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House managers: Trump poses an “immediate threat to the nation and the rule of law”

The impeachment managers previewed their arguments in a legal brief filed Saturday.

By Catherine Kim

“Flood the zone with shit”: How misinformation overwhelmed our democracy

The impeachment trial probably won’t change any minds. Here’s why.

By Sean Illing

Is abuse of power an impeachable offense?

Trump’s allies don’t think so — even though abuse of power was the first article of impeachment.

By Catherine Kim

New evidence shows a Nunes aide in close conversation with Parnas

Rep. Devin Nunes denies involvement in the Ukrainian scandal. New texts between his top aide and Lev Parnas say otherwise.

By Catherine Kim

Coping with war and crisis through memes

Do what you need to cope with World War III: Memes are the new therapy.

By Aja Romano

Yes, the UK media’s coverage of Meghan Markle really is racist

The UK press’s continued denial of racism just shows how entrenched these attitudes are.

By Maya Goodfellow

The Netherlands has universal health insurance — and it’s all private

How the Dutch harnessed the market to cover everybody.

By Dylan Scott

New anti-government protests in Beirut leave more than 300 injured

Saturday, protesters clashed with police in Beirut in one of the most violent days since anti-government protests began in October.

By Catherine Kim

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The 100 year fight for equal rights

Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment this week. Now, Congress is the only thing standing between the 28th amendment and the Constitution of the United States.

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What we know about a shooting, stabbing, and fire in Honolulu, Hawaii

By Sean Collins January 19

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are giving up their “royal highness” titles

By Terry Nguyen January 18

7 questions about Harry and Meghan’s royal shake-up, answered

By Terry Nguyen January 18

The Trump administration wants to weaken Obama’s school lunch rules. Again.

By Catherine Kim January 18

The National Archives edited a Women’s March picture to be less critical of Trump

By Catherine Kim January 18

The children’s librarian who hated Goodnight Moon

By Constance Grady January 18

Spotify may buy The Ringer. Here’s why that makes sense.

By Peter Kafka January 17

The next Democratic debate will take place right before the New Hampshire primary

By Li Zhou and Cameron Peters January 17

Mike Bloomberg throws shade at Joe Biden as a looming “lame duck”

By Theodore Schleifer January 17

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21 kids sued the government over climate change. A federal court dismissed the case.

By Umair Irfan January 17

GOP Sen. Martha McSally’s attack on a CNN reporter was an embrace of Trumpism

By Aaron Rupar January 17

Impeachment, explained

By Matthew Yglesias and Andrew Prokop December 18, 2019

The coming Supreme Court showdown over birth control

By Ian Millhiser January 17

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The Virginia gun rights rally raising fears of violence, explained

By Jane Coaston January 17

Things can get “really bad, really quickly” when a 24-year-old runs a company

By Shirin Ghaffary January 17

When Pinterest users started searching for vaccines, CEO Ben Silbermann pulled all medical information from the platform

By Devin Nadi January 17

Wuhan pneumonia outbreak: What we know and don’t know

By Julia Belluz January 17

Amazon’s Ring blamed hacks on consumers reusing their passwords. A lawsuit says that’s not true.

By Rani Molla January 17

Eminem’s new song “Darkness” tries to enter the mind of the Las Vegas shooter

By Aja Romano January 17

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The YouTubers are freaked

YouTube is finally being forced to follow a decades-old rule that protects kids’ privacy online. What does this mean for content creators?

11 US troops were injured in Iran’s attack. It shows how close we came to war.

By Alex Ward January 17

The Women’s Marches are shrinking. Their influence isn’t.

By Anna North January 17

The bias against female presidential candidates is real

By Sean Illing January 17

Mike Bloomberg’s ad strategy is kind of working

By Emily Stewart January 17

Netflix’s The Goop Lab pushes flimsy wellness trends. But it’s strong on vulvas.

By Julia Belluz and Brian Resnick January 17

9 questions about Trump’s impeachment trial you were too embarrassed to ask

By Andrew Prokop January 17

Trump’s prayer event began with an inaccurate 2016 election map and ended with a rage-tweet

By Aaron Rupar January 17

“Privacy shouldn’t be a luxury”: Advocates want Google to do more to secure cheap Android phones

By Sara Morrison January 17

Why Australia’s fires are linked to floods in Africa

By Danush Parvaneh, Madeline Marshall, and 1 other January 17

The controversy over New York’s bail reform law, explained

By Roxanna Asgarian January 17

Trump judge lashes out at a transgender litigant in a surprisingly cruel opinion

By Ian Millhiser January 17

Top 2020 candidates will be stuck in Washington because of the impeachment trial

By Ella Nilsen and Li Zhou January 17

How a clunky, retro hair dryer suddenly went viral

By Rebecca Jennings January 17

A federal judge stopped Texas from ending its refugee program

By Nicole Narea January 17

Twitter, Microsoft, and other companies call for an end to Trump’s rule to keep out low-income immigrants

By Shirin Ghaffary January 16

Peacock, NBC’s new streaming service, wants you to watch ads

By Peter Kafka January 16

New York could put a hold on facial recognition in schools. Here’s why.

By Rebecca Heilweil January 16

What Netflix’s The Circle gets right about social media

By Aja Romano January 16

6 things to know about Peacock, NBC’s new (free) streaming service

By Allegra Frank and Aja Romano January 16

How thousands of Iranians went from mourning a general to protesting the regime, in a week

By Jen Kirby January 16