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No, Rubio didn't echo J.D. Vance's madness from last year. But it wasn't as far from it as you've been led to believe.

A federal judge required ICE to allow reasonable time for detainees at the Whipple detention center in Minneapolis to access legal counsel.

The government has begun construction of a multibillion-dollar detention camp system in the newest phase of Stephen Miller's mass deportation strategy.

Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Feb. 17, 2026.

She earnestly is looking forward to working with Hakeem Jeffries!

Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Feb. 16, 2026.

Washington desperately wanted to be a great man, and to be remembered as such.

Today in "surprising things that private equity is making more expensive."

If these Olympics have too much Trump for you, just wait until 2028.

Pam Bondi is a captive to the "audience of one." The nation is too.