Slate Pears Game 409: Sept. 27, 2026

Mark Kelly: Trump 'stuck' with Iran and wants to 'get back to where he was before' war started

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) on Sunday said President Trump is "stuck" with handling the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran an…

Tillis calls Trump Jr. wedding gift from Russian oligarch 'stupid on stilts'

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) chastised Donald Trump Jr. on Sunday for accepting a wedding gift from a Russian oligarch. “Th…

How Oprah Winfrey became America’s cultural Oppenheimer

Oprah Winfrey shaped what America reads, buys and believes. Not all of it aged well