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A controversial Florida law stops some former felons from voting. A judge just blocked part of it.

A federal judge has issued a limited ruling that Florida cannot use a person’s inability to pay fines as a reason to deny the vote.

By P.R. Lockhart

Tulsi Gabbard calls Hillary Clinton “the queen of warmongers” in her latest clash with top Democrats

Why are Hillary Clinton and Tulsi Gabbard fighting? Tension between Gabbard and Democratic leaders goes way back.

By Riley Beggin

The 4 words that will decide impeachment

By Ezra Klein October 19

Why a vote to close New York’s Rikers Island is being met with backlash

By P.R. Lockhart October 18

Rick Perry, a key figure in Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, will resign as energy secretary

By Li Zhou October 18

The Supreme Court will decide if Trump can fire the CFPB director. The implications are enormous.

By Ian Millhiser October 18

Trump’s Dallas rally showed how untethered from reality his impeachment pushback is

By Aaron Rupar October 18

Support for impeachment isn’t as high in battleground districts

By Li Zhou October 18

The White House admits to a Ukraine quid pro quo. Just not that one.

By Alex Ward October 18

A new high-powered super PAC is going to spend millions to back Andrew Yang

By Theodore Schleifer October 18

House Democrats say migrants aren’t getting fair hearings at tent courts on the border

By Nicole Narea October 18

Affordable housing is disappearing. So cities are designating parking lots to sleep in.

By Matthew Zeitlin October 18

Impeachment is too important to leave to Congress — it’s going to take mass mobilization

By Matthew Yglesias October 18

How propaganda works in the digital age

By Sean Illing October 18

Basic income can’t do enough to help workers displaced by technology

By Dylan Matthews October 18

How the abortion debate moved away from “safe, legal, and rare”

By Anna North October 18

The importance of Elijah Cummings’s fight for voting rights

By P.R. Lockhart October 17

The thousands of lawsuits against opioid companies, explained

By German Lopez October 17

Trump is still trying to collect citizenship data for redistricting

By Nicole Narea October 17

Elizabeth Warren raised 5 times as much money from Big Tech as Joe Biden did

By Theodore Schleifer October 17

Teacher strikes are changing. The Chicago walkout proves it.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell October 17

Trump’s move to host the G7 at his Doral resort takes self-dealing to new levels

By Aaron Rupar October 17

“I have no idea”: Pelosi shuts down Senate Republicans’ impeachment timeline

By Ella Nilsen and Li Zhou October 17

Rand Paul just blocked a vote to condemn President Donald Trump’s withdrawal of troops in Syria

By Li Zhou October 17

The Senate fails to override Trump’s veto on its national emergency resolution

By Li Zhou October 17

Top Trump official throws Giuliani under the bus in impeachment inquiry statement

By Alex Ward October 17

How Beto O’Rourke became a conservative boogeyman

By Jane Coaston October 17

The big business — and questionable effectiveness — of mass shooter trainings

By Peter Rugg October 17

Trump’s “Nervous Nancy” tweet shows his problem with powerful women

By Anna North October 17

Teens are increasingly depressed, anxious, and suicidal. How can we help?

By Brian Resnick October 17

The man who rigged America’s election maps

By Alvin Chang October 17

Elijah Cummings, chair of the powerful House Oversight Committee, dies at 68

By Ella Nilsen October 17

The death of a British teen has put a strain on the US-UK relationship

By Jen Kirby October 16

The October Democratic presidential debate, explained in under 25 minutes

By Delia Paunescu October 16

AOC and Ilhan Omar endorse Bernie Sanders for president

By Sean Collins October 16

Ayanna Pressley breaks with AOC on Sanders endorsement

By Anna North October 16

Michael Cohen’s testimony about Trump’s shady business practices just got strong corroboration

By Aaron Rupar October 16

“Don’t be a tough guy. Don’t be a fool!”: Read Trump’s wild letter to Turkey’s Erdogan

By Alex Ward October 16

House Republicans joined Democrats in condemning Trump’s actions in Syria

By Ella Nilsen and Li Zhou October 16

Trump told 6 falsehoods about Syria in 4 minutes

By Alex Ward October 16

Cory Booker’s latest gun plan goes after urban violence

By German Lopez October 16

Kamala Harris’s call to suspend Trump’s Twitter account, explained

By Emily Stewart October 16