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Slate this week, in numbers

Counted over the last 7 days and compared with the 26 outlets we aggregate. Updated every 15 minutes.

Headlines this week
36about 5.1 a day
Last 24 hours
650% also covered by another side
Overlap with the other sides
22%8 of 36 headlines this week belong to a story that liberal, neutral or conservative outlets on another side also ran
Tone of headlines
About the same as the site averageSlate averages −0.05; all outlets average −0.05 on a −1 to +1 sentiment scale
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  1. Trump endorses Netanyahu 9 days before Israel election

    20 sources19 Liberal31 Neutral21 Conservativelast seen

  2. Trump’s War In Iran Is Eating Up Your Paycheck

    12 sources9 Liberal11 Neutral7 Conservativelast seen

  3. Peltola campaign's alleged Dan Sullivan spoiler plot takes new turn as DOJ faces major legal hurdle

    7 sources3 Liberal7 Neutral2 Conservativelast seen

  4. Poll: Americans don’t trust polls

    2 sources1 Liberal1 Neutral0 Conservativelast seen

  5. Jon Stewart on the midterms: ‘Republicans running for Congress can’t defend Trump’s reckless record’

    5 sources4 Liberal1 Neutral0 Conservativelast seen

  6. Democrats’ Alaskan Dirty Trick

    3 sources2 Liberal0 Neutral1 Conservativelast seen

  7. One Justice Made a Startling Admission About the Supreme Court

    3 sources2 Liberal0 Neutral1 Conservativelast seen

  8. Patriot Act Turns 25: What Happened to Americans' Rights?

    2 sources1 Liberal1 Neutral0 Conservativelast seen

Latest from Slate

The 30 most recent headlines we collected from Slate. Every link opens the original article.

  1. Trump Keeps Hinting That the Iran War Is About to Heat Up Again

    neutralCovered from 3 sides

  2. The Truth About the Alaska Dan Sullivan Shenanigans

    neutralCovered from 3 sides

  3. This Week’s Election Revealed a Troubling Truth About Israeli Politics

    neutral

  4. The Surge: Can We Trust The Polls?

    neutralCovered from 2 sides

  5. Think You Know More About the Midterms Than Slate’s Senior Politics Writer? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

    neutral

  6. Donald Trump Sure Is Corrupt. If Only There Were a Constitutional Remedy for That.

    negative

  7. Democrats Have No Business Being Competitive in These Five States—but They Are

    neutral

  8. Polls Inch Toward Democrats, and Voters Worry More About Corruption

    negative

  9. What Is Defined Scientifically as a Force Multiplied by a Time Divided by an Area?

    neutral

  10. Why There’s a Real Risk of a Replay of the 2020 Election Come Tuesday

    neutral

  11. My State’s Democratic Candidate Has Zero Rizz. He Could Decide Control of the Senate. Good!

    positive

  12. The Next Epstein Files

    neutral

  13. Will Alaska Democrats’ Dirty Tricks Cost the Party a Senate Seat?

    neutralCovered from 2 sides

  14. Israel Is Waiting on Results in Its Historic Election. But on the Ground, I Saw What the Future Looks Like.

    neutralCovered from 3 sides

  15. Which Two Kingdoms Engaged in the Hundred Years’ War?

    neutral

  16. This State Had Been Deep Red Under Donald Trump. 2026 Looks Quite Different.

    neutral

  17. Were Midterm Ads Always <em>This </em>Bad?

    negative

  18. Trump’s Attempt to the Tilt the Midterms Is Working—Against Republicans

    neutralCovered from 2 sides

  19. Several States Made It a Crime to Talk About Abortion. Will Courts Now Enforce It?

    negative

  20. Elon Musk’s Future May Depend on the Midterms

    neutral

  21. We Finally Know Why Trump Has Tried So Hard to Hide the Epstein Files

    neutral

  22. In Music, Which Is the Relative Minor of the Key of A Major?

    neutral

  23. The Democrats Need a Daddy. I Know Exactly Who It Should Be.

    neutral

  24. Trump Slashed Healthcare. Is It Payback Time?

    negative

  25. The Far Right Lost a Foreign Election and MAGA Sees Only One Solution

    neutral

  26. One Justice Made a Startling Admission About the Supreme Court

    positiveCovered from 2 sides

  27. Why Republicans Find It So Easy to Defend Child Sex Offenders Like the Man Who Raped Amy Acton

    neutral

  28. These Midterms, ICE Is Truly on the Ballot

    neutral

  29. Joe Biden’s Worst Decision Is Even More Stunning When You Know How He Made It

    neutral

  30. What Term Refers to a Railroad Signal Indicating That a Train Can Proceed at Full Speed?

    neutral