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The DOJ Is Asking a Conservative Court to Give Trump a Terrifying New Power
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/08/doj-supreme-court-trump-scary-abrego-garcia.html?via=rss
Published: August 23, 2026 09:45
This case appears likely to make it all the way to the Supreme Court.
Donald Trump Is Going After the Southern Poverty Law Center. He Has a Point or Two.
Published: August 22, 2026 14:00
A view from inside the “Poverty Palace.”
How a Stolen Seat Changed SCOTUS Forever
https://slate.com/podcasts/amicus/2026/08/neil-gorsuch-and-the-supreme-courts-stolen-seat?via=rss
Published: August 22, 2026 07:00
Just how wild is the Supreme Court’s wild card?
The Details of Natalie Harp’s Relationship With Trump Are Only Getting Stranger
Published: August 21, 2026 20:54
Some of her alleged letters to Trump are really, really something.
Off the Record: We Don’t Talk About Natalie
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2026/08/jon-ossoff-plays-the-news-cycle-like-a-harp?via=rss
Published: August 21, 2026 17:00
PLUS we talk about the hotties of the governing body!
We’ve Replaced School Security With the Creepiest Possible System
Published: August 21, 2026 15:00
Students are going back to the most surveilled campuses in American history.
Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s VP of Brand and Communications? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.
Published: August 21, 2026 09:55
Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
One Number Is Keeping Trump’s Team Up at Night. You Should Be Worried About It Too.
Published: August 20, 2026 21:58
We didn’t think it could get harder to buy a house, but …
A Grab Bag Episode, With Questions Ranging from Serious to Silly
Published: August 20, 2026 21:00
The hosts trade the news cycle for reader mail this week, and the results wander from the wonky to the deeply personal.
The Latest Conservative Cause Célèbre Is an Absolute Nightmare
Published: August 20, 2026 14:30
A heartbreaking interstate surrogacy story has become the latest cause célèbre for social conservatives.
The New Madrid Fault Line Lies in the Middle of Which Continent?
Published: August 20, 2026 09:55
Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Aug. 20, 2026.
Trump Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop (Undermining the 2026 Elections)
Published: August 20, 2026 09:45
This week’s Executive Dysfunction.
All Michigan Democrats Have to Do to Win Is to Find Peace Over the Middle East
Published: August 20, 2026 09:40
It’s not easy, but it is critical if Democrats are going to hold a Senate seat.
A Streamer Predicted He Could Kill a Black Person and Get Away With It. Thousands Watched. When He Shot Someone, the Real Story Began.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/08/chud-the-builder-trial-joshua-fox-victim.html?via=rss
Published: August 20, 2026 09:35
In a first-time interview, the victim told me he knows what’s coming.
How Islamophobia Got Even Worse
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2026/08/why-islamophobia-is-defining-the-midterms?via=rss
Published: August 20, 2026 09:20
Medhi Hasan definitely isn’t saying you “gotta hand it to George W. Bush,” but….
Florida Man Loses. Florida Woman Wins.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/08/florida-primary-election-analysis-politics.html?via=rss
Published: August 19, 2026 21:54
The nation’s third-largest state held its primaries last night. Believe it or not, things got weird.
So About That Iranian Cyberattack on Our Water Supply
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/08/iran-cyberattack-water-supply-trump-fail.html?via=rss
Published: August 19, 2026 18:58
It's only the most essential component of human life.
There Is Something Very Wrong With the U.S. Navy Right Now
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/08/trump-iran-uss-lincoln-navy.html?via=rss
Published: August 19, 2026 15:53
What will happen if we have to fight a truly long war against a more capable military?
Gen Z Is Souring on Trump. Here’s How Dems Can Capitalize.
Published: August 19, 2026 14:35
What it would take to win back the zoomers.
The Great Pyramid of Giza Was Constructed as a Tomb for Which Pharaoh?
Published: August 19, 2026 09:55
Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Aug. 19, 2026.
Is Tech Dismantling Democracy?
Published: August 19, 2026 09:20
By the bots, for the bots.
Donald Trump’s Trickle-Down Misogyny
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/08/trump-news-kristen-holmes-cnn-reporter.html?via=rss
Published: August 18, 2026 22:33
This outburst says a lot about how the president's long history of misogyny is infecting the rest of his party.
We’re Finally Learning How ICE Is Spending Its Unlimited Budget. It’s Literally Shocking.
Published: August 18, 2026 20:21
It’s ugly, but also terrifyingly effective.
Can You Identify Which Item Cost More Than $10 in the 1897 Sears Roebuck and Co. Catalog?
Published: August 18, 2026 09:55
Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Aug. 18, 2026.
The Nightmare on the USS Lincoln
Published: August 18, 2026 09:20
Low morale on the high seas.
Donald Trump Promised to Keep Us Out of Protracted Wars of Choice in the Middle East. We Are Now in a Protracted War of Choice in the Middle East.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/08/trump-iran-war-peace-oman.html?via=rss
Published: August 17, 2026 21:35
Thanks, Donald
Trump Just Took a Wild Stance on North Korea
Published: August 17, 2026 18:14
President Trump has pretty much vaporized the United States’ reputation as a serious power in East Asia.
Dear (Juris)Prudence: It Was One of the Biggest Scandals of the First Trump Term and It’s Even Worse Now. Where Did It Go?
Published: August 17, 2026 14:00
It's in the Constitution, not one place, but two places.
A Pugilist Is Someone Engaged in Which Activity?
Published: August 17, 2026 09:55
Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Aug. 17, 2026.
Donald Trump Has Committed Too Many High Crimes to Count. But Should Democrats Really Impeach Again?
Published: August 17, 2026 09:45
Would another impeachment of Donald Trump make sense? Would it be constitutionally supportable, and would it be in the best interests of the country?
It’s Obvious Now Why “Woke 1” Failed. I Have an Idea for How Progressives Can Be Less Annoying Next Time.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/08/woke-1-crazy-aoc-progressives-hong.html?via=rss
Published: August 17, 2026 09:40
It wasn’t the ideas that were the problem. It was the execution.
They Stood Their Ground. Was It Murder?
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2026/08/can-black-people-stand-their-ground-in-america?via=rss
Published: August 17, 2026 09:20
If someone pointing a gun at you doesn’t rise to the level of “self-defense,” what could?
Dear (Juris)Prudence: Who Cooks Up the Supreme Court’s BS Originalist Ideas, Anyway?
Published: August 16, 2026 13:00
Clarence Thomas is the worst offender here.
The Ottolenghi Conspiracy: A Dinner Party Riff
Published: August 15, 2026 10:15
A character's scathing critique of how one celebrity chef's cookbook conquered British dinner tables and destroyed people's ability to actually cook.
An Extremist Won This Week in Wisconsin. It’s Probably Not the One You’ve Read About.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/08/wisconsin-2028-crowley-tiffany-hong-trump.html?via=rss
Published: August 15, 2026 09:45
Plus: We got a great look this week at whose lives Trump would save first.
To Understand Today’s Supreme Court, You Need to Understand One Particular Justice.
Published: August 15, 2026 07:00
How a mild-mannered Westerner became the SCOTUS wild card.
Trump on Long-Suffering Sailors: “Not Nearly Long Enough”
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/08/trump-uss-abraham-lincoln-navy-iran-war.html?via=rss
Published: August 14, 2026 21:09
Sailors are suffering. Trump and his team are denying it.
Dear (Juris)Prudence: How Can Congress Stop Trump From Sabotaging the Next Democratic President?
Published: August 14, 2026 20:32
In “Dear (Juris)Prudence,” we share your questions and Mark and Dahlia’s answers.
Off the Record: Air Farce One
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2026/08/how-ol-donny-trump-wriggled-out-of-turkey?via=rss
Published: August 14, 2026 17:00
Marco Rubio isn't walking around in the wrong-sized shoes just to be bait!
The Supreme Court’s Callais Ruling Has Already Wrought Terrible Damage
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/08/alabama-revote-supreme-court-callais-fail.html?via=rss
Published: August 14, 2026 14:00
What makes this episode unusually clarifying is that nobody on the winning side seems to feel much need to disguise the motive.
If You Want to Know How Trump 2.0 Is Really Going, I Suggest a Visit to the Dying Trump “Superstore”
Published: August 14, 2026 09:40
Recently, the retailer gained notoriety for a new sign.
Will Democrats’ Bitter Primaries Hurt Them When It Matters Most?
Published: August 14, 2026 09:30
The party is spending its summer mired in a series of acrimonious primaries. Will it hurt them when it’s time to take on Republicans?
Did Trump really need to orchestrate the secret plane swap?
Published: August 13, 2026 21:00
The rationale behind Trump’s plane switch and whether an alternative could have protected the president without putting journalists in harm’s way.
J.D. Vance Is Learning an Important Foreign Policy Lesson the Hard Way
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/08/ukraine-iran-trump-jd-vance-oil-gas-prices.html?via=rss
Published: August 13, 2026 19:00
This must have been an embarrassing moment for the vice president.
Death Penalty Supporters Say There’s No Proof of the Innocent Being Executed. Virginia Might Prove Them Wrong.
Published: August 13, 2026 18:29
The possibility of executing the innocent has gone a long way to change the national conversation about the death penalty.