U.K. Lawmakers Deal Humiliating Defeat to Boris Johnson by Voting for Brexit Delay

U.K. lawmakers dealt a major blow to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson by voting to postpone a decision on whether to support his Brexit deal. In...

Probe of Clinton Emails Ends: No “Deliberate Mishandling of Classified Information”

It’s over. The three-year-long State Department investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email account has ended...

Susan Rice Recalls “Totally Gross” Hug From Trump Amid Twitter Feud Over Syria

President Donald Trump and Susan Rice, who was national security adviser under President Barack Obama, got into a Twitter spat late Friday over...

Rep. Francis Rooney, First House Republican to Not Rule Out Impeachment, Will Retire

Florida Rep. Francis Rooney raised more than a few eyebrows Friday when he became the first House Republican to say the would be open to...

Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Sanders at Massive “Bernie’s Back” New York Rally

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivered one of the most coveted endorsements of the Democratic Party Saturday, when she made her support for Sen....

New York City Council Votes to Close Notorious Rikers Island Jail

The New York City Council voted Thursday to shut down one of the country’s most notorious jails on Rikers Island as part of an $8 billion plan to...

Hillary Clinton Backs Out of Fortune Event Co-Starring Kirstjen Nielsen

In a few days, Kirstjen Nielsen, the former secretary of homeland security best known for separating migrant children from their families and...

Podcast Episode This Week in Impeachment: Testifying Anyway

If the Democratic Primary Were Decided by Library Book Holds, Two Unlikely Candidates Would Be Front-Runners

Forget who won the debate or who’s the real front-runner—which presidential candidate is winning the race among library card holders? Yeah, you...

This Week in Brexit: We (Maybe) Have a Deal!

This Week in Brexit: We (Maybe) Have a Deal! It’s been a big week in politics for people denying or just ignoring the thing they just said. So in...

Podcast Episode Meghan Daum Has a Problem With Everything

The Angle: Why Andrew Yang’s Automation Fearmongering Is Way Overblown

Dude, just stop: Andrew Yang has premised his campaign on making cheap Asian American jokes and terrifying his followers with the prospect of a...

Trump Isn’t Just Pushing Ukraine to “Investigate Democrats.” He’s Doing Something Much Weirder.

If you’ve been glancing at news summaries at outlets like CNN and the New York Times, you’ve learned that on Thursday, acting White House chief...

Podcast Episode Donald Trump Skewers the Pax Americana

The Supreme Court’s Inability to Understand Transgender People Could Lead to Legal Catastrophe

Not a single transgender attorney I know felt that the Supreme Court displayed even a basic understanding of transgender people on Oct. 8 when it...

This Week in Rudy: A Lot of People Seemed to Accuse Him of Crimes

It’s been a week for President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani. The former New York mayor–turned–Trump attack dog has found...

The Last 31 Presidential Debates Have Ignored Voting Rights

Jayla Allen, a third-generation student at the historically Black Prairie View A&M University in Texas, cautioned members of Congress, during a May...

New York City Council Votes to Close Notorious Rikers Island Prison

The New York City Council voted Thursday to shut down one of the country’s most notorious prisons on Rikers Island as part of an $8 billion plan...

Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s Features Editor? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

Thanks for signing up! You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time. Welcome to Slate’s weekly news quiz. It’s Friday, which means...

Mick Mulvaney’s Ukraine Confession

Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, wants to change his story about Ukraine. On Thursday, at a press briefing, Mulvaney confirmed...

Don’t Assume ISIS Will Come Roaring Back if U.S. Troops Leave Syria

When President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of U.S. troops from northern Syria last week, tweeting “The Endless Wars Must End!,” the...

Well, That Was a Surprise, Bernie

Trump’s Doral G-7 Self-Deal Is Worthy of Impeachment All on Its Own

Donald Trump has flagrantly abused the power of his office to line his own pockets. Again. Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney...

A Brief, Quasi-Socratic Guide to Keeping Track of the Trump-Ukraine Scandal

Transcripts, texts, secret servers! Whistleblowers, White House counsels, and subpoenas! Guys named Sondland, Volker, Parnas, and Fruman whom...

Elijah Cummings, Democratic Leader at Forefront of Trump Investigations, Dies at 68

Democratic congressman Elijah Cummings died early Tuesday morning at the age of 68 due to complications stemming from longtime health issues, the...

U.K. and EU Announce New Brexit Deal, but Will It Survive Parliament?

British and European negotiators announced they had arrived at a new Brexit deal Thursday to facilitate the U.K.’s departure from the European...

Georgia School District Reverses Its Transgender Bathroom Policy After Receiving Death Threats

A school district in Georgia has reversed its policy that allowed transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their identity after staff,...

Trump’s Deals With Central American Countries Are Unraveling the Global Asylum System

Last month, the Trump administration announced the latest in a trio of bilateral agreements  effectively barring refugees coming through Central...

Jody Wilson-Raybould Is Justin Trudeau’s Worst Nightmare

Late last year, Jody Wilson-Raybould, then the attorney general of Canada—the first indigenous person to hold the position—quietly pushed over...

Podcast Episode What Led Us to the Current Syria Situation?

White House Chief of Staff Admits Trump Demanded Quid Pro Quo From Ukraine

At a surprise press conference on Thursday, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney admitted that Donald Trump withheld congressionally...

Trump Gives Turkey Exactly What It Wants, Claims Victory

President Trump has a preferred approach to international diplomacy: Step 1. Turn a long-running problem into an acute crisis with his rhetoric....

Why Did New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Say the N-word on the Radio?

It began with an exchange of pleasantries. In the audio from Tuesday, Alan Chartock, of WAMC’s The Roundtable, breaks the ice by telling...

Trump’s Meltdown Over Syria Was Appalling. Will It Matter for His Presidency?

For some time, President Donald Trump has been out on the edge, but on Wednesday he slipped over, into the abyss. No longer merely reckless and...

The Angle: The Syria Crisis Comes to a “Pause”

Don’t be a fool: Today the U.S. reached a deal with Turkey on a five-day “pause” in its military operation in northern Syria—which Donald...

Podcast Episode Meanwhile, at Fox News

Podcast Episode A Shameful, Deadly Betrayal

Today Was a Bad Day

Thursday was not a good day. In fact, it was a very bad day.Here is a short list of things that happened and a brief explanation of why they were...

In New Tax Documents, Trump’s Cooking the Books on Two Manhattan Properties Looks a Lot Like Fraud

It’s not Trump’s taxes, the whole enchilada, but ProPublica got ahold of property tax documents of the Trump Organization, adding to the...

Family of British Teen Killed in Car Crash Felt “Ambushed” by Trump’s Brokering Surprise Meeting

The family of British 19-year-old Harry Dunn, who was killed in an August car crash, was at the White House Tuesday to push President Trump to...

The Angle: The President Is Giving Turkey Whiplash

… Turkey?: In a stunning not-twist surprising only the Trump administration, Turkey will invade/is invading northern Syria as planned—mere days...

Podcast Episode Director Nicole Kassell Unmasks the New Watchmen

Trump Is Sabotaging His Own Administration’s Efforts To Stop Turkey’s Attack On Syria

President Trump once again made the subtext just text on Wednesday, saying during a press conference with the president of Italy that Turkey’s...

How Ecuador’s Indigenous Protests Have Become a Powerful Political Force

QUITO, Ecuador—In the capital’s Old Town, just outside the Plaza del Teatro, a young man wearing a surgical mask and a baseball cap—only his...

Which Democrats Should Drop Out Now?

We’ve now lived through four Democratic debates. It feels like more, both because it was more (technically, there have been six nights of debates)...

Is Elizabeth Warren an Ideologue?

Elizabeth Warren, the senator from Massachusetts, is a strong candidate for president. She has a clear and compelling message about the unfair...

The World Doesn’t Revolve Around Ohio Anymore

WESTERVILLE, Ohio—At an event in an ice cream shop downtown in this small suburb of Columbus, hours before Democrats’ presidential debate blocks...

Donald Trump and Bill Barr Are Setting a Religious War Trap

In a speech at Notre Dame Law School on Friday, Attorney General William Barr took a break from hassling Rupert Murdoch and running interference on...

How Many Times Could Donald Trump Be Impeached?

On this week’s Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick spoke to Laurence Tribe, professor of constitutional law at Harvard, about some of the legal questions the...

The Supreme Court Isn’t Ready to Trash Kennedy’s Legacy Just Yet

Lee Boyd Malvo was 17 years old when he and John Allen Muhammad shot and killed 10 people in the D.C. area. Muhammad had allegedly brainwashed...

Trump Warns Turkey’s Erdogan Not to “Be a Tough Guy” in Bizarre Letter

President Donald Trump asked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to “work out a good deal” over the country’s planned attacks against...

Democrats’ New Impeachment Plan Might Let Rudy Giuliani Skate on Contempt

On Tuesday Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, defied a subpoena to turn over documents to investigators overseeing Congress’...

Podcast Episode What the Kurds Are Fighting For

The Supreme Court Needs to Change the Way It Thinks About Justice for Children

Over the past 20 years, the Supreme Court has set significant limits on how severely juveniles can be punished for serious crimes. Wednesday, the...

North Carolina Republicans Say They Must Gerrymander to Protect Racial Equality

Faced with the prospect of losing significant power in both their legislative and congressional gerrymandered maps, North Carolina Republicans have...

Debate Night Brawl: Who Was the Most Polite Little Girl or Boy?

Of the 87 Democratic primary debates held thus far, not a single one has gone by without at least one candidate reminding us that America isn’t...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Will Endorse Bernie Sanders for President

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders for president, the Washington Post reports. Sanders hinted at the endorsement during...

Mike Pompeo’s Subordinates Are Calling His Bluff in the Impeachment Inquiry

On Tuesday, Rudy Giuliani announced that he would not comply with a congressional subpoena for records related to his and Donald Trump’s efforts...

Podcast Episode Shea Serrano Thinks Armageddon Should’ve Won Best Picture

The Angle: These 36 Lines of Code Changed the World Forever

Life hacks: Even though you can’t always see the effects, computer code has played a monumental role in shaping the modern world. These little,...

The Polls Say There Are Two Frontrunners. On the Debate Stage, There Was Just Elizabeth Warren.

WESTERVILLE, Ohio—The fourth Democratic presidential debate was not, in fact, the first one where two frontrunners weathered the criticism from all...

What Twitter’s Smartest Liberals and Conservatives Are Saying About the Democratic Debate

Can you believe there are only 385 days left until the 2020 election? Tuesday night’s Democratic primary debate will bring us 12 candidates on...

Mob of Democratic Candidates Denounces Concept of Using Taxes to Pay for Social Services

Elizabeth Warren is the Democratic primary frontrunner in polls of Iowa and New Hampshire. Joe Biden leads her in national surveys, but he hasn’t...