Today From Slate

Slate tells you what you need to know (and one thing you don't) every weekday.

News
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Announcement
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A DM from GM
Pierre Bienaimé has three things to know today—from the Capital Gazette shooting, to the EU's borders, to General Motors' tariff worries.
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Japan Plays Fair, Japan Wins Square
Pierre Bienaimé has three things to know today—from president Trump's date with Putin, to gay conversion therapy, to Japan's World Cup tie-breaker.
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Justice Kennedy Says Au Revoir
Jayson De Leon has two things to kick off your day – starting with the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy and ending with the man who worked for free even though he was millions in the hole.
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Los Niños Robados
Pierre Bienaimé has three things to know today—from Trump's Supreme Court victory, to Spain's stolen children, to Uber's fortunes in London.
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Gorsuch Takes a Swing at the Voting Rights Act
Jayson De Leon has two things to start your day – from Mueller obtaining the phones and computer of Erik Prince to Neil Gorsuch's position on the Voting Rights Act.
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Mick Mulvaney's Long Haul Overhaul
Jayson De Leon has a few things to kickoff your weekend from a 5-objective disaster plan from NASA to the Trump administration's attempt to put a stranglehold on government benefit programs.
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Vladimir Putin, You're On the Clock
Jayson De Leon has a few things to start your day – from a Supreme Court decision on sales taxes to yet another summit in the making. Plus, the NBA Draft.
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Asteroid Deflection? Planet Earth Is on It
Pierre Bienaimé has three things to know today—from Trump's executive order, to legal pot in Canada, to asteroid defense.
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Tears at the Border
Pierre Bienaimé has three things to know today—from the U.S.-Mexico border, to Colombia, to Mexico City after one epic World Cup goal.
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Iron Tower, Glass Walls
Pierre Bienaimé has three things to know today—from the latest trade war salvo, to Paul Manafort's jailing, to the Eiffel Tower.
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A Gift Unlike Any Other for President Trump
Jayson De Leon has a few things to start your day – from the NY State Attorney General's gift to Donald Trump to a heated exchange in the White House press room.
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World Cup Fever?
Pierre Bienaimé has three things to know today—from what's next for North Korea, to the Antarctic, to the World Cup's kickoff.
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AT&T and All That Javanka Money
Jayson De Leon has a few things to start your day – from a judge's decision on the AT&T and Time Warner merger to a last minute underdog for the World Cup!
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The Paperless President
Pierre Bienaimé has three things to know today—from a tough decision on immigration, to net neutrality, to president Trump's "filing" system.
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Adieu, Bourdain
Pierre Bienaimé has three things to know today—from the latest charge against Paul Manafort, to the opioid crisis, to the mark left by culinary traveler Anthony Bourdain.
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Rosenstein's Role and the G6+1
Jayson De Leon has a few things to start your day – from President Trump’s reluctant trip to Québec to different arguments around a potential Rosenstein recusal.
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You Sunk My Dataship!
Pierre Bienaimé has three things to know today—from Paul Ryan and SPYGATE, to a commuted life sentence, to the coast of Scotland.
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Pruitt's Chick-fil-A Dreams and Trump's Pardons
Jayson De Leon has a few things to start your day – from the EPA administrator's Chick-fil-A based hopes and dreams to a President who has found a new toy. Plus, a quick update on that Manafort witness tampering case.
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Manafort's Witness Tampering and Trump's NFL Me...
Jayson De Leon has a few things to start your day – from one senator’s attempt to get into a former Walmart housing hundreds of refugee children to an NFL team’s disinvitation to the White House.
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#NeverAgain... Again
Pierre Bienaimé has three things to know today—from the latest American school shooting, to the DRC's Ebola outbreak, to UN action on Gaza.
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Baby Bust
Pierre Bienaimé has three things to know today—from Kushner Companies' bailout, to a battlefield in Niger, to America's baby bust.
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The Gang That Can't Keep Their Lies Straight
Jayson De Leon has two things to kick off your day – from the Senate Intelligence Committee's release of documents surrounding the Trump Tower meeting to Trump repaying Michael Cohen.
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Haspel Has the Votes and Preet May Be Looking f...
Jayson De Leon has a few things to start your day, from Gina Haspel's inevitable confirmation to the mean spirited escalation on border security.
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They're Coming Home
Pierre Bienaimé has three things to know today—from North Korea's prisoner release, to ire in Iran, to Gina Haspel's confirmation hearings.
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