse Attorney General Than Pam Bondi?

Is Todd Blanche Already a Worse Attorney General Than Pam Bondi?

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A Radical Court Just Called Trump’s Abortion Bluff

A Radical Court Just Called Trump’s Abortion Bluff

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Naomi cahn and sonia m. suter

Sam Alito Seems to Think Trump’s Attacks on Haitians Are a Big Joke

Sam Alito Seems to Think Trump’s Attacks on Haitians Are a Big Joke

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State Courts Are Blocking Abortion Bans Left and Right. Republicans Have a Plan to Stop Them.

State Courts Are Blocking Abortion Bans Left and Right. Republicans Have a Plan to Stop Them.

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Mary Ziegler

A Figure From Democrats’ Recent Past May Hold the Key to Beating Donald Trump

A Figure From Democrats’ Recent Past May Hold the Key to Beating Donald Trump

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Zachary blau

“Antifa Penis Grandma” Started as a Joke. Then Came a Viral Arrest, a Trial, and a Case That Has Torn a Town Apart.

“Antifa Penis Grandma” Started as a Joke. Then Came a Viral Arrest, a Trial, and a Case That Has Torn a Town Apart.

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Molly Olmstead

Which Military Rank Is Held by Someone Called a Shavetail?

Which Military Rank Is Held by Someone Called a Shavetail?

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Ray Hamel

Graham Platner Got Everything He Wanted. Is That Good for Democrats’ Hopes of Retaking the Senate?

Graham Platner Got Everything He Wanted. Is That Good for Democrats’ Hopes of Retaking the Senate?

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Jim Newell

Here’s Proof of Just How Bad Voting Rights in America Are About to Get

Here’s Proof of Just How Bad Voting Rights in America Are About to Get

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Michael g. miller and kevin t. morris

How Normie Pundits Paved the Way for the Supreme Court Voting Rights Disaster

How Normie Pundits Paved the Way for the Supreme Court Voting Rights Disaster

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Jake grumbach

Trump’s Vengeance Tour Is Opening the Door to Something More Terrible

Trump’s Vengeance Tour Is Opening the Door to Something More Terrible

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Jonathan wroblewski

You Might Be Having a Strange Reaction to the Trump Assassination Attempt. You’re Not Alone.

You Might Be Having a Strange Reaction to the Trump Assassination Attempt. You’re Not Alone.

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01.05.2026 10

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Luke Winkie

She Was an Architect of Obama’s Iran Nuclear Deal. Now She’s Watching Trump’s War in Horror.

She Was an Architect of Obama’s Iran Nuclear Deal. Now She’s Watching Trump’s War in Horror.

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01.05.2026 8

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Ian Prasad Philbrick

Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Staff Writer? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Staff Writer? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

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Ray Hamel

The Supreme Court Just Opened the Door to a 2028 Nightmare

The Supreme Court Just Opened the Door to a 2028 Nightmare

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30.04.2026 10

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Jim Newell

The Supreme Court Has Found Its True Enemy: Multiracial Democracy

The Supreme Court Has Found Its True Enemy: Multiracial Democracy

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The Slaying of the Voting Rights Act by the Coward Samuel Alito

The Slaying of the Voting Rights Act by the Coward Samuel Alito

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30.04.2026 10

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Richard L. Hasen

There’s Something More Sinister Beneath Trump’s Ballroom Obsession

There’s Something More Sinister Beneath Trump’s Ballroom Obsession

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Shirin Ali

What Is the Shortest Distance Between Any Two Points on the Surface of a Sphere?

What Is the Shortest Distance Between Any Two Points on the Surface of a Sphere?

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Ray Hamel

The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Just Issued the Worst Ruling in a Century

The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Just Issued the Worst Ruling in a Century

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Richard L. Hasen

The Supreme Court Just Greenlit a Gerrymander That Even a Trump Judge Thought Was Too Racist

The Supreme Court Just Greenlit a Gerrymander That Even a Trump Judge Thought Was Too Racist

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Alexis romero

William Bonney Was One of the Aliases Used by Which Old West Outlaw?

William Bonney Was One of the Aliases Used by Which Old West Outlaw?

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Ray Hamel

He’s Either the Democrats’ Future—or Their 2026 Demise. I Went to See Why.

He’s Either the Democrats’ Future—or Their 2026 Demise. I Went to See Why.

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Aymann Ismail

Congress’ Latest Attempt to Kiss Trump’s Ass Doesn’t Make a Whole Lot of Sense

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28.04.2026 9

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Jim Newell

King Charles Did Something Remarkable Today. That Should Worry All of Us.

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Ben Jacobs

Which Breed of Dog Was Steinbeck’s Companion in Travels With Charley?

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Ray Hamel

The Crazy Loophole DOJ Is Exploiting to Keep My Immigrant Clients Imprisoned

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Alexander Urbelis

One State Has an Ingenious New Strategy for Blocking the Opening of an ICE Detention Warehouse

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Madeleine o’neill

A Comprehensive New Book Exposes One of the Worst Pieces of the Modern Legal System

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Christine abely

Donald Trump’s Would-Be Assassin Had a Plan. The Opposite Is About to Unfold.

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27.04.2026 10

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Ian Prasad Philbrick

The Stories of ICE’s Brutal Treatment of Children Are Piling Up. The Effects Are Devastating.

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L.h. thurau