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Iran Is Relentlessly Trolling Trump. It Appears to Be Working. -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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People Are Arriving at the Airport at 1 a.m. for 6 a.m. Flights. I Watched That Unfold in Real Time. Maybe You've Seen Photos of the Airport Right Now. It Hits Different in Person. I Went to the Airport at 2:30 a.m. It Had Already Begun. At the Airport at 2:30 a.m., It Had Already Begun. I Watched Our National Failure Unfold in Real Time. document.getElementById('cmn7ywo7l001i3b7bnx45xajj@published') .querySelectorAll('span[data-promoline-variant]') [Math.floor(Math.random() * 4)].hidden = false - I Went to the Airport at 2:30 a.m. It Had Already Begun. Aymann Ismail

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Melania Just Showed Off an Unlikely Replacement for Teachers. She Accidentally United the Right and the Left. -- Rebecca Onion

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She Made the Greatest Song of the 2010s. Now She's Back With Her First Album of the 2020s. -- Carl Wilson

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A Self-Published Book Became the Bestselling Novel in America. After Reading It, I Think I Know Why. -- Rebecca Onion

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Netflix's New Crime Thriller Is So Deep in Sicko Territory It's Almost Funny -- Laura Miller

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Democrats Who Want to Run for President in 2028 Are Tripping Over Themselves to Push One Policy. It'll Backfire. -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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Markwayne Mullin Vacating His Senate Seat Has Had a Domino Effect. If a New Contender Gets His Way, It'll End at Christian Nationalism. -- Molly Olmstead

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Sonia Sotomayor Just Issued a Stirring Defense of One of Trump's Biggest Targets -- Shirin Ali

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Slate Mini Crossword for March 26, 2026 -- Kiran Pandey

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Play SoundBites! 🐟 -- Jenny Fey

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When the New Neighbor Arrived, They Were Excited. It Turned Into a Seven-Year Nightmare That Had Liberals Losing Their Minds. -- Alexander Sammon

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Sam Altman Is Finally Admitting Something No One Else Wants To -- Nitish Pahwa

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The Biggest Loser in the Chappell Roan Kid-Hating Incident? -- Christina Cauterucci

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Justin Timberlake Fought to Hide His DUI Video. When I Finally Watched, I Could See Why. -- Heather Schwedel

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I Profiled Lindy West After Her Marriage Memoir. Her Husband Didn't Like It Much. Here's the Whole Sordid Affair. -- Scaachi Koul

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- I Always Thought I Was an Accepting Person. Then an Influx of Immigrants Moved In—and My Reaction Startled Me.

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true - Arionne Nettles - My Husband's DNA Test Triggered a Series of Unfortunate Events. Somehow, His Mom Blames Him.

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Doree Shafrir -- I Never Thought My Marital Problems Would Be Caused By a Delusional Co-Worker. I Need a Plan.

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Jessica Stoya -- My Husband Never Brought Up My "Different" Appearance Down There. I'm Not Sure New Men Will Be So Forgiving.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris and Lizzie O'Leary -- My Father Is Finally Rid of My Hellish Mother. But I'm Very Concerned by What He's Doing Now.

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true - Jessica Stoya and Rich Juzwiak - When My Girlfriend Went Down on Me, I Instantly Knew Something Was Very Wrong. Then I Realized What She'd Done.

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Nicole Chung -- My Son Has Suddenly Developed an Alarming Attitude Toward School. I Don't Recognize Him.

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Kristin Wong -- My Sister Wants to Buy a "Fancy" New House. She Needs My Permission First.

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Laura Helmuth -- Money Is Not an Issue For Me. Something Else Is Making My Job Search Miserable.

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I Tried the Hot New Thing in Romance. I'm Embarrassed That I Kind of Liked It. -- Rebecca Onion -- Quinn is carving out a new space in audio erotica and courting romance fans with a canny strategy.

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Who Gets to Decide if Sherlock Holmes Is Gay? -- Decoder Ring

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Do We Feel Friendly Towards Aliens When We're Alienated from Each Other? -- Culture Gabfest

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A Lemon Pound Cake Just Saved Free Speech -- ICYMI

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Eight Years Ago, I Met Dolores Huerta. I Had No Idea She Was Keeping the Same Secret as Me. -- Amanda Machado -- There's a reason women like Dolores and I don't speak up. It's almost as painful as the abuse itself.

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Slate Pears Game 222: Mar. 26, 2026

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Slate Crossword: Parisian Preposition in a "Lady Marmalade" Lyric (Four Letters) -- Ben Zimmer

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Trump Just Caved On One of His Biggest Power Grabs - Mark Joseph Stern - Donald Trump's Department of Justice quietly caved in one of its biggest brawls with the federal judiciary on Monday.

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In Atoms, Electrons Arrange Themselves in Quantum Levels Known by Which Name? -- Ray Hamel

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The Iran War Hits Your Pocket -- What Next

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He Appeals to Young, Disaffected Men. He Thinks Trump Is Fumbling and Democrats Need to Pick Up the Slack. -- Mary Harris

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Who Needs TSA When You Have ICE? David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson

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