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Trump's Saudi Nuclear Pact Is the Latest Sign That Israel's U.S. Support Is Tanking -- Fred Kaplan

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Extreme Candidates Have Cost Arizona Republicans a Bunch of Elections. Guess What the Plan Is for 2026? -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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Kristin Wong -- I Knew My Family Member Was Unlikely to Pay Me Back When I Lent Them a Large Sum. But I Didn't Expect This.

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Slate Crossword: Those Who Often Hear a Siren Song? (Four Letters) -- Chandi Deitmer

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I Can't Believe This New Hegseth Proposal Isn't a Parody -- Fred Kaplan -- This idea is both laughable and dangerous.

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It's Not J.D. Vance, Stephen Miller, or Marco Rubio. Someone Else Is Transforming Trump's World Right in Front of Us. -- Andrea Bernstein

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There Are People Trying to Get the "Explosive Diarrhea" on Purpose. I Know Exactly What They're Thinking. -- Mallary Tenore Tarpley

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There's Only One Thing Standing in the Way of the Tate Brothers' Extradition. It's, Uh, Not Good. -- Christina Cauterucci

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I've Studied Hundreds of Mass Shooters. Parents, I Hope You Know the Story of Colin Gray. -- Nina E. Cerfolio

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The Prosecution of Charlie Kirk's Alleged Killer Is Underway. It Does Not Bode Well for MAGA. -- Molly Olmstead

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The Trump Administration Is Making New Noises About a National Abortion Ban -- Mary Ziegler

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J.D. and Usha Vance's Latest Progeny Arrived—and Trump Promptly Did the Most Trump Thing Possible -- Heather Schwedel

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One Movie Was More Prescient Than Any Other About Cancel Culture's Bleak Afterlife -- Luke Winkie

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An Exquisite New Book Tackles a Subject That Was All the Rage in the '80s and '90s -- Laura Miller

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She Won an Oscar—and Received Years of Backlash. Now She's Finally Stopped Trying to Play Herself. -- Isaac Butler

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The Online Right Bet Against the Box-Office Success of Our Era's Most Successful Filmmaker. It Did Not Go Well. -- Sam Adams

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The Supreme Court Has Gone Off the Rails. There's an Age-Old American Solution. -- Dahlia Lithwick

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The Supreme Court Doesn't Own the Constitution -- Jay Willis

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How the Supreme Court Swiped the Constitution From We the People -- Joy Milligan and Bertrall Ross

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CARE AND FEEDING -- My Friends Have No Problem Insulting Our Parenting Decision. If I Tell Them What I Really Think, It Might End the Friendship.

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pay dirt -- My Best Friend and I Are Both Single Mothers. We Thought We Figured Out a Trick to Make It Easier. Big Mistake.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- I'm Finally Learning the Full Story About What Happened Between My Divorced Parents and a Cousin. I'm Going to Be Sick.

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Jessica Stoya -- My Job Takes Me Away to Sea. I Gave My Boyfriend Permission to Use a Coping Mechanism. I Wish I Hadn't.

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Nicole Chung -- Our School System Is Making a Big Change in the Name of Equity. I Can't Tell How Bad This Is Going to Be.

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Doree Shafrir -- I Have an Plan to Ask Out a Client. My Friend Says It's "Stalkerish."

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Nicole Chung -- My Houseguests All Disrespect Me in the Same Infuriating Way. My Husband Is Taking Their Side.

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Elon Musk Is Furious That Lupita Nyong'o Is Playing Helen of Troy. I Asked a Classicist How She Really Looked. -- Nadira Goffe -- A classicist breaks down the complicated truth behind the mythological figure—and what the conversation surrounding her is missing.

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Relationships Are Better With The Internet -- ICYMI

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The World Cup Final Was a Disaster. Until It Became Kind of Perfect. -- Alex Kirshner

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There's a Reason American Kids Aren't Better at Soccer. I Saw It for Myself All Too Well. -- Evan McGarvey

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It's Possible to Drink All Night and Wake Up Feeling Like You're 25 Again. You Just Need to Make One Easy Substitution. -- Courtney Iseman -- In this case, less is definitely more.

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Slate SoundBites for July 22, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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Slate Mini Crossword for July 22, 2026 -- Kaitlin Hsu

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Who Led the Nimrod Expedition to Antarctica? -- Ray Hamel

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The Real Trump Scandal in the Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak Story -- Scott Pilutik

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