Vox Sentences: What the hell is going on in Argentina?

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1. Argentina's insane presidential scandal

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Argentina President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. (Getty Images News)

• A draft for an arrest warrant for Argentinian President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was found at an Argentinian prosecutor's home, shortly after he was found dead under mysterious circumstances.

  [New York Times / Simon Romero]

• It's unclear if Alberto Nisman, the deceased prosecutor, intended to execute the warrant.

  [Vox / Amanda Taub]

• Prior to his death, Nisman had traced the 1994 suicide bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center to Iranian agents.

  [New York Times / Jonathan Gilbert and Simon Romero]

• Nisman's death initially looked like a suicide — but although the gun that killed him was found by his body, Nisman's hands had no gunshot residue.

  [Wall Street Journal / Taos Turner and Santiago Perez]

• Nisman publicly accused President Kirchner of colluding with Iran to derail the investigation in exchange for access to oil.

  [Reuters / Brian Winters and Nicolás Misculin]

• A judge declined to hear Nisman's indictment of Kirchner, which many analysts concluded was deeply flawed.

  [The Guardian / Jonathan Watts]

• Kirchner initially referred to Nisman's death as a suicide, but later reversed herself to say it "was not a suicide" in a statement.

  [Vox / Amanda Taub]

• Kirchner announced a bill to disband the country's intelligence service and replace it with a new one shortly after reversing her stance on Nisman's death.

  [Vox / Amanda Taub]

• For more on the crazy scandal, check out Vox's explainer.

  [Vox / Amanda Taub]

2. Vaccine controversies continue

The best way to prevent measles. (Justin Sullivan / Getty News Images)

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is worried that the US measles outbreak, which already hit at least 14 states, could grow.

  [The Hill / Kristina Wong]

• A Republican congressman suggests maybe you should blame immigrants for measles.

  [Vox / Dara Lind]

• Any measles outbreak could be prevented through vaccines, but most states have broad exemptions for childhood vaccination requirements.

  [Vox / Sarah Kliff]

• Don't know why you should worry about measles? For one, it's one of the most contagious diseases on the planet.

  [Vox / Julia Belluz]

• The debate over whether vaccines should be required has spilled over to the 2016 presidential race.

  [PBS NewsHour / Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, and Simon Pathe]

• "The science is clear: The earth is round, the sky is blue, and #vaccineswork. Let's protect all our kids. #GrandmothersKnowBest"

  [Hillary Clinton]

• In general, support for vaccines is bipartisan.

  [Vox / Andrew Prokop]

• The science is very clear: vaccines don't cause autism.

  [Vox / German Lopez]

3. ISIS is still terrible

An Iraqi fighter in combat with ISIS troops in (Ali Mohammed/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

• A new video allegedly shows ISIS burning a captured Jordanian pilot alive.

  [Washington Post / Taylor Luck and William Booth]

• President Obama: "It's just one more indication of the viciousness and barbarity of this organization."

  [Huffington Post / Paige Lavender]

• ISIS uses these videos to try to build its brand of terrorism and to exert its power.

  [Vox / Amanda Taub]

• But some analysts are beginning to question whether ISIS's hostage tactics are even effective or just needlessly cruel.

  [New York Times / Rod Nordland]

• If you're unsure what ISIS is, check out our explainer.

  [Vox / Zack Beauchamp]

4. Misc.

• The Senate failed to pass a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security — mostly due to disagreements over President Obama's executive actions on immigration.

  [Vox / Dara Lind]

• "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee has a new book coming out.

  [Vox / Kelsey McKinney]

• A congressman's office looks like the set of "Downtown Abbey."

  [Washington Post / Ben Terris]

• Why cats love boxes: they're comforting — and allow a sneak attack.

  [Wired / Bryan Gardiner]

• These five men were scientific geniuses. They also thought magic was real.

  [Vox / Phil Edwards]

5. Verbatim

• "I thought that if all I had to do was chop my leg off, then let's get on with it. Let's do it."

  [Vox / Rebekah Gregory DiMartino]

• "King Abdullah of Jordan picked up the tab for a Christie family weekend at the end of the trip."

  [New York Times / Kate Zernike and Michael Barbaro]

• "Jennie and Kristian Aspelin have five sons  —  Lukas, who is six; Johan, who would be four but is dead; and the triplets, Peter, Rudy, and Tommy, who just turned one."

  [Medium / Elizabeth Weil]

• "At one point, [Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen] Kane went on national television to say that some of the emails contained pornographic images of children, a felony crime, a charge for which her office later admitted it had no evidence."

  [New York Times / Jennifer Steinhauer]

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