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The disturbing GOP attempt to block certification of Biden’s Michigan win, explained

Republicans in Wayne County initially prevented vote totals from being certified — but then backed down.

A DHS agency said America’s elections were secure. So Trump fired its leader.

Chris Krebs, a cybersecurity leader, was dismissed for doing his job.

America’s out-of-control Covid-19 surge, explained in 600 words

Coronavirus is surging in the US, and the holidays stand to make it worse.

Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine just came a little closer to emergency approval

Pfizer and BioNTech now say their vaccine is 95 percent effective and has cleared its trial benchmarks.

Why Trump and McConnell are trying — and failing — to push through Fed pick Judy Shelton

Fed nominee Judy Shelton was blocked by the Senate — but she might be back.

How brunch became political

"Going back to brunch" is a meme used to mock political complacency and centrist indifference.

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Badlands

Covid-19 is surging across the United States, just in time for cold weather and major holidays. North Dakota is doing particularly badly. Vermont may offer hope.

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Vox’s audience support program, explained

Wonder Woman 1984 will debut on HBO Max this Christmas

A federal court just blocked the Trump administration from expelling unaccompanied migrant children

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The 126-year fight to change Mississippi’s Confederate flag

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Was this famous war photo staged? Errol Morris explains.

Why restaurants are open and schools are closed

Vox poll: 73 percent of Republican voters are questioning Biden’s victory

How bad is your state’s Covid-19 outbreak?

The FAA says Boeing can fly 737 Max jets again

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States and cities are imposing curfews to slow down Covid-19. Will they work?

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Meet the voters who switched parties in 2020

The case for a Native American secretary of the interior 

The next Covid-19 superspreading event: Thanksgiving

Plight at the Museum

The Please Touch Museum and children’s museums everywhere wonder: What now?

Trump’s just-announced troop drawdown from Afghanistan and Iraq, explained

The Nest is a taut thriller about the perils of envy

Why we need policies to reduce meat consumption now

Why every state should adopt a mask mandate, in 4 charts

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Georgia on my mind

Ella Nilsen joins Dara and Matt to break down the runoff elections that will determine the future of the US Senate

How long can Trump keep disputing the election results?

New Democratic sheriffs in Georgia and South Carolina have vowed to cut ties with ICE

A young Ugandan climate activist’s challenge to Joe Biden

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers quit en masse. One explains why.

Biden could do a lot to fight factory farming even without Congress

How the pandemic could change traditional Thanksgiving

The 3 elements of Trump’s foreign policy Biden should keep

What Biden could do to expand health coverage — without Congress

What likely voters want to see in a Biden Cabinet

Why Trump taking credit for the Covid-19 vaccines could be a good thing

A taxonomy of Gen Z selfie poses

The ethics of deliberately infecting volunteers with Covid-19 to test vaccines

The Supreme Court will hear a new attack on unions. The implications are profound.

Inside the behind-the-scenes fight to convince Joe Biden about Silicon Valley

Twitter announces Fleets and audio spaces, two new things Twitter didn’t really invent

Amazon starts selling prescription drugs, with two-day delivery for Prime members

The future of commercial space travel is almost here with the latest SpaceX launch

The Crown season 4: Is the queen a bad mom? 

Obama: The internet is “the single biggest threat to our democracy”

In 24 hours, Trump went from almost conceding to falsely claiming “I WON THE ELECTION!”