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Texas’s anti-abortion law is back at SCOTUS. Here’s what’s different this time around.

The Biden administration’s last-ditch bid to restore abortion rights in Texas, explained.

By Ian Millhiser

How screwed are Democrats in the Senate?

The challenges the party will face in keeping its majorities in 2022 and 2024.

By Andrew Prokop

What to know about the latest fight over Trump’s executive privilege claims

By Ellen Ioanes October 17

Joe Manchin won’t support a key climate program. Alternatives won’t be enough.

By Ellen Ioanes October 16

Americans are ready to tax the rich

By Tim Ryan Williams October 16

The myth of the climate moderate

By Rebecca Leber October 16

The case against means testing

By Li Zhou October 15

The $5 trillion insurance industry faces a reckoning. Blame climate change.

By Umair Irfan October 15

Can the US cut drug prices without sacrificing new cures?

By Dylan Scott October 13

Biden’s incoherent immigration policy

By Nicole Narea October 13

Startups are betting on a psychedelic gold rush

By Rebecca Heilweil October 13

A better way to legalize marijuana

By German Lopez October 11

Texas’s anti-abortion law was halted. Then, suddenly, it wasn’t.

By Ellen Ioanes October 9

Is Biden’s legislative agenda popular? Yes, but …

By Andrew Prokop October 8

The best- and worst-case scenarios for Covid-19 this winter

By Dylan Scott October 8

The debt ceiling fight is far from over

By Li Zhou October 7

The trillion-dollar coin scheme, explained by the guy who invented it

By Dylan Matthews October 7

The US is closer than ever before to making major progress on the climate crisis

By Rebecca Leber October 7

The Supreme Court takes a lie detector test

By Ian Millhiser October 7

How the risk of Covid-19 for kids compares to other dangers

By German Lopez October 7

Why lawmakers are fighting over the debt ceiling — again

By Li Zhou October 6

The Supreme Court confronts the CIA’s worst-kept secret

By Ian Millhiser October 6

Facebook’s whistleblower tells Congress how to regulate tech

By Shirin Ghaffary October 5

Mail delays and price hikes are coming to USPS. Here’s why.

By Ellen Ioanes October 3

The nihilism of Neil Gorsuch

By Ian Millhiser October 2

The state of infrastructure talks in Congress, explained

By Li Zhou October 1

Why people who don’t trust vaccines embrace unproven drugs

By Dylan Scott October 1

The case for a more radical climate movement

By Sean Illing October 1

“Try us”: House progressives finally flex their power

By Li Zhou September 30

Americans do not see all Afghan refugees as equal

By Nicole Narea September 30

An “attack on American cities” is freezing climate action in its tracks

By Rebecca Leber September 29

Biden could end the debt ceiling — all by himself

By Dylan Matthews September 28

How the Christian right embraced voter suppression

By Sarah Posner September 28

9 high-stakes issues SCOTUS will take up this term

By Ian Millhiser September 28

Germany’s (sort of) change elections

By Jen Kirby September 27

Murders are spiking. Police should be part of the solution.

By German Lopez September 27

Congress’s hectic legislative schedule, briefly explained

By Ellen Ioanes September 26

Arizona finished its “audit.” Other states are just getting started.

By Ellen Ioanes September 25

Why America keeps turning its back on Haitian migrants

By Fabiola Cineas September 24

The new guidelines for Covid-19 booster shots, explained

By Dylan Scott September 24

Does everybody need a booster shot?

By Dylan Scott September 24

The Afghan refugee crisis has revealed the artificial limits of America’s will to welcome

By Nicole Narea September 23

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