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An Iranian Explains What Happened This Week—And What the Country Must Do Now

An Iranian Explains What Happened This Week—And What the Country Must Do Now

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Aymann Ismail

Even Donald Trump Is Starting to See the Absurdity of Stephen Miller’s Deportation Targets

Even Donald Trump Is Starting to See the Absurdity of Stephen Miller’s Deportation Targets

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Shirin Ali

Which California Dem Did Trump More Successfully Bait This Week, Newsom or Padilla?

Which California Dem Did Trump More Successfully Bait This Week, Newsom or Padilla?

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Jim Newell

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

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Ray Hamel

How Judges Can Use a Roberts-Invented Judicial Tool to Curb Trump

How Judges Can Use a Roberts-Invented Judicial Tool to Curb Trump

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Reed Shaw

Who Was the First American Woman in Space?

12.06.2025 4

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Ray Hamel

We Are Entering Uncharted Territory Here, Folks

We Are Entering Uncharted Territory Here, Folks

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12.06.2025 40

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Ben Mathis-Lilley

One Supreme Court Justice Just Keeps Sliding Further to the Right

One Supreme Court Justice Just Keeps Sliding Further to the Right

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Mark Joseph Stern

These Judges Make the Supreme Court’s Ethics Scandals Look Tame

These Judges Make the Supreme Court’s Ethics Scandals Look Tame

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11.06.2025 3

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Manny Marotta

In 1904, Which City Hosted Both the World’s Fair and the Summer Olympics?

11.06.2025 3

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Ray Hamel

Two Curious Things About Trump’s Remarks on His Military Parade

Two Curious Things About Trump’s Remarks on His Military Parade

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11.06.2025 2

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Fred Kaplan

Trump’s Deployment of the National Guard in L.A. Has Serious Legal Flaws

Trump’s Deployment of the National Guard in L.A. Has Serious Legal Flaws

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10.06.2025 30

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Mark Joseph Stern

Excerpts From the Memoir of a Marine Deployed to Los Angeles in 2025

Excerpts From the Memoir of a Marine Deployed to Los Angeles in 2025

Tweet Share Share Comment The Trump administration is mobilizing 700 Marines to respond to protests triggered by Immigration and Customs...

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Ben Mathis-Lilley