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Even for Trump, This Latest Theft Is Pretty Brazen -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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Slate Mini Crossword for Sept. 1, 2026 -- Quiara Vasquez

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Slate Crossword: Puzzle That Requires Inside-the-Box Thinking (Six Letters) -- Quiara Vasquez

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true - Trump Just Asked the Supreme Court to Back One of His Cruelest Policies - Robyn Nicole Sanders

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A Leaked Document Shows American Generals Are Squirming About Iran—and for Good Reason - Fred Kaplan

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Trump for a Decade Had One Superhuman Ability. Now, It Seems He's Losing It. -- Ben Jacobs

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A Riveting New Book Tells the Story of the Man Who Made Donald Trump -- Laura Miller

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My Parents Had a Style of Cooking That Was Efficient, Reliable, and Adequate. We Could Really Benefit From It Today. -- Jessica Furseth

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HBO's Great New Show Is Incredibly Sharp on Race and the Black American Experience -- Nadira Goffe

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The Ingenious New Show Based on a Hit Movie Series Had My Audience Gasping -- Sam Adams

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A Bestselling Book Is Now a Star-Studded Netflix Movie. To Be Blunt: It's Bad. -- Laura Miller

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true - Popular Instagram Accounts Keep Posting About the Same Man. There's a Bizarre Reason Why. Nitish Pahwa - The hunt for a rapper named "Ryonex" uncovered a strange trick popular accounts are using to make their posts go viral.

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It's a Popular Procedure for Young Women to Consider Undergoing. I Hope They Understand What They're Actually Buying. -- Leila Haghighat

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Trump Even Managed to Piss Off Canada -- Slate Money

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true - Judge Blocks Trump Mail-Ballot Order, Calls Out DOJ's "Cynical" Attempt to Misread Supreme Court Ruling - Robyn Nicole Sanders - Judge Indira Talwani took the justices at their word.

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