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

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Trump Just Made a Truly Shocking Admission About Iran -- Fred Kaplan

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

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

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Sterling K. Brown Just Got His First Great Villain Role, and He Knocked It Out of the Park -- Nadira Goffe

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Slate Mini Crossword for May 18, 2026 -- Nate Cardin

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Slate Crossword: "Peel Me a Grape" Type (Four Letters) -- Tim Croce

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I Tried Out Those Weird Mushroom and Dandelion "Coffees" That Are All Over Social Media. What a Trip. -- Nadira Goffe

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I Know Way Too Much About Infectious Diseases. Here's Why I'm Considering Taking a Cruise With My Family Anyway. -- Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz

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It Costs $10. New Parents Have No Idea They'll Need It. -- Shannon Palus

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My Dad Couldn't Afford His Nursing Home, So My Family Made a Drastic Move. We're Not Alone. -- Anna De La Cruz

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Nicole Chung -- My Adult Son Legally Changed His Last Name. My Husband's Reaction Is Absurd.

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Jessica Stoya -- I Got Home From Work and Caught My Wife Betraying Me. I Can Use This to My Advantage.

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Kristin Wong -- My Friends Always Host Our Hang Outs in Their Home. They Have an Infuriating Habit.

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true - Jenée Desmond-Harris - My Husband's Family Treats His Ex-Wife Like She's Royalty. After What She Did, She Doesn't Deserve It.

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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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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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Ilyce Glink -- I Split a Suite With a Married Couple on Vacation. I Don't Know if We'll Ever Recover From the Fallout.

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Laura Helmuth -- Someone Reported My Boss. She Found Out, and She's Holding It Against Me.

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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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