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Test your knowledge of this week's big stories.

The more things change, the more they stay alarmingly the same.

Who and what will rise in Syria after the fall of the al-Assad dictatorship?

If you can't immediately understand what's happening in a given situation, it surely must be a sea-based Iranian drone mothership.

Trumpworld is warping an important concept from criminal law beyond recognition.

Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Dec. 12, 2024.

The Democrats look to rebuild starting with their leadership.

Donald Trump probably isn't a Russian agent--but he wouldn't be behaving much differently if he were.

This is a teachable moment.

There's an alarming trend unfolding at some major newspapers right now.