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Slate writer Molly Olmstead kept her finger on the pulse of the conservative reaction this past election night.   It’s been a little while since conservative commentators and influencers have had to deal with this much losing, and they are out of practice. They may have known that a potential blue…

Slate writer Luke Winkie spent election night with Hasan Piker (@hasandpiker), after the most contentious year in the streamer’s career.   If you’re not familiar with Piker, he’s made a name for himself for his brash commentary. In 2019 Piker infamously declared that the United States “deserved”…

Slate senior writer Aymann Ismail is in Dearborn, Michigan assessing how Republican voters are feeling after hitting the polls, particularly when it comes down to voting between Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed for U.S. Senate.   “[One Republican] felt like he wasn’t sure whether…

Politics writer Ian Prasad Philbrick breaks down how to watch tonight’s election results as polls close across the country.   Here’s the big picture: Democrats need to net a handful of seats to take over the House, and they almost certainly will. The marquee matchups are in the Senate, where…

Slate's Aymann Ismail is on the ground in Dearborn, Michigan where he spoke to voters, including candidate Abbas Alawieh's father, following Rep. Haley Steven's last-minute endorsement of Mike Rogers over Abdul El-Sayed.   We're following all the important Election Day races. Keep up with our…

Even in deep-red states, Democrats and Republicans are running neck and neck in Senate races.   Democrats’ most realistic path to retaking the upper chamber on Tuesday runs through a handful of purple and red states. But as Donald Trump’s approval ratings sink, that map appears to be expanding…

One of the most consequential figures in the midterm elections isn’t even on the ballot: Elon Musk.   Musk has spent more than $400 million in this election cycle to help get Republicans elected—and much of that money is flowing specifically to the Texas Senate race. Elon’s influence on politics…

Are the midterms stirring up some Democrat on Democrat violence?   Mary Harris, host of Slate’s What Next, thinks they might be, pointing to the drama surrounding Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan. As election day approaches, Stevens seems to have distanced herself from El-Sayed and his…

Tina Fey’s iconic sitcom once seemed on the verge of getting “canceled” for good. There’s a reason it still lives on. Slate writer and senior editor Sam Adams breaks down Fey’s entanglements with drama in the decade following 30 Rock’s end. Despite Fey’s often tone-deaf insensitivities surrounding…

If you believe the polls, it seems clear that Vivek Ramaswamy—a Cincinnati-born disciple of the MAGA political school, biotech entrepreneur, and one-time Republican presidential candidate—could be the first Ohio Republican to lose a gubernatorial bid in 20 years. This doesn’t seem right for the…

Everyone wants A.I. to be regulated, including the major A.I. companies like Anthropic and OpenAI. There’s just one problem…they want to have a say in what regulation looks like for their industry. Doesn’t that defeat the whole point? "I think there is a lot of confusion among lawmakers here in…

What happens when you confront your biggest online haters? Slate writer Luke Winkie found out. In honor of Slate’s 30th anniversary, Luke took a deep dive into our website’s prolific comment section to learn what exactly motivates their taunts—and even got on the phone with the biggest hater of…

Two women athletes were cut from their D1 beach volleyball team at Stephen F. Austin State University. It was a shock; Ryann Allison and Brynn Dowd had just helped the team finish its most successful season in program history the year prior. The athletes suspect the cut wasn’t due to their lack of…

Angie Nixon is Florida’s DSA-affiliated candidate for U.S. Senate. As a socialist campaigning in a red state, the road to voting day hasn’t been easy. Nixon has faced taunts from Vice President J.D. Vance who recently said a socialist like Nixon should “get the hell out of [America],” and…

Are you an Order Muppet or a Chaos Muppet?⁠ ⁠ Back in 2012, Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick published a seminal piece outlining Muppet Theory, a little-known, poorly understood philosophy that holds that every living human can be classified according to one simple metric: You either make your way through…

Steve Ballmer, the richest owner in sports, was caught dead to rights by a humble podcaster. And while rich people seem to be getting away with so much right now in the White House (most notoriously), the rich folks running the world of sports are paying attention to Pablo Torre. Torre, an…

Is the news about the Girls revival really that shocking—or were there signs all along? Just over a year ago at the 2025 Tribeca Festival, Allison Williams teased the idea of a revival at our live taping of Death, Sex & Money, featuring @girlsrewatchpodcast. When asked about "where Marnie will be…

Ten years ago, America almost had its first female president. Instead, Donald Trump’s surprise victory went on to alter the country's entire political landscape. It’s exactly what the people behind the Pussyhat Project feared. And yet, the pink knitted hat that took over the first of many Women’s…

"Knitting is supposed to be relaxing," writes Kate Lindsay, host of ICYMI, Slate's podcast about internet culture. "This is what I tell myself when a dropped stitch ends up partially unraveling two weeks’ worth of a sweater, or the time I had to chase my cat around my apartment to pull a string of…

Vince Granata’s mother was killed by her son—Vince’s brother, Tim—in 2014. The following year, Vince attended his brother’s trial where a prosecutor detailed the tragedy, and provided a slew of evidence; bagged knives, a coroner’s report, bodycam footage of Tim wailing “I hope she isn’t dead,” to…

Political commentators Hasan Piker and Adam Mockler join host Mary Harris on What Next to discuss the upcoming midterms and the generational change we may see during this election season. While much is still uncertain, one thing is for sure: Piker does not want more Republicans in office. He tells…

You’re allowed to be a little chaotic on your 30th birthday and for us, that means resurfacing some iconic Slate Pitches. Here’s how it works: we share a classic take with our staff and their challenge is to share a new spin on it. Agree? Disagree? Something else entirely? In this round, Lizzie…

Democrats have been here before with Texas: A charismatic candidate is threatening to “turn Texas blue” for the first time in a generation. National attention—and national money—is flooding the race, and the polls show a close contest. This time, all eyes are on James Talarico, a Democratic state…

In the face of a tariff shock, an energy shock, and a fiscal shock, the Fed is opting to raise interest rates. Donald Trump may not like it, but he has only himself to blame. "Invading a country without a plan for ending the invasion...[is a] policy mistake," says Justin Wolfers on the latest…

In honor of Slate turning 30, we’re challenging our staff members to revisit one of the cornerstones of our magazine: the Slate Pitch. We’re throwing some classic takes their way and getting new spins on them. Agree? Disagree? Think something else entirely? As you’ll see, the conversations go to…

Slate senior writer Aymann Ismail spent the 25th anniversary of 9/11 on the ground with @abdulelsayed, Michigan’s Democrat Senate nominee. For Ismail, the purpose of this trip was two-fold: to see firsthand how a Muslim candidate is navigating the ramp up to the midterm elections in the face of…

At 19, Winston Walters became a rising star after wrestling catfish on television. Then he was convicted of an unspeakable crime. A decade later, fans rallied around his innocence—and a strange offer arrived that might change everything.   For Slate, veteran crime journalist Wes Ferguson spent…

Donald Trump’s in-roads with Latino voters was one of the surprises of his 2024 victory, carrying places like southern Texas’s 15th district by 18 points. But singer-turned-congressional candidate Bobby Pulido (@bobbypulido425) thinks those gains are temporary, and that Democrats have a chance…

Nostalgia for the ‘90s and ‘90s fashion is everywhere these days (hello Hailey Bieber jeans, Love Story: JFK Jr. & Carolyn Bessette, and Target’s dELiA*s collab), but modern reinventions are simply no match for the real thing. ⁠ ⁠ Slate’s editor in chief Hillary Frey has a treasure trove of items…

What if there was a device that could cure you of every physical ailment? Sadly, it doesn’t exist, but there’s a whole legion of the internet that believes that these devices—dubbed “medbeds”—are the real thing. President Donald Trump is part of the reason why. Last year, Trump posted a video that…