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Impeachment, explained

By Matthew Yglesias and Andrew Prokop

The 4 main conservative defenses for Trump against impeachment, explained

Only one of them makes sense.

By Jane Coaston

The key moment from Fiona Hill’s testimony

By Zack Beauchamp

Michael Bloomberg is probably definitely going to run for president

By Emily Stewart

Congress passes bill to avert another government shutdown — for now

By Li Zhou and Ella Nilsen

Why did Trump let the Ukraine aid through?

By Andrew Prokop

Tim Cook is just letting Trump lie about Apple

By Emily Stewart

Thursday’s impeachment testimony makes the Burisma-Biden connection undeniable

By Alex Ward

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted on corruption charges

By Zack Beauchamp

The Pete Buttigieg surge, explained

By Ella Nilsen

Read Fiona Hill’s scathing opening statement in the impeachment hearings

By Aaron Rupar

The state of the 2020 Democratic primary

By Sean Collins

Gender equity was at the forefront of the fifth Democratic debate

By Li Zhou

4 winners and 3 losers from the November Democratic debate

By Dylan Matthews, Emily Stewart, and 4 others

It took a debate with all-female moderators to ask Democrats about paid family leave

By Alexia Fernández Campbell

The most substantive answers from November’s Democratic debate

By Zack Beauchamp, Li Zhou, and 2 others

This debate confirmed there is no Democratic presidential frontrunner

By Ella Nilsen

Everything you need to know about the next Democratic debate

By Nicole Narea

Would a female candidate be treated like Pete Buttigieg? Amy Klobuchar sees a double standard.

By Anna North

The single worst idea proposed at the Democratic debate

By Ian Millhiser

Bernie Sanders wants to take fossil fuel companies to criminal court

By Umair Irfan

Google transformed the political advertising world with its reversal on targeting

By Theodore Schleifer

A top Pentagon official severely undercut a Trump impeachment talking point

By Alex Ward

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Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy

Keep up with the policy debates that will shape the Democratic 2020 primary.

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Trump’s new “NO QUID PRO QUO” talking point is a trick

By Aaron Rupar

Gordon Sondland is being called the next John Dean. Here’s why.

By Ian Millhiser

Trump’s desire for investigations morphed into US policy

By Jen Kirby

Sondland says he told Pence about Trump and Ukraine. Pence says that “never happened.”

By Katelyn Burns

Kamala Harris’s decline in the polls, explained

By Li Zhou

Trump’s agreements in Central America are dismantling the asylum system as we know it

By Nicole Narea

Read Trump’s very large, very strange Sharpie notes on impeachment

By Hannah Brown

America needs to hear — under oath — from Pompeo, Perry, Pence, and Bolton

By Matthew Yglesias

Trump before Sondland’s testimony: “He’s a great American.” Trump after: “This is not a man I know well.”

By Aaron Rupar

Trump didn’t want an investigation into Biden. He wanted a political show.

By Zack Beauchamp

2020 Democrats call for investigation into NBC sexual misconduct allegations ahead of debate

By Anna North

Wayne Messam, who called on Americans to #BeGreat, suspends his presidential bid

By Sean Collins

Gordon Sondland’s opening testimony is the ballgame

By Zack Beauchamp

Sondland’s testimony shows Mike Pompeo was far more central on Ukraine than we knew

By Alex Ward

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A guide to how 2020 Democrats plan to fight climate change

By Umair Irfan

An all-female panel will moderate the November Democratic debate

By Li Zhou

What to expect at the fifth Democratic debate

By Li Zhou

Who’s who in the impeachment hearings

By Jen Kirby, Alex Ward, and 1 other