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Saturday, October 17, 2026 8:50 AM ET

Slate - Top Stories

It Was Elon Musk All Along - Jim Newell

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It Seems Like Everyone Hates Taylor Swift's New Songs, So Why Are They Still So Popular? -- Chris Molanphy

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Katie Zacharia Did the Only Thing Trump Can't Tolerate -- Heather Schwedel

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Texas Just Accidentally Set Up a Great Experiment About Whether Facts Matter at All in 2026 -- Molly Olmstead

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Nathan Fielder's New Movie Is Already a Phenomenon, but the Biggest Twist Has Been Saved Until Now -- Sam Adams

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Trump Is So Desperate to Lower Gas Prices That He's Throwing a Key U.S. Ally Under the Bus -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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Texas' Anti-Abortion Bounty Law Is Being Used Against a Supremely Ironic Target -- Mary Ziegler

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The Ur-Tradwives Are Getting Out of the Game—and Warning Other Women to Do the Same -- Sarah Stankorb

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How Did Hilary Swank Get Pregnant at 52? -- Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz

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Doctors Are Using a Shortcut for an Age-Old Problem. It Can Be Pretty Risky. -- Alison Stein

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Netflix and Disney Are Scrambling to Survive -- Nitish Pahwa

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The People Who Asked Zohran Mamdani Why He's Killing Kids Explain Themselves -- Aymann Ismail

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The New Sense and Sensibility Is a Different Kind of Jane Austen Movie. I Loved It. -- Rebecca Onion

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This Epic New Movie Is Considered The Odyssey's Rival for Best Picture. I'm Not So Sure. -- Dana Stevens

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DEAR PRUDENCE -- There's a Way to Get Your Significant Other to Dress Better. It Takes a Bit of Subterfuge.

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true - pay dirt - I Suggested My Spouse and I Separate Our Finances. I Don't Like What I'm Being Accused of.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- I went to South Korea for a major glow-up. Men are having a very odd reaction.

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Jessica Stoya and Rich Juzwiak -- I'm Having Incredible Sex With a New Woman. But I Feel Terrible About What I'm Doing to Her.

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Michelle Herman -- My Wife Expects Our Grandkids to Adhere to a Relic of the Past. It's Time to Move on!

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Elizabeth Spiers and Athena Valentine -- My Husband and I Hashed Out Our Estate Plans. He Has an Odd Request.

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Laura Helmuth -- I Got Uninvited to My Friend's Fancy Dinner Parties With People Who Could Transform My Career. My Husband Is to Blame.

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It Was One of TV's Most Beloved Comedies. Then It Almost Got "Canceled." There's a Reason It Will Never Die. -- Sam Adams -- Twenty years after its premiere, Tina Fey's iconic sitcom still feels relevant as ever.

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What Will Power Won't -- Gabfest Reads

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I'm Going To Hunt Meta's AI Muse For Sport -- ICYMI

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true - How Realistic Is the Buzzy New Movie About Getting Swallowed by a Whale? A Whale Biologist Weighs In. Nadira Goffe

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In the 1960s, a Shocking Event Brought Queer Life to National Attention for the First Time. It's Not the One You Think. -- Timothy Stewart-Winter -- If the name Walter Jenkins doesn't ring a bell, it should.

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Slate Mini Crossword for Oct. 17, 2026 -- Quiara Vasquez

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Slate Pears Game 428: Oct. 16, 2026

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Slate Crossword: Fall Out Boy, Maybe? (11 Letters) -- Chandi Deitmer

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Slate SoundBites for October 16, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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Slate Mini Crossword for Oct. 16, 2026 -- Quiara Vasquez

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View all -- News & Politics

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true - One Big Thing Connects Sam Alito's Recent Comments About Roe v. Wade and the "Cornell Seven" Dahlia Lithwick - Women's rights are just "abstract" to the justice.

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A Former Federal Prosecutor Explains Why the Raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar Is So Very Bad -- Amicus

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Texas Just Accidentally Set Up a Great Experiment About Whether Facts Matter at All in 2026 -- Molly Olmstead

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Think You're Smarter Than a Slate Senior Supervising Producer? Find Out With This Week's News Quiz. -- Ray Hamel

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You've heard that grit matters. But is grit alone the secret to success? John Dickerson

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