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There are good reasons why federal agencies need some degree of independence.

Writers and besties Adrienne Lee and Nylah Iqbal Muhammad join guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer.

Every league’s all-star game is broken. The NHL has created a thrilling solution.

He wants us to disbelieve our own eyes and memories. Ukraine’s neighbors have seen it all before.

Donald Trump has set Elon Musk loose on the executive branch, to stunning early effect.

“He’s a fantastically bad manager—a tone deaf bully who inspires ridicule rather than trust.”

Plus: surprise ties, mayo on fries, and the slap that wasn’t.

Traffic tolls, welcome to the resistance.

Reacher’s beats are familiar. The setting looks weirdly blank. The star is too handsome. And yet, it works.

The miniseries stars the actor as a Joe Biden stand-in. It goes about as well as his debate.

He’s says it’s “effective,” but I think it’s dangerous.

She really won’t let this go.

Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Feb. 20, 2025.

We may not have the best people on the case.

It seems two factors played a key role in restarting the machinery of death.

What a welcome surprise.

She knows I have a good reason for saying what I said!

It’s truly stunning to realize how ruinous my demographic can be.

It debuted in Vegas. It should have stayed there.

Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Feb. 19, 2025.

This would be so different from the Women’s March.

Why the internet is rallying behind a former private chef in the Hamptons and taking on a big bad media institution.

This week, we discuss the return of Severance, the Oscar-nominated Palestinian film No Other Land, and Buzzfeed’s new social media platform...

How the Courts Are Battling Trump’s Attacks on Trans People