Politics & Policy - Vox

Politics & Policy

Vox's policy and politics team explains everything you need to know about what's going on in Washington and what it means for your life.

Trump just made a highly controversial decision about Israel — again

By Alex Ward

Trump’s free speech executive order isn’t about free speech

By Zack Beauchamp

Facebook allowed companies to post job ads only men could see. Now that’s changing.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell March 21

Bernie Sanders’s reparations comments cause rift over DSA endorsement

By Emily Stewart March 21

Trump’s new executive order on campus free speech is more symbolism than substance

By Ella Nilsen March 21

New survey shows Americans are unhappier than they’ve been in years

By Alex Ward March 21

“Listen, man, we’re used to working”: Andrew Gillum on why O’Rourke is running for president and he’s not

By Tara Golshan March 21

If we’re abolishing the Electoral College, let’s also have ranked-choice voting for president

By Lee Drutman March 21

It took one mass shooting for New Zealand to ban assault weapons

By German Lopez March 21

Trump’s untruths about Veterans Choice illustrate the sheer audaciousness of his lies

By Aaron Rupar March 21

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on the filibuster, 2020, and Medicare-for-all

By Dylan Scott and Li Zhou March 21

The case for making 2020 the real Year of the Woman

By Matthew Yglesias March 21

CNN’s “Badass Woman” puff piece about Kellyanne Conway completely misses the point

By Aaron Rupar March 21

What Chuck Schumer can learn from Nancy Pelosi

By Dylan Scott and Li Zhou March 21

This mom is pushing to use campaign funds for child care. It could help parents around the country.

By Anna North March 21

John Hickenlooper: how come we’re not asking women whether they’re willing to put a man on the ticket?

By Li Zhou March 21

3 key takeaways from John Hickenlooper’s CNN town hall

By Li Zhou March 21

Trump’s top Pentagon official is now under an ethics investigation

By Alex Ward March 20

Trump’s strange rant about John McCain’s funeral, decoded

By Zack Beauchamp March 20

Companies often mislabel employees as “freelancers” to cut costs. Workers are fighting back.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell March 20

Trump’s feud with Kellyanne Conway’s husband, explained

By Jane Coaston March 20

Christchurch helped turn my mosque from a place of worship into a place of fear

By Vianna Goodwin March 20

George W. Bush really did lie about WMDs, and his aides are still lying for him

By Dylan Matthews March 20

Why the Washington measles outbreak is mostly affecting one specific group

By Julia Belluz March 20

What listening to hundreds of hours of Tucker Carlson will teach you

By Aaron Rupar March 20

Trump’s legal jeopardy goes far beyond Mueller

By Andrew Prokop March 20

We read Democrats’ 9 plans for expanding health care. Here’s how they work.

By Sarah Kliff and Dylan Scott March 20

Report: a Kirsten Gillibrand staffer resigned after she felt the office mishandled her harassment allegation

By Li Zhou March 20

Joe Biden’s plan for an early VP selection is a terrible idea

By Matthew Yglesias March 20

Rep. Devin Nunes’s bizarre $250 million lawsuit against Twitter, explained

By Jane Coaston March 20

Robert Mueller’s team says it will be very busy in the coming days

By Andrew Prokop March 19

The Supreme Court’s liberals are very worried about indefinite detention of immigrants

By Dara Lind March 19

Hospitals keep ER fees secret. We’re uncovering them.

Reporter Sarah Kliff is collecting emergency room bills as part of a year-long project focused on American health care prices.

View All Stories

What we learned about the FAA and Boeing’s cozy relationship from a damning new report

By Dylan Scott March 19

How the US could actually get rid of the Electoral College

By Li Zhou and Andrew Prokop March 19

Trump administration’s latest attack on the press is to block reporters from covering Pompeo

By Aaron Rupar March 19

3 takeaways from newly unsealed Michael Cohen search warrants

By Andrew Prokop March 19

Kirsten Gillibrand: “I had to make my choice” to call for Al Franken’s resignation

By Li Zhou March 19

New Zealand prime minister on mosque shooter: “You will never hear me mention his name”

By German Lopez March 19

What Alan Krueger taught the world about the minimum wage, education, and inequality

By Dylan Matthews March 19

Elizabeth Warren wants to get rid of the Electoral College

By Ella Nilsen March 19

The 3 Trump-Russia ties we know about

By Alvin Chang March 19

More Stories