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Pam Bondi Crashed Out for a Bizarre Reason. She's Not Alone. Jim Newell

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The Follow-Up to 2024's Most Acclaimed Album Is Here. Can It Live Up to the Hype? -- Carl Wilson

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I'm Still Trying to Process Ilia Malinin's Olympic Meltdown -- Chris Schleicher

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You Won't Believe Why the IOC Banned This Ukrainian Athlete From the Winter Games -- Christina Cauterucci

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The Unexpected Demographic Dominating the Winter Olympics -- Justin Peters

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He's Shy. He's Awkward. He's an Olympic Figure Skating Champion. -- Justin Peters

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The Epstein Files Contain More Than 38,000 Trump References. Here's a Helpful Visualization. Slate Staff

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The British Are Furious at Donald Trump Over Chicken. They Actually Have a Pretty Good Point. -- Molly Olmstead

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There's One More Thing Tearing the Trans-Atlantic Alliance Apart. It's Coming to a Head This Weekend. -- Jen Kirby

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Our Greatest Living Biographer Is Back With His First Single-Subject Book in Decades. It's Enthralling. -- Laura Miller

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HBO and A24's New Show Is Hilarious, Then Jaw-Dropping, Then Terrifying -- Sam Adams

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The New Wuthering Heights Is Preposterous, Proudly Stupid, and the Director's Best Film Yet -- Dana Stevens

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The Winter's Most Controversial Movie Has Revived a Decades-Old Debate. There's Still No Clear Answer. -- Rebecca Onion

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true - Jenée Desmond-Harris and Lizzie O'Leary - Help! I Agreed to Live With My Boyfriend's Family to Save Some Money. But It's Come at an Extremely Creepy Price.

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true - Logan Sachon - My Daughter's Teacher Has Made Some Disturbing Threats in Class. They Involve His Own Son.

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Ilyce Glink -- My Ex Stopped Paying for Our Daughter's College for the Cruelest Reason. I'm Livid.

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Laura Helmuth -- I Want to See My New Business Take Off. One Person Is Holding Me Back.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- Help! My Best Friend's Entire Personality Changed After a Traumatic Event. I Can't Stand the "New Her."

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Rich Juzwiak -- My Boyfriend and I Are Stuck in a Vicious Sex Cycle. There Has to Be a Way Out.

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Logan Sachon - My Son Was Being Disgusting Online. My Solution Has Had Unintended Consequences.

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Elizabeth Spiers and Athena Valentine -- My Wife's Spending Problem Has Always Been a Mystery. I Think I Uncovered the Cause.

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Laura Helmuth -- My Colleague Told Our Job She Was Worried About My "Safety." I Understand Exactly What She's Trying to Do.

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Michelle Herman -- Every Time I Walk Into My Son's Room, I'm Confronted With Something Unsightly. This Is Getting Out of Control.

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true - It Sure Looks Like This Supreme Court Justice Is Getting Ready to Retire - A flurry of recent hints has prompted new speculation that the court's most reliably partisan conservative is eyeing the exit. Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern

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A 20-Year-Old Looksmaxxer Is the Future of the Internet. We Should Be Worried About This. In response to an interview request, Clavicular's team sent this: "Grand Theft Auto 6 (GTA 6) is officially scheduled to be released on November 19, 2026." David Mack

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The Ice-Dancing Judging Scandal That Has American Fans Furious - Justin Peters - Did Madison Chock and Evan Bates get robbed?

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Dating Apps Are In Their Sh*tpost Era -- ICYMI

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Nashville Turned Its Back on Two Country-Pop Upstarts. Then Hollywood Came Knocking. -- Hit Parade

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true - Conservatives Are Terrified That People Like Me Are Buying Guns Now. Maybe They Should Be. Christina Cauterucci - We're here. We're queer. Increasingly, we're armed.

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Slate Mini Crossword for Feb. 14, 2026 -- Adrianne Baik

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Slate Crossword: Sex God? (Four Letters) -- Quiara Vasquez

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Slate SoundBites for Feb. 13, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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A Running List of Horrific Things ICE Agents Have Said to My Neighbors - Brandon Sigüenza - Thousands of agents are still on the ground here in Minnesota.

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Habeas? What Habeas? -- Amicus

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Texas Is Planning to Put an Innocent Man to Death. Will the Supreme Court Even Take the Case? -- Austin Sarat

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SchadenFriday: The Week MAGA Turned Cringe -- What Next

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The Epstein Files Contain More Than 38,000 Trump References. Here's a Helpful Visualization. -- Slate Staff

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