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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Dec. 9, 2025.

Does Trump care enough about the affordability crisis to intervene?

Slaughter supplies the blueprint for this very kind of corrupt regulatory retaliation.

It's an unserious document--but it can tell us a few things about how Trump sees the world.

What the letter reported is chilling.

More than two decades ago, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision prohibiting the execution of people with intellectual disabilities.

The case will be heard early next year.

Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Dec. 8, 2025.

What does a man who has staked his reputation on winning do after taking a giant loss?

Judge Beryl Howell issued a major opinion on Tuesday limiting the warrantless arrests taking place in the District of Columbia.