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Slate - Top Stories

Nicole Chung -- My Stepdaughter Is Being Kicked Out of Her Friend Group. One Mom Is to Blame.

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Kristin Wong -- My Dad Convinced Me to Take on a Major Monthly Expense. It Turns Out He Made a Promise About It That He Couldn't Keep.

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Dave & Buster's Is Fighting to Survive. Its Hail Mary Idea Could Be a Lifesaver. It Might Also Change the Brand Forever. Paula Mejía

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Why Can't America Have a Housing Bill? Because of Trump's Signature Obsession. -- Jim Newell

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Trump Is Still Trying to Punish Minnesota. It's Going About as You'd Expect. -- Shirin Ali

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I Make Restaurant Reservations by Phone All the Time. I'm Freaked Out by What I've Started to Hear. -- Maggie Hennessy

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The Conservative Majority Blew Apart One of the Biggest Myths About This Supreme Court -- Mark Joseph Stern

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The World Cup's Ticketing Nightmare Is Finally Here -- Nitish Pahwa

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Why Do U.S. News Outlets Keep Making This Mistake About the Iran Talks? -- Fred Kaplan

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Hulu's New Hit Show Should Be Delicious Schadenfreude. There's Just One Problem. -- Rebecca Onion

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My Brother Woke Up in the Hospital With a Strange Story. It Was Even Stranger When It Turned Out to Be True. -- Laura Creedle

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The Same Disturbing Thing Befalls Everyone Who Earns $100,000 at My Job. I Can't Let it Happen to Me. -- Laura Helmuth

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It's the Oddest, Dirtiest Military Tradition. Pete Hegseth Would Hate It. It's Perfect. -- Pat Cassels

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Their Album Was Banned. Their Members Were Arrested. But at Trial, the Jurors Couldn't Stop Laughing. -- Isaac Butler

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Is Donald Trump Sick? A Bombshell New Scoop May Provide Our First Real Clue. -- Luke Winkie

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- My Wife Has a Disturbing New "Policy" About the Kids Next Door. I Want No Part of It.

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My Husband Is in Denial About His Career Prospects. I Don't Know How Much More I Can Take. -- This isn't sustainable. -- Kristin Wong

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I Went to One of the Last-Ever Shows of a Beloved Rock Band. What I Saw Was Haunting and Strange. -- Luke Winkie -- His desiccated performance and chintzy stage show eerily reflected his dark MAGA turn.

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The Worst Person in the House of the Dragon Premiere May, Ironically, Also Be Its Best -- Nadira Goffe and Rebecca Onion

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House of the Dragon Has Finally Arrived -- Sam Adams

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They're Old Fashioned. They Were Never Supposed to Be This Popular. I Saw Why They're Only Getting Bigger. -- Imogen West-Knights -- How an old-fashioned favorite re-conquered America.

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Slate SoundBites for June 25, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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Pride Month Is Here. But Should the LGBTQ Community Really Be Proud of Where We Are? -- Outward

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I Visited Washington D.C.'s Putrid Reflecting Pool. What I Saw Was Far Worse Than I Expected. Christina Cauterucci - Even for 2026, this is really on the nose.

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No One Knows the Truth About the Iran Deal -- What Next

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