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- Republicans Are Trying to Kill the Abortion Pill. They Don’t Stand a Chance.They can bring all the lawsuits they want, but the genie is already out of the bottle.
- Is the Supreme Court’s Abortion Pill Ruling Actually a Feint?Last week the Supreme Court temporarily ended the latest crisis around mifepristone. Don't be fooled.
- Trump’s Efforts to Intimidate Elon Musk’s Enemies Just Faced a Severe SetbackOf all the lawsuits fought and won daily against this administration, there was recently a profound moment of reckoning.
- A MAGA Judge in Texas Was Called Out by a Colleague for Trying to Steal a Case in Rhode IslandOn Wednesday, Judge Mary S. McElroy shot down a federal subpoena seeking medical records and personal data of children.
- Trump Just Made a Truly Shocking Admission About IranThis wasn’t a one-time gaffe.
- In Baseball Slang, Who or What Is Uncle Charlie?Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for May 18, 2026.
- Maybe Trump Is Giving Us the Capital City We DeserveThe nation’s capital is getting a case of Mar-a-Lago face. It’s the makeover America voted for.
- ICE Dragged Her from Her Car. She Says, See You In Court.Looking for legal recourse after ICE’s Minneapolis operation.
- How Liberalism Became a Dirty WordHow liberalism became a dirty word in both progressive universities and right-wing politics, and what it will take to reclaim it.
- Trump Thought He Could Wing It at His Summit With China’s President. Not Exactly!The world's most powerful men met this week. What happened?
- Trump’s New Grift Is His Most Brazen … Ever?The administration is mulling a plan for a massive taxpayer-funded slush fund for Trump’s closest allies.
- How the SCOTUS Ruling in Callais Affects Reproductive Rights.Mifepristone is accessible, safe, and contradicts decades of scaremongering about abortion. Conservatives are terrified.
- The DOJ Just Made a Shocking Confession About One of Trump’s Worst Early Executive OrdersOn Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard argument in two cases about when the president can target private attorneys.
- Todd Blanche’s Latest Audition to Be Trump’s Attorney General May Be His Most Desperate YetTrump reminded us just this week what his priorities are.
- SchadenFriday: Ben Shapiro’s Short—as in Abrupt—DeclineNo country for old ‘debate me’ bros.
- Samuel Alito Is Fuming That Blue States Outsmarted His Dobbs DecisionThe Supreme Court restored telehealth access to abortion pills on Thursday.
- Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s Copy Chief? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
- We Do a Lot of Sneering at “Virtue Signaling.” It May Be Time to Rethink Our Approach.Yes, it's good to do good things. It may be even more effective to tell people you're doing them.
- Who Has the Cards? Increasingly, It’s ChinaTrump is implicitly acknowledging China's peer status. This might be the biggest concession of all.
- It Was One of DOGE’s Most Absurd Abuses. A Court Finally Exposed It.Projects were deemed wasteful “because they related to Blacks, women, Jews, Asian Americans, and Indigenous people.”
- Which Part of the Human Brain Is Often Referred to as Gray Matter?Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for May 14, 2026.
- The Seven Biggest Ongoing Gerrymandering FightsThis week’s Executive Dysfunction.
- How “Tax the Rich” Went Mainstream If cash won’t rule everything around me here, I’ll find somewhere where it does!
- Florida’s Attorney General Is Fighting to Outlaw Surrogacy. Adoption Could Be Next.The attorney general’s crusade against Florida’s donor-conceived and adoptive families has an unusual genesis.
- Why Is John Roberts in a Rush All of a Sudden?Over his two decades on the Supreme Court, United States Chief Justice John Roberts had consistently played the long game.
They can bring all the lawsuits they want, but the genie is already out of the bottle.
Last week the Supreme Court temporarily ended the latest crisis around mifepristone. Don't be fooled.
Of all the lawsuits fought and won daily against this administration, there was recently a profound moment of reckoning.
On Wednesday, Judge Mary S. McElroy shot down a federal subpoena seeking medical records and personal data of children.
This wasn’t a one-time gaffe.
Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for May 18, 2026.
The nation’s capital is getting a case of Mar-a-Lago face. It’s the makeover America voted for.
Looking for legal recourse after ICE’s Minneapolis operation.
How liberalism became a dirty word in both progressive universities and right-wing politics, and what it will take to reclaim it.
The world's most powerful men met this week. What happened?
The administration is mulling a plan for a massive taxpayer-funded slush fund for Trump’s closest allies.
Mifepristone is accessible, safe, and contradicts decades of scaremongering about abortion. Conservatives are terrified.
On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard argument in two cases about when the president can target private attorneys.
Trump reminded us just this week what his priorities are.
No country for old ‘debate me’ bros.
The Supreme Court restored telehealth access to abortion pills on Thursday.
Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
Yes, it's good to do good things. It may be even more effective to tell people you're doing them.
Trump is implicitly acknowledging China's peer status. This might be the biggest concession of all.
Projects were deemed wasteful “because they related to Blacks, women, Jews, Asian Americans, and Indigenous people.”
Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for May 14, 2026.
This week’s Executive Dysfunction.
If cash won’t rule everything around me here, I’ll find somewhere where it does!
The attorney general’s crusade against Florida’s donor-conceived and adoptive families has an unusual genesis.
Over his two decades on the Supreme Court, United States Chief Justice John Roberts had consistently played the long game.
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