Major courtroom losses pile up for the Trump administration; RFK Jr. dismantles US public health in real-time; and Democrats face government shutdown political calculus again as Congress returns.
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What Next | Decorator-In-Chief
Turning the White House to Mar-A-Lago North.
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What Next | Can Congress Stop Trump's Takeover?
You’re a coequal branch of government! Act like it!
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What Next | Presidency for Sale
Trump's not being particularly sly about profiting from his office this term. But how much has he made so far?
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Slate Money | Money Talks: The Paradoxes of Pat...
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What Next: TBD | A24 Meets A.I.
Risk alienating your “auteurs”—or risk being left behind?
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Slate Money | Sycophantic Suck-Up Machines
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ICYMI | Gavin Newsom’s Sh*tposting
The California governor is now tweeting like Trump.
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Amicus | Is The National Guard Coming To Your C...
The legal loopholes that enabled Trump to call in the troops, and what can stop him.
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What Next: TBD | The Great Celebrity Spotify Pl...
What the “Panama Playlists” revealed, other than JD Vance’s taste.
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Political Gabfest | Dial M for Mortgage Fraud
Fed governor Lisa Cook resists Trump’s attempt to fire her and smash Fed independence; an executive order expands the National Guard’s law enforcement role; and the Trump administration assaults wind energy.
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What Next | Could Artificial Blood Save Lives?
The hunt for a shelf-stable, life-saving substitute for human blood.
23 min
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What Next | What the John Bolton Raid Means
Scooch over, National Guard, and make room for a “chilling effect” descending on Washington.
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What Next | The Man Behind Trump’s Firing of Li...
Meet the president's attack dog.
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What Next | The Womanosphere Wants To Make Amer...
Is the future of MAGA female?
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What Next: TBD | Trump Vs. Cancer Research
Wait, it’s ‘Vs. Cancer,’ right? No? Wow.
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Slate Money | ATM Scam Summer School
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Amicus | Punished For Their Pregnancies
Women are being prosecuted for “crimes” against fetuses and even embryos. Meet the lawyer who’s fighting back.
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What Next: TBD | The CDC Under Fire
A widespread suspicion of public health—something HHS head RFK Jr. does nothing to tamp down—has metastasized into something much more dangerous.
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Political Gabfest | Is This Martial Law?
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What Next | D.C’s Senator Knew This Would Happen
Sen. Ankit Jain says, “we need to be willing to enforce red lines.’
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What Next | Can Trump Kill Mail-In Ballots?
The president returned from Alaska with a surprising new fixation.
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What Next | Zelensky Brings a Posse to Washington
Putin, Zelensky, and Europe vie for Trump’s ear.
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Slate Money | Money Talks: Fixing A Broken Mone...
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What Next | How Trump Brought Home a Murderer
Trump’s immigration enforcement defies both logic and the justice system.