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Thomas Massie's Loss Might Be a Pyrrhic Victory for MAGA -- Ben Jacobs

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

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

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Slate Mini Crossword for May 20, 2026 -- Kavin Pawittranon

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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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Jessica Stoya -- I Read My Wife's College Journal. What I Discovered About Her Sex Life Haunts Me.

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Carrie Bauer -- I've Watched My 5-Year-Old's Favorite TV Shows. I'm ... Concerned.

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

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A Fox News Host Wrote a Bestselling Romance About Liberal Women Falling for Republican Men. I Read It So You Don't Have To. -- Rebecca Onion -- George W. Bush's former press secretary has found her next gig. I'm not sure she's up to the job.

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

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