John the Perfect and John the Colonizer Were Kings of Which Country?
Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for May 22, 2024.
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Slate Crossword: Not a Girl, Not yet a Woman (Five Letters)
Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for May 22, 2024.
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Presides Over Funeral for President Raisi After Helicopter Crash
Iran's Supreme Leader presided over a funeral Wednesday for the late President, Foreign Minister, and others killed in a helicopter crash.
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time.com
India's Navy Links Up With US Ally With Eye on China
The Eastern Fleet's stop in Manila follows India's delivery of anti-ship cruise missiles to the Philippines.
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newsweek.com
Congressional Republicans are at it again, bullying D.C.
“Home rule” means nothing for the scorned and disenfranchised Americans who live in the nation’s capital.
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Step Aside, GDP. It's Time for LIF (Lifestyle Improvement Factor) | Opinion
Should Americans' perception of the economy today be good, bad, or somewhere in between?
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The Briggs Initiative Tried to Ban Gay Teachers in 1978. Learning About It in 2024 Was a Revelation.
Learning about the epic battle over Briggs helped me understand how recent these fights for gay rights are—and what it cost the people who battled for me.
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Spain, Norway and Ireland say will recognize Palestinian state
Israel recalls ambassadors, as Spain, Ireland and Norway announce they will formally recognize the Palestinian state this month.
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Stephen King's Remark on Donald Trump Not Testifying Goes Viral
King, who joined the Democratic Party in 1970, isn't shy about condemning the former president on social media.
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Student Loan Update: Biden Cancels $7.7 Billion of Debt
The Biden administration has announced a further $7.7 billion in student debt cancellation for 160,000 borrowers.
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Fani Willis Says 'No One Above The Law' In Victory Speech
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis beat Christian Wise Smith in the Georgia Democratic primary DA race with nearly 90 percent of the vote on Tuesday.
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Taiwan Detects Chinese Navy, Coast Guard Ships in Surrounding Seas
The Taiwanese defense ministry is publicly tracking China's coast guard for the first time.
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Putin Propagandist Falls for 'Mossad Agent Eli Kopter' Joke on Live TV
State TV hostVladimir Solovyov, one of the most-visible Kremlin propagandists, seemed to fall for the gag on Russia-1.
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Norway, Ireland and Spain recognize Palestinian state; Israel immediately recalls ambassadors
“Ireland and Norway intend to send a message today to the Palestinians and the whole world: terrorism pays.”
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nypost.com
Spain, Ireland and Norway will recognize a Palestinian state on May 28.
Spain, Ireland and Norway have said that they will recognize a Palestinian state on May 28, a step toward a long-held Palestinian aspiration that came amid international outrage over the civilian death toll and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip fol...
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abcnews.go.com
Kate Middleton is ‘not ready to return to work’ but is ‘keeping an eye’ on charity
The Princess of Wales, 42, has reportedly been keeping updated on the project's report by the charity she's been working with.
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nypost.com
Marjorie Taylor Greene Says FBI Planned To 'Assassinate' Donald Trump
The FBI insists its reference to "use of deadly force" during the Mar-a-Lago raid was "standard protocol."
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newsweek.com
Biden Trashes Trump’s ‘Unified Reich’ Clip on TikTok
Biden-Harris HQ / TikTokPresident Joe Biden’s campaign dragged Donald Trump for sharing a clip making reference to “the creation of a unified Reich” by getting Biden himself to make a TikTok reaction video.Trump eventually deleted the video echoing the rhetoric of Nazi Germany amid an outraged response, with his own campaign blaming a “staffer who clearly did not see the word” for sharing it on the Republican’s Truth Social account in the first place. Biden’s TikTok shows him shaking his head as he apparently watches the offending video and then, in disbelief, asking someone out of shot: “Is this on his official account? Wow.”“A ‘unified Reich?,’” Biden continues in the clip. “That’s [Hitler’s] language. That’s not America’s. He cares about holding on to power. I care about you.” In the TikTok version of the video, the audio dips out when Biden says “Hitler,” and the subtitles for the sentence read: “That’s H!t1er’s language,” presumably in an effort to stop the video from potentially being flagged for its content.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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thedailybeast.com
The Gender Pay Gap Is a Culture Problem
Policy alone won’t get women what they deserve.
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nytimes.com
The Victims of U.S. Nuclear Testing Deserve More Than This
Speaker Mike Johnson should let the House vote on extending and expanding RECA, and our lawmakers should vote yes.
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nytimes.com
A teen dropped out of high school during WWII. Now 99, she just graduated.
Eleanor Monninger graduated Saturday at the age of 99 — more than 80 years after leaving high school to help on the family farm while her brother fought in World War II.
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washingtonpost.com
D.C.-area forecast: Summery pattern settles in with a daily risk of showers and storms
Afternoon highs should approach 90 in many spots today with late-day showers and thunderstorms possible.
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washingtonpost.com
Young Royals Rally Round Prince William in Princess Kate's Absence
William faced hosting a Buckingham Palace garden party solo in London on Tuesday after his wife's cancer revelation.
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newsweek.com
Map Shows Countries That Recognize State of Palestine
As Ireland, Norway and Spain move to recognize the State of Palestine, here is a full list of all the countries that recognize the Palestinian state.
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newsweek.com
Joe Exotic Says He's 'More Real' Than Trump, Biden Amid Presidential Bid
"Trump never knows when to shut up and Biden can't tell the truth to save his life," Exotic told Newsweek from prison.
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newsweek.com
Christina takes Bryan behind the organizing at the center of Slow Burn: Gays Against Briggs
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slate.com
Does Netanyahu Have an Exit Strategy?
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House Republican group backed by Speaker Johnson to spend $141 million on ads
The early GOP congressional campaign strategy focuses more money on a narrower set of races than two years ago.
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washingtonpost.com
The Aftermath of a Layoff
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slate.com
Can Babes Make Childbirth Funny?
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Kansas moms allegedly killed by ‘God’s Misfits’ group were found dead in buried freezer on farm
The gruesome burial site was located on land leased by Tad Cullum, roughly 8.5 miles away from where police found Butler's abandoned car.
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nypost.com
Aileen Cannon Slammed After New Evidence Unsealed
Commentators criticized the judge overseeing Donald Trump's classified documents case.
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newsweek.com
Ahead of the ‘100 deadliest days of summer,' here's what teen drivers must know
The "100 deadliest days of summer" is a reference to the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day, when most teen-related driving accidents occur. Experts shared cautions for teens and parents.
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foxnews.com
I Left America to Teach in Saudi Arabia After 9/11
My students were experts on the fringe aspects of American culture. They also had strong criticisms of how Muslims were portrayed.
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newsweek.com
Opinion: Michael Ian Black: If Trump’s Acquitted, He’ll Be an Unstoppable Terror
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyNow that the first Donald Trump criminal trial is reaching its end, I find myself wondering what its conclusion will mean for the upcoming presidential election. There’s been a lot of conversation about what will happen in the event of a Trump conviction, but nothing about the other possible outcome: What if the jury returns a verdict of not guilty?And that’s when I started to panic.I hadn’t really considered the peril of a failed prosecution when Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg first announced charges against Trump related to the Stormy Daniels hush money scheme. Trump trials tend to pop up so often, and in so many different contexts, that they have the feel of a long-running soap opera recycling the same tired storylines.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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thedailybeast.com
What Exactly Does Diddy Have Left?
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyIt’s been just six months since “Me & U” singer Cassie Ventura filed an explosive lawsuit against her ex, Sean “Diddy” Combs, accusing the rapper and mogul of rape, beatings, and even executing a car bombing. The suit was settled under undisclosed terms less than 48 hours after Ventura filed, and yet it seemingly opened the floodgates for a succession of similar lawsuits against Combs, who’s since been accused by multiple plaintiffs of sexual misconduct.Then, last week, surveillance footage emerged of Combs assaulting Ventura in a hotel room hallway. The rapper’s attempt at an Instagram apology video could do little to stem the tide against him. For anyone who was still giving him the benefit of the doubt at this point, that video was the last straw. And now, as a result of the lawsuits, federal raids, and hard video evidence, several prominent figures and institutions are urgently reevaluating their past associations with Combs.Last year, New York City Mayor Eric Adams gave Combs a key to the city. In an interview with PIX11 on Monday, Adams said that he was “deeply disturbed” by the surveillance video and that he was “taking everything under analysis” to figure out what further action the city might take in terms of potentially rescinding the key.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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thedailybeast.com
Trumpworld Loves This Fringe Pastor Who Bullies LGBTQ Teachers
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyEarlier this year, a Southern California pastor named Tim Thompson welcomed former President Donald Trump’s attorney Alina Habba to a stage. “I gotta say this is really refreshing from New York City,” Habba chirped at the fancy wedding venue and equestrian center in Temecula. “I’m in God’s country now.”“Knowing the president the way you do,” asked Thompson, who runs the nonprofit ministry Our Watch, “can you give us three things tonight that we as a group can be praying for him?”Habba told Thompson’s flock they should pray for America, non-believers, and Trump’s family, adding that, “He’s gonna go down as the best president this country has ever had.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
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thedailybeast.com
New Filings Reveal Trump’s Legal Bills Are Costing Him Big
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesEven before his criminal hush money trial began last month, former President Donald Trump’s leadership PAC was burning through hundreds of thousands of dollars every day.Now, according to Trump’s Save America leadership PAC’s most recent filings with the Federal Election Commission, the former president started this month at least seven figures in debt to his lawyers.Trump’s Save America leadership PAC—which he has used as a legal slush fund—owes $1.1 million to five different law firms. That’s in addition to the nearly $3.3 million the committee doled out last month on legal consulting.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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thedailybeast.com
Opinion: The Ultimate Trump Relationship You Won’t See in ‘The Apprentice’ Movie
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/Mogrel MediaThe new biopic The Apprentice received an eight minute ovation at Cannes and is generating considerable attention—as well as threats of legal action—for its attempt to depict how Donald Trump came to be, well, Donald Trump.But the tutelage of a young Trump by the diabolical political fixer Roy Cohn that the film’s director, Ali Abassi, says is at the heart of this origin story only deepens the mystery of our present electoral reality.Cohn’s win-at-any-cost strategy ultimately led him to disaster. He ended up disbarred and in continued denial of his sexuality even as he died of AIDS.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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thedailybeast.com
Nobody Knew the Trauma Behind Paul Scheer’s Goofy Persona
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/HandoutWith his delightfully silly roles on shows like The League, Veep, and The Good Place, comedian Paul Scheer has always projected a sense of unencumbered fun. That’s partly why, as he explains in both his new memoir Joyful Recollections of Trauma and on this episode of The Last Laugh podcast, he was so hesitant to divulge the very real pain that dominated much of his childhood.Scheer talks about how comedy helped rescue him from the violently abusive household in which he was raised and has continued to be an essential part of his life as he raises children of his own. He also tells some unbelievable stories about his bizarre run-ins with celebrities like Christopher Walken and Bill Cosby, describes the unique experience of improvising opposite Larry David on Curb Your Enthusiasm, and explains how he was able to emotionally move past four unsuccessful auditions for Saturday Night Live.The stories that Scheer tells about growing up in Joyful Recollections of Trauma are anecdotes that he has been telling “in a very happy way” for years. But at a certain point, he realized that many of them are “incredibly traumatic to everybody else hearing them.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
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thedailybeast.com
‘The Garfield Movie’ Wastes His Ninth Life
Sony PicturesWho the hell gave Garfield a smartphone? Granted, the world has changed significantly in the 46 years since Jim Davis’ comic strip about the adorably misanthropic orange tabby cat was first published. But Garfield’s tastes have remained constant. The portly fella hates Mondays with almost the same intensity as he loves lasagna—and don’t even get him started on Odie, the yapping canine he deigns to share Jon Arbuckle’s suburban palace with. These are characteristics that anyone with even a vague familiarity with Garfield knows, but they’re defining traits that The Garfield Movie (in theaters May 24) is barely concerned with.Instead, Garfield’s first cinematic outing since 2006’s Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties—remarkably, this is the cat’s first entirely animated feature film—molds Garfield into the any-cat. With a phone in his paws, Garfield has access to everything he loves at the tap of a claw, and the ability to avoid most things he detests. While this could be a clever way to update Garfield’s antics for the modern day—inserting new obstacles in the long road back to bed—his newfound love of tech lazily strips Garfield of his most integral quality: cynicism. The Garfield Movie fundamentally misunderstands the charm of Garfield. A phone wouldn’t solve all of this cat’s problems; it would exacerbate them. Cynicism is the flavor of the moment, something that everyone is deeply entrenched in thanks to our constant proximity to screens. Yet, for Garfield—the most pessimistic feline in the world—the smartphone somehow makes everything better.It’s no surprise, then, that the film’s storyline is as conventional and vacant of character as its vision of Garfield is. In this new adventure, Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt, who doubles down on criticisms of his Super Mario Bros. Movie accent with some of the most robotic voice work in recent memory) finds the rhythm of his ideal life jeopardized by the return of his father, the scrounging outdoor cat Vic (Samuel L. Jackson). Though their reunion makes for a steady emotional undercurrent, Garfield and Vic’s ensuing adventure is so safe and systematic that the movie’s titular character is almost entirely swallowed up by it; plop any other iconic cartoon into this movie, and you’d still have a decent excursion. While its animation is pleasant enough and the slapstick humor is milked for all its worth, The Garfield Movie lacks the relatable attributes we crave from Garfield, propping up a decades-old IP for a feature-length commercial disguised as a movie.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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thedailybeast.com
Meet the Parents: The (Now Expecting) Stars of ‘Trying,’ TV’s Comedy Gem
Apple TV+On the Apple TV+ series Trying, Rafe Spall and Esther Smith play one of TV’s most compassionate and loving couples. So when we connect over Zoom to discuss the show and Spall, a tall and charming London native, earnestly looks into the camera and exclaims, “Oh no! You’re freezing,” I’m genuinely touched.“Oh yeah, thanks,” I reply, wrapping myself tighter in my cardigan. “My apartment is always cold, but I’m OK.”They double over laughing. The actors are so endearingly parental on Trying that, having just watched episodes of the new season, which launched Wednesday, I assume they are concerned about my well-being and comfort.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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thedailybeast.com
NYT 'Connections' Hints May 22: Answers and Clues for Puzzle #346
"Connections" is almost a year old and has taken the world by storm. Newsweek is here with hints to help you solve it.
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newsweek.com
'Wordle' #1,068 Clues, Hints and Answer for Wednesday, May 22 Puzzle
After its public debut on November 1, 2021, "Wordle" went from having 90 players to 300,000 in a matter of months and remains hugely popular.
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newsweek.com
Texas Announces SNAP Benefits Boost for Storm Victims
Severe storms hit Texas last week, with thousands of residents still without power.
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newsweek.com
Oregon woman, 28, paralyzed after being crushed by piano in freak accident
“She wants to make it clear that she is not expecting to ever walk again. She has accepted the reality of her situation. But she has an amazing spirit and an overall positive outlook, focusing on what she can do.”
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nypost.com
Equipo de campaña de Trump anuncia que empezará a aceptar donaciones en criptomonedas
El equipo de campaña de Donald Trump anunció el martes que empezará a aceptar donaciones en criptomonedas como parte de un esfuerzo por construir lo que calificó como un “criptoejército” de cara a las elecciones presidenciales.
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latimes.com
