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NYTimes report shows how Twitter, McKinsey were complicit in helping Saudi Arabia silence critics

By Emily Stewart

“It’s not going to create or take away a single job”: Why Trump’s excuse on the Saudis doesn’t hold up

By Emily Stewart

The Trump administration reportedly wants the government to revoke civil rights protections from transgender people

By Emily Stewart

Trump says there’s another tax cut on the way. We have no idea what he’s talking about.

By Emily Stewart

How Republicans are misleading voters about preexisting conditions

By Dylan Scott

Alaska’s independent governor drops out of 3-way race and endorses a Democrat

By Dylan Scott

Michael Cohen now wants to get out the vote

By Emily Stewart

Abortions by mail are available now in the US. Here’s what you need to know.

By Julia Belluz

After weeks of lying, Saudi Arabia just admitted Jamal Khashoggi is dead

By Alex Ward

Karlie Kloss and Josh Kushner’s marriage adds new star power — and weirdness — to the Trump family tree

By Eliza Brooke

Nancy Pelosi just suggested she sees herself as a “transitional” House speaker

By Ella Nilsen

Justice Department charges Russian national with conspiring to interfere with 2018 midterms

By Andrew Prokop

A radio ad invoked lynchings to court black voters. It did not go over well.

By P.R. Lockhart

Democratic outreach to Latino voters doesn’t look much better than it did in 2016

By Li Zhou

Louisiana voters will have a chance to strike down a Jim Crow law this November

By German Lopez

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappears in Turkey

By Vox Staff

Reconsidering the US-Saudi relationship

By Matthew Yglesias

Kamala Harris’s new basic income-style bill is so frustratingly close to being great

By Dylan Matthews

Polls can be wrong

By Andrew Prokop

Republicans won’t admit it — but their tax cuts blew a big hole in the deficit

By Tara Golshan

The 13 most important governor elections in 2018, briefly explained

By Stavros Agorakis and Dylan Scott

Trump praises a Montana Congress member for body-slamming a reporter

By Jane Coaston

80,000 Americans died of the flu last winter. Get your flu shot.

By Julia Belluz

Making a Murderer is back. Here’s all that’s happened since the first season.

By German Lopez

A guide to the 2018 midterm elections

The 2018 midterms could be pivotal for the future of the Trump administration. Here’s everything you need to know about who’s running, what to watch, and why it matters.

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The 15 most interesting House races of 2018

By Ella Nilsen

Jared Kushner reportedly wants Trump to back Saudi crown prince

By Alex Ward

Trump just tweeted out a cryptic video of people getting money in Spanish

By Dara Lind

Twitter users are turning to clickbait to get out the vote

By Aja Romano

Trump’s “caravan” tantrum could put migrants in danger. It’s happened before.

By Dara Lind

A lawsuit against Harvard could change affirmative action in college admissions

By P.R. Lockhart

In Stormy Daniels, Trump may have met his match

By Anna North

I support affirmative action. But Harvard really is hurting Asian Americans.

By Michael Li

The US just punished Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi — in a very small way

By Alex Ward

Mitch McConnell: if Republicans do well in the midterms, we’ll try to repeal Obamacare

By Sarah Kliff

Trump’s latest tweets about the migrant caravan, explained (and debunked)

By Dara Lind

Trump just threatened to send the military to the US-Mexico border — again

By Alex Ward

The 5 most important questions about carbon taxes, answered

By David Roberts

The migrant caravan that’s spurring Trump’s latest temper tantrum, explained

By Dara Lind

Pat Cipollone is Trump’s new White House counsel

By Jen Kirby

The 9 most important state legislature elections in 2018, explained

By Dylan Scott

Social Security, food stamps, and other programs kept 44 million people out of poverty last year

By Alexia Fernández Campbell
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