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Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for May 8, 2025.

Judges are on the IMLS’ side. But the budget battle is still to come.

And I think her teacher’s behind it!

I can’t believe he’s even suggesting this!

Take a quick break with our daily 5x5 grid.

Forget Christmas—remember how many medical supplies come from China?

There's a simple reason why this deadline keeps moving back (yes, that happened again).

He could change it if he wanted to.

Who will be the next archbishop of Canterbury? The choice is very far from clear.

It involves a White Lotus star, Pharrell, panties, and … Rosa Parks?!

We have so much in common ... perhaps too much.

Hollywood is full of easy targets. The Studio isn’t aiming for any of them.

It's expensive!

Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for May 7, 2025.

Are NEA grant recipients the next to fall by the chainsaw?

Documenting the queer experience through travel.

Products often tell us exactly how they’re intended to be used. But sometimes, we come up with a better idea.

This week, the hosts answer listener-submitted questions!

People who volunteered to risk their lives for their country will be cruelly punished simply for who they are.

Casey Johnston answers your questions.

The Walton Goggins–Aimee Lou Wood situation began, fittingly, on Instagram.

The response of death penalty states to botched executions is to enact new laws hiding much of the execution process from the public.

He needs to read the room.

Do I come clean?

Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for May 6, 2025.