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What is private equity, and why is it destroying everything you love?

Private equity led to the closing of Toys R Us and cost 30,000 workers their jobs — and it’s hardly the only example of a deal gone wrong.

9 winners and one really big loser from the 2020 Golden Globes

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, HBO, and Fleabag all won big. But Netflix had some huge losses.

The US-Saudi alliance is deeply unpopular with the American people

A key driver in the conflict with Iran isn’t politically viable.

Inside the secretive Silicon Valley group that has funneled over $20 million to Democrats

There’s a reason you haven’t heard of Mind the Gap: Its "raison d’être is stealth."

Pompeo: Trump doesn’t want to bomb Iran’s cultural sites. Trump: Yes I do.

Mike Pompeo’s Sunday TV appearances illustrated the Trump administration’s complete lack of credibility.

Trump’s reckless Middle East policy has brought the US to the brink of war

Why the killing of Qassem Soleimani comes at precisely the wrong time.

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War with Iran?

The United States killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Iraq last week. Vox's Alex Ward explains what might happen next.

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“Release the JJ cut”: the Star Wars conspiracy that offers fans an impossible fantasy

The stakes of Harvey Weinstein’s trial, explained

Australia’s hellish heat wave and wildfires, explained

Women donate to multiple candidates. But men tend to stick to people who look like them.

Australia’s massive fires, as seen from space

John Bolton says he’ll testify in Trump’s impeachment trial if subpoenaed

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Trump wants US troops out of Iraq, but says Iraq would face sanctions for expelling them

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Julián Castro endorses Elizabeth Warren for the White House

The long-lost trailer for New Mutants, the highly anticipated X-Men spinoff, is finally here

There’s a new, mysterious pneumonia outbreak in China

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What California's new data privacy law means for all of us

The country's strongest data privacy law just went into effect in California.

Is 1917 now the Oscar frontrunner for Best Picture? It’s complicated.

Here’s the full list of 2020 Golden Globes winners

Awkwafina made history with her Golden Globe win for The Farewell

Michelle Williams used her Golden Globes speech to celebrate a woman’s right to choose

Patricia Arquette’s Golden Globes speech warned of a world on the brink of apocalypse

Who did Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais roast hardest? Everyone.

Iran announces it will no longer adhere to 2015 nuclear deal limits

Trump threatens new attacks on Iran, as Iranian leaders compare him to ISIS

Iraqi parliament approves a resolution on expelling US troops after Soleimani killing

There’s little evidence to support Pence’s tweets tying Qassem Soleimani to 9/11

Ahead of the Iowa caucuses, 2020 Democratic candidates announce strong fourth quarter fundraising 

Mourners in Iraq chant threats to America after Soleimani’s death

A second airstrike against Iranian targets in Iraq: what we know

How to tell a Ricky Gervais joke: Offend, defend, repeat

Thousands of titles from 1924 just entered the public domain, including Rhapsody in Blue

Bill Gates’s big takeaway from 2019: raise his taxes

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The conspiracy theories behind the anti-Semitic violence in New York

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Could a congressional amendment have stopped Trump from striking against Iran?