Trump Video Featuring “We Will Rock You” Taken Down After Complaint From Queen

The publisher of iconic rock band Queen forced a campaign video for President Donald Trump to be taken down because it used We Will Rock You as its...

Ted Cruz: “Of Course” It’s Inappropriate for Trump to Ask China to Probe Bidens

Sen. Ted Cruz became the latest in a handful of Republican senators to criticize President Donald Trump for his public call that China investigate...

Hunter Biden Steps Down From Board of Chinese Company as He Defends His Work

After months of silence, Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, spoke up for the first time on Sunday, defending his work in...

Hundreds of ISIS Allies Flee Detention in Northern Syria as U.S. Prepares Full Withdrawal

The situation in northern Syria is rapidly deteriorating as Turkish troops continue their advance into the region. At least 750 people with...

A White Texas Cop Killed a Black Woman Insider Her Own Home Because Her Door Was Open

A white police officer in Fort Worth, Texas killed a black woman inside her own home after a neighbor had called police because her front door was...

Trump Calls Tlaib “Despicable” After She Suggests Detaining Those Who Defy Subpoenas

President Donald Trump went on the offensive against Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, calling her a “despicable human being” in a Sunday morning...

Trump Defends Giuliani Amid Reports He Is Under Criminal Investigation

President Donald Trump came out in defense of his attorney Rudy Giuliani on Saturday amid reports that federal prosecutors in Manhattan have...

Eliud Kipchoge Makes History by Running First-Ever Marathon in Under Two Hours

What once seemed impossible has become a reality. Kenyan marathoner Eliud Kipchoge became the first person in history to finish a marathon in less...

Shooting in Brooklyn Club Kills Four, Leaves Several Others Injured

Four people were killed and five others were injured early Saturday morning at a shooting in Brooklyn. Poilce said the shooting took place right...

Elizabeth Warren Trolls Facebook With Ad Claiming Zuckerberg Supports Trump

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is putting a spotlight on Facebook’s ad policies by turning the tables on the powerful social network. Following a week in...

Podcast Episode Impeachment Primer

Trump’s Attempts at Collusion Aren’t Jokes

President Donald Trump has an unfortunate habit of openly soliciting crimes. Sometimes it’s bribery, sometimes it’s violence, and sometimes...

What Will Post–Heart Attack Bernie Be Like?

What the American Pastor Imprisoned by Erdogan and Championed by Trump Thinks Now

For 735 days, the world neither saw nor heard from Andrew Brunson, even as he became a central figure in global politics. The American evangelical...

Podcast Episode There’s No Law in That White House Counsel Letter

This Week in Brexit: Is There Light at the End of the Brexit Tunnel?

Negotiators are entering “the tunnel” this week for the final stretch of Brexit negotiations before the Oct. 31 deadline, which is Brussels jargon...

A Trump-Appointed Judge Is Running Interference for the President on His Financial Records

One of Donald Trump’s most controversial judicial nominees unleashed a bizarre and embarrassing dissent on Friday that seeks to shield the...

A Chunk of California Is Still in the Dark or on Fire

At least two people have died and tens of thousands have been ordered to evacuate as wildfires, whipped up by powerful Santa Ana winds, raged in...

By the Way, Trump’s Favorite Ukrainian Prosecutor Helped a Key Witness Flee the Mueller Investigation

Remember Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation? No, wait, hang on. Yes, all that stuff—about the evidence, or unavailability of evidence,...

Beto O’Rourke Is Turning Into a Human Straw Man for Conservatives

Given his low and static polling, it’s hard to tell what, exactly, Beto O’Rourke hopes to accomplish by staying in the presidential race. But...

Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday to Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. The 43-year-old former...

Podcast Episode This Week in Impeachment: Obstruct and Distract

Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Associate 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...

Podcast Episode Giuliani Whisperer

At the Candidates’ LGBTQ Town Hall, Agreeing Was the Easy Part

When the Democratic candidates for president gathered for a forum on LGBTQ issues in 2007, the front-runners spent the evening making excuses....

The Angle: Trump’s Judges Are Already Protecting Him at All Costs

Paying off: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled today that President Donald Trump could not block the House from...

Trump’s Anti-Somali Refugee Comments at Minnesota Rally Weren’t a Dog Whistle

Donald Trump, the president of the United States, launched into an anti-immigrant invective during a campaign rally in Minnesota Thursday night...

Bret Stephens Backs Out of Bedbug Debate

New York Times opinion columnist and man who thinks it’s deeply important to engage in open debate Bret Stephens has backed out of an upcoming...

Joe Biden Acted Like He Was Going to Kiss Anderson Cooper at CNN’s LGBTQ Town Hall

Joe Biden started his spiel at Thursday’s Democratic presidential town hall on LGBTQ issues with a disclaimer. All the candidates support LGBTQ...

Trump Wants to Stop “Endless Wars.” He’s Making That Impossible.

The word “endorses” did a lot of work in President Trump’s statement yesterday on Turkey’s military offensive into Northern Syria. “The...

The Voting Rights Act’s Days May Be Numbered

Abolishing voter protections because they’ve successfully stopped discrimination, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote in 2013, “is...

Statehood Has Always Been About Race

“When they say it’s not about race and partisanship,” said Virginia Democratic Rep.Gerry Connolly, “you can be sure it’s about race and...

Apple Pulls Map App Used by Hong Kong Protesters to Track Police After Pressure from Beijing

Apple removed an app being used by protesters in Hong Kong to track police movements after the company faced criticism from Chinese state media for...

Trump Cannonballs Into NBA v. China Fracas by Going After Gregg Popovich and Steve Kerr?

President Trump cannonballed into the NBA v. China fracas Wednesday in, predictably, the most non sequitur fashion, aiming his criticism at two NBA...

Podcast Episode Why Don’t D.C. Residents Count?

What Trump Means When He Says the Kurds “Didn’t Help Us With Normandy”

President Trump has managed to do the unthinkable: inspire bipartisan opposition to his leadership. On Wednesday, condemnation rained down from...

Podcast Episode No Branch of Government May Investigate Trump, Says Donald Trump

Podcast Episode Past Crimes Shouldn’t Eliminate Your Voting Rights

The Angle: Who Counts?

The franchise: Today, Slate launched an important new initiative examining one of the most essential questions of our time: Who counts? We’ll be...

The Arrest of Giuliani’s Ukraine Associates Shows How Much Trump Has Already Corrupted Our Elections

The news of Thursday’s indictments of two associates of Rudy Giuliani, who according to their lawyer (and former Trump lawyer) John Dowd,...

The Horrifying Campaign Against LGBTQ People in Poland—and How the U.S. Has Made It Worse

This post is part of  Outward , Slate’s home for coverage of LGBTQ life, thought, and culture.  Read more here . In a poll conducted last month in...

The Supreme Court Has a Chance to Bring Constitutional Equality to Puerto Rico

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear argument in Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment LLC . On the...

The White House’s Impeachment Inquiry Demands Have No Basis in Law or History

The White House letter on Tuesday refusing all executive branch cooperation with the ongoing House impeachment inquiry is, simply put, a public...

Who Are the People Voting for the First Time in 2020?

Introducing First Timers, an ongoing series of interviews with people who plan to vote in their first general election on Nov. 3, 2020. If you want...

The Angle: In Order to Prevent Disaster, PG&E Must Create a Disaster?

Power: You might not have heard about it, but in California, the same electric utility responsible for several of the state’s worst wildfires in...

Podcast Episode The Fight Between China and the NBA Isn’t Complicated

Women’s Response to the Warren Pregnancy Discrimination “Scandal” Shows How 2020 Could Be Different

Elizabeth Warren’s story, which she’s recounted in several campaign speeches, goes something like this: After graduating from college, she worked...