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TRUE -- America's Hottest Primary Has Clues About What's Coming After Trump. It's Not Pretty. -- Ben Jacobs

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We Have a New Worst Star Wars Movie -- Sam Adams

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A Bestselling Author Put an Israeli Character Into Her New Novel. Then the Internet Lost Its Mind. -- Laura Miller

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A MAGA Judge's Shocking Power Grab Crosses Over Into an Impeachable Offense -- Mark Joseph Stern

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Donald Trump Hates One Television Show More Than Any Other. After Watching for the Past Week, I See Why. -- Heather Schwedel

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Maybe Trump Is Giving Us the Capital City We Deserve -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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Trump's Efforts to Intimidate Elon Musk's Enemies Just Faced a Severe Setback -- Dahlia Lithwick

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Justice Jackson Seems to Be Warning Us About the Supreme Court's Next Voting Rights Target -- Alexis Romero

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Is the Supreme Court's Abortion Pill Ruling Actually a Feint? -- Reva Siegel and Mary Ziegler

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Slate Mini Crossword for May 20, 2026 - Kavin Pawittranon

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My Girlfriend Started a New Sex "Extracurricular." At First, It Was Hot. Now It's Taken a Turn. Rich Juzwiak

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A Simple App Has Completely Transformed the Way We Drink. Has It Been for the Best? -- N.C. Stevens

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There Was One Widespread Rumor About the SNL Finale. It's Time for It to Come True. -- Scaachi Koul

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It's an Industry Almost Everyone Hates. Wall Street Loves It. It Could Demolish the Entire Economy. -- Nitish Pahwa

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Trump's New Grift Is His Most Brazen ... Ever? -- Jim Newell

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My Daughter Wants to Move Home After College. I Said OK—With One Condition. Her Reaction Is Off the Wall. -- Pay Dirt

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- There's a Problem With Tipping a Percentage on Delivery Orders That No One Likes to Admit

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Arionne Nettles -- My 6-Year-Old Son Started Screaming Bloody Murder on a Plane. The Reason Isn't At All What You'd Expect.

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Rich Juzwiak -- I Normally Have a Much Higher Sex Drive Than My Husband. Then He Got Injured, and, Uh, Wow.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- My Single Daughter Is Going Down a Worrying Path. I Can't Ignore It Any Longer.

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Nicole Chung -- My Son and His Cousin Will Be at the Same Big High School Next Year. My In-Laws Have the Wrong Idea About What That's Going to Look Like.

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Kristin Wong -- My Friends Have the Wrong Idea About How We Bought Our House. I'm Not Sure If I Should Correct Them.

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Doree Shafrir -- I Need to Tell My Future Employer Something They're Not Going to Like. I'm Worried It Could Get Me Fired.

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Thomas Massie Lost to Donald Trump. He May Still Get the Last Laugh. Ben Jacobs

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Alex Murdaugh's Murder Convictions Were Just Overturned. The Reason Why Is Wild. -- Laura Miller -- The person responsible is "unbelievable."

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The Once Mighty Florida Orange Is Just About Dead. Whodunit? -- Decoder Ring

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I Tried Out Those Weird Mushroom and Dandelion "Coffees" That Are All Over Social Media. What a Trip. -- Nadira Goffe -- The era of "mud water" is nigh.

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Slate Crossword: Accessories on the Court ... or on Your Ears (Five Letters) -- Chandi Deitmer

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true - Trump Thought He Could Wing It at His Summit With China's President. Not Exactly! Fred Kaplan - The world's most powerful men met this week. What happened?

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She Was Ripped From Her Car and Detained, but She's Not Done With ICE -- Mary Harris

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Which Was the Only Movie Directed by Alfred Hitchcock to Win a Best Picture Oscar? -- Ray Hamel

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More Than 36,000 People Were Killed by the Eruption of Which Volcano in August 1883? Ray Hamel

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