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Trump's Team Has an Impressively Terrible New Idea - Jim Newell

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I Run a Summer Camp. I Can Tell You Right Now That You're Ruining Your Kid's Summer. -- Violet Piper

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One of the Most-Anticipated TV Episodes of the Year Was Always Going to Raise Questions. I, Uh, Didn't Expect This One. -- Heather Schwedel

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He Was Supposed to Be "Canceled." He Just Broke One of Michael Jackson's Most Enduring Records. -- Chris Molanphy

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Ketanji Brown Jackson Stands Firm—and Alone—on Compassionate Release -- Elizabeth Webster and Belén Lowrey-Kinberg

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TV's Best Comedy Went Out With a Perfect Finale. It Was Years in the Making. -- David Mack

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Half Man Concludes With a Shocking Twist, but Richard Gadd Always Knew It Was the Only Ending -- David Mack

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One of the Most Popular Books of the Year Has Some New, Famous Haters. Don't Buy In to the Backlash. Scaachi Koul

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I Thought My New Boyfriend Was a Perfect Fit for Me. Then I Found Out What His Life Was Like Before We Met. -- Rich Juzwiak

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My Long-Lost Nephew Has Shown Up Asking for College Money. I Was About to Send It—Until I Saw This. -- Jenée Desmond-Harris

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Trump Is Mocking What's Happening in New Jersey. I Saw It for Myself. Something's Changing. -- Aymann Ismail

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This Year's Most Anticipated Horror Movie Captures One of the Internet's Eeriest Phenomena -- Nadira Goffe

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Apple TV's Best New Show Is a Miracle. Its Latest Episodes Prove It. -- Rebecca Onion

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A Breakout Horror Hit Has Become a Word-of-Mouth Sensation. How Scary Is It? -- Nadira Goffe

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Michelle Herman -- I Have a Sinking Feeling Every Time I See My Husband and My Friend Together. Uh Oh.

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Elizabeth Spiers and Athena Valentine -- My Daughter Says She Isn't Mad That I'm Engaged to Her Childhood Best Friend. The Ultimatum She Just Gave Me Suggests She Is.

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Laura Helmuth - I Have Discovered the Opposite of a "Personality" Hire—and Unfortunately, I Have No Idea How to Deal With Her

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The No. 1 Movie on Netflix Is Every Parent's Worst Nightmare -- Rebecca Onion -- Even a murder or two couldn't stop her from posting on social media.

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He Became America's Most Entitled, Ridiculed Actor. He's Found a Brilliant Way to Come Back. -- Heather Schwedel -- A disastrous Oscar campaign and ill-advised mustache behind him, Timothée Chalamet seems to be coming back.

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Why Was the Chief of Staff for a Leading Republican Senate Candidate on a Group Chat With Famous White Nationalists? The Answer Somehow Makes It Even Worse. Ben Jacobs - His boss is running for a Senate seat. He was on a group chat with Nick Fuentes.

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John Roberts Might Not Know It, But He's Played a Dangerous Game This SCOTUS Term -- Amicus

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Think You're Smarter Than a Slate Senior Writer? Find Out With This Week's News Quiz. -- Ray Hamel

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Brett Kavanaugh and John Roberts Remain Strangely Clear-Eyed About One Kind of Racism -- Alexis Romero and Mark Joseph Stern

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Will Ken Paxton Hand Democrats a Texas Senate Seat? -- Political Gabfest

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