How one app brought the US-China A.I. war out into the open.

Federal employees are sent a resignation offer, Invidia’s stock drops thanks to Deepseek, and bookstores are booming.

Autocracy doesn’t always start with tanks in the streets.

The vaccine skeptic’s nomination reveals the Trump 2.0 approach to public health.

Chaos and confusion reigns as the White House freezes and thaws federal grants; surprise app DeepSeek overturns assumptions in the AI sector; and Jonathan Rauch writes on Christianity and democracy.

Of all of Trump’s cabinet nominees, the betting lines say she has the worst odds of being confirmed.

How Donald Trump’s freeze on federal funding flies in the face of the constitutional separation of powers.

Trump’s chaotic and illegal order to freeze agency funding usurps Congress’s power and sets up a dangerous game of constitutional chicken at SCOTUS.

An imperfect system for creating a fairer society became a boogeyman—and Trump’s attacks on it are turning government employees against each other.

For a brief moment, militias were pariahs to both parties. Then the GOP called J6ers “patriots.”

This week, the hosts discuss A Complete Unknown, On Call, and David Lynch’s legacy.

Doctors are increasingly using artificial intelligence to help with appointments. But do the risks outweigh the benefits?

Tiktok is back (for now), Trump has a memecoin, and everyone is digital shoplifting.

What’s a red flag, what’s a false alarm and what’s already a five alarm fire.

To trim government, first you must add to government, apparently.

President Trump signs a flurry of executive orders; issues sweeping pardons for January 6 rioters; and enjoys a second inauguration chock full of symbolic elements.

Slate’s parenting podcast on getting out of dodge.

Trump’s executive orders will narrow the legal paths to America. So does that mean more illegal immigration?

WIRED writer Kate Knibbs breaks down the recent changes at Meta with Christina Cauterucci

Sorting through how much of that was legal—and how little was legally binding.

How the Scarlet and Gray from Ohio State snapped a ten-year title drought.

Professor Harold Pollack joins Slate Money co-host Emily Peck to discuss the finances of long-term caregiving.

Eric Liu on turning fear into fuel for community-based action in the Trump era.

New faces, names you remember—and those you tried to forget.

Biden warns of an American oligarchy, the FDA is suing John Deere, and Hindenburg shuts down.