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The fight over whether ISIS recruit Hoda Muthana is a US citizen, explained

Muthana was born in the US. She got a US passport. But the Trump administration isn’t taking her back.

By Dara Lind

Mueller issues new sentencing memo for Paul Manafort

The special counsel issued a scathing memo.

By Andrew Prokop

This is an emergency, damn it

Green New Deal critics are missing the bigger picture.

By David Roberts

Almost every Best Picture nominee has a real chance of winning. Here’s the case for each one.

This year’s Oscars race just might feature the most unpredictable Best Picture category ever.

By Todd VanDerWerff

Dianne Feinstein gets into testy exchange with schoolkids over the Green New Deal

The student activists confronted the California senator on the Green New Deal.

By Amanda Sakuma

How to win an Oscar

The campaign trail for the Academy Awards is expensive, exhausting, and not really about the movie.

By Alissa Wilkinson

3 big things to know about Nigeria’s presidential elections

After a week-long delay, the incumbent, Muhammadu Buhari, is facing off against business leader Atiku Abubakar during a tenuous time for Nigeria’s economy and its security situation.

By Jen Kirby

Top cardinal admits the Catholic Church destroyed files to hide sex abuse

"The rights of victims were effectively trampled underfoot."

By Amanda Sakuma

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Jussie Smollett's worst enemy

Jussie Smollett was the victim of a racist, homophobic hate crime last month. Or at least that’s what he’d have you believe. The Advocate’s Zach Stafford tells the Smollett saga from its shocking start to its outrageous end.

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Michael Cohen is sharing new information with federal prosecutors about Trump’s inauguration money

By Amanda Sakuma February 23

Trump nominates Kelly Craft as United Nations ambassador

By Jen Kirby February 23

Here are all the 2019 Oscar nominees

By Alex Abad-Santos February 23

There’s a book made out of American cheese

By Constance Grady February 23

This clothing brand proudly uses prison labor. Critics say it’s exploiting workers.

By Gaby Del Valle February 22

The kids suing the government over climate change want to halt fossil fuel extraction

By Umair Irfan February 23

A new Uniqlo outfit looks like a Mao suit. The company says it’s a coincidence.

By Gaby Del Valle February 22

One video refutes Sarah Sanders’s claim that Trump has never encouraged violence

By Aaron Rupar February 22

The real story of the Green Book, the guide that changed how black people traveled in America

By P.R. Lockhart February 22

Google employees fought for their right to sue the company — and won

By Alexia Fernández Campbell February 22

The frenzy over Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s solicitation charges, explained

By Emily Stewart and Dylan Scott February 22

Trump just reversed his decision to pull all US troops out of Syria

By Alex Ward February 22

Sexual misconduct allegations against R. Kelly spanning 25 years, in one timeline

By Constance Grady February 22

The Trump administration is finalizing plans to strip funding from Planned Parenthood

By Anna North February 22

R. Kelly has been charged with 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse

By Constance Grady February 22

Are Uggs kosher? Rabbis say the boots might violate Jewish law.

By Chavie Lieber February 22

A guide to this year’s exceptionally good Oscar-nominated documentaries

By Alissa Wilkinson February 22

How Soviet hockey ruled the world — and then fell apart

By Todd VanDerWerff February 22

The complicated case of A Star Is Born and its Best Picture dreams

By Alissa Wilkinson, Aja Romano, and 2 others February 22

President Maduro’s forces clash with Venezuelans in aid showdown

By Alex Ward February 22

Empire will cut Jussie Smollett’s scenes from the rest of the season

By Aja Romano February 22

The House will vote Tuesday on blocking Trump’s national emergency

By Li Zhou February 22

How #$@!% became shorthand for cursing

By Phil Edwards February 22

American sunscreen isn’t good enough. Can new regulations help?

By Cheryl Wischhover February 22

Jussie Smollett arrested and charged over alleged hate crime attack hoax

By Amanda Sakuma and German Lopez February 22

How to make more Vox Video happen

By Joe Posner and Mona Lalwani December 17

Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who is friends with Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, explained

By Jane Coaston and Anna North February 22

Banks made record profits last year thanks to the Republican tax cuts

By Emily Stewart February 22

Measles is back because states give parents too many ways to avoid vaccines

By Julia Belluz February 22

The Vox guide to Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia investigation

9 questions about the Mueller report you were too embarrassed to ask

By Andrew Prokop February 22

Elizabeth Warren’s universal child care plan, explained

By Sarah Kliff February 22

It is absolutely time to panic about climate change

By Sean Illing February 22

Democrats welcome an increasingly diverse America; Republicans aren’t so sure

By Matthew Yglesias February 22

Is lab-grown meat actually worse for the environment?

By Sigal Samuel February 22

How Vice’s makeup designer turned Christian Bale into Dick Cheney

By Cheryl Wischhover February 22

Steve Irwin said, “My mission ... is to save wildlife.” He did.

By Brian Resnick February 22

Have smartphones really destroyed a generation? We don’t know.

By Brian Resnick February 21

“All the Stars” is up for an Oscar, but Kendrick Lamar and SZA won’t perform it during the show

By Alissa Wilkinson February 21

How the Jussie Smollett case became part of a larger controversy around believing survivors

By Anna North February 21

These volunteers get malaria on purpose so we’ll know how to fight it

By Kelsey Piper February 21

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