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Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Senior Writer? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.
35+ min ago (84+ words) Test your knowledge of this week's big stories. More Games From Slate Slate Mini Crossword for Feb. 20, 2026 Slate Pears Game 187: Feb. 19, 2026 How Many Moons in Our Solar System Are Larger Than the Planet Mercury? Slate Mini Crossword for Feb. 19, 2026 We…...
The Pitt Has Been Missing Something This Season
50+ min ago (19+ words) A collage of African-American characters portraying medical professionals, an ER patient and a hospital visitor on The Pitt....
A Cabal of Powerful People Living by Their Own Rules
7+ hour, 44+ min ago (835+ words) Accountability comes for former Prince Andrew and some others with Epstein associations, but clearly not all; a new oral history archive and interviews refocus a spotlight on Obama; and a federal judge blocks the Trump administration's effort to remove slavery…...
Help! My Best Friend’s Husband Has a Very Strange Set of “Rules.” And Now He’s Turning Them on Me.
13+ hour, 30+ min ago (360+ words) Each week, exclusively for Slate Plus members, Prudie discusses a new letter with a fellow Slate colleague. Have a question for Prudie? Submit it here. I'm struggling with the behavior of my close friend's husband, and I'm worried about how…...
Bonus: Epstein, the Ex-Prince, and Consequences
14+ hour, 55+ min ago (128+ words) On a scale of 1-Magna Carta, where are we? Hold up'people can be held accountable for what's in the Epstein files? Does America know about this? Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, was arrested after a release of Epstein files revealed…...
The Former Prince Andrew’s Epstein Files Arrest Is the Most Shocking Yet. It’s Clear What’s Coming.
16+ hour, 54+ min ago (676+ words) The last time this happened 400 years ago, the British royal in question was executed. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has not been having a very happy birthday. At 8 a.m. local time today, police officers arrived at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, where he has…...
Stephen Colbert vs. CBS
20+ hour, 10+ min ago (129+ words) Firing Peter so the president won't block Paul's merger. Stephen Colbert vs. CBS Chasing away both your audience and your talent doesn't make good business sense'unless the point is to sacrifice one part of your portfolio to elevate another. Choose…...
Slate Mini Crossword for Feb. 19, 2026
1+ day, 39+ min ago (80+ words) Take a quick break with our daily 5x5 grid. Take a quick break with our daily 5x5 grid. You did it! Solved in . Challenge your friends to today's puzzle! More Games From Slate Slate Crossword: Where Creatives Types Like to Hang? (12 Letters)…...
Should I Be Productive After My Baby Is Born?
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (219+ words) Tips for helping you enjoy the weeks and months after your baby is born. Plus: hormones run amok, a missing bicycle, and teens learning respect. But first, they share their latest triumphs and fails. Cheyna had a full day of…...
Slate Adds Ian Philbrick as Politics Writer
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (229+ words) We're thrilled to announce that Ian Prasad Philbrick is joining Slate as our new politics writer. He'll cover the biggest political stories of the day and help shape Slate's newsletter coverage, bringing his talent for distilling complex developments into clear,…...