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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.

The unlikely allies who sank Joe Manchin’s energy deal

Progressives and Republicans came together to shoot down a bill on permitting reforms.

By Li Zhou

Trump found the holes in our election laws. Congress is trying to patch them.

How a few election law fixes could protect democracy in 2024.

By Ben Jacobs

Riotsville, U.S.A. is a window onto the bizarre beginnings of police militarization

By Alissa Wilkinson September 27

The child care crisis just keeps getting worse

By Rachel M. Cohen September 27

The Supreme Court case that’s likely to handcuff the Clean Water Act

By Ian Millhiser September 27

39 years ago today, one man saved us from world-ending nuclear war

By Dylan Matthews September 26

The Supreme Court’s new term could be even more consequential than its last one

By Ian Millhiser September 26

The 10 races that could decide Senate control

By Li Zhou September 25

Do we ask too much of parents?

By Sean Illing September 25

Why Iranian women are risking everything by burning their hijabs

By Jonathan Guyer September 24

The Mississippi welfare fraud involving Brett Favre, explained

By Jack Meserve September 24

Are the walls really closing in on Trump this time?

By Andrew Prokop September 24

How a 100-year-old miscalculation drained the Colorado River

By Benji Jones September 23

How the polls might be wrong (again) this year

By Andrew Prokop September 23

What’s behind House Democrats’ sudden compromise on policing

By Li Zhou September 22

Trump’s defeat in the Mar-a-Lago “special master” case, explained

By Ian Millhiser September 22

What Putin’s latest threats mean for the risk of nuclear war

By Jen Kirby September 22

Why Ron DeSantis is baiting Biden on the border

By Nicole Narea September 22

How interest rate hikes ripple throughout the economy

By Madeleine Ngo September 21

The 4 major criminal probes into Donald Trump, explained

By Ian Millhiser September 21

New York attorney general sues Trump, accuses him of “astounding” fraud and deception

By Andrew Prokop September 21

The West is testing out a lot of shiny new military tech in Ukraine

By Jonathan Guyer September 21

Even Mitch McConnell’s “perfect” candidate might not win in Colorado

By Nicole Narea September 21

Everything you need to know about voting right now

By Allie Volpe September 20

Adnan Syed is free — and it only took years of criminal justice reform

By Aja Romano September 20

Russians believe they can win the war. Here are 3 reasons why.

By Daniel Drezner September 20

Ruben Gallego’s ready for a fight — even if the Democratic Party isn’t

By Christian Paz September 20

The profound pessimism of Clarence Thomas

By Sean Illing September 20

Features

The power and potential of Latino voters

Latino voters’ growing power, what the parties get right and wrong about them, and a brash Congress member on what Democrats need to do better.

By Natalie Jennings and Sean Collins September 20

A practical guide to winning Latino voters

By Natalie Jennings and Christian Paz September 20

Los votantes latinos están siendo inundados con aún más desinformación

By Christian Paz September 20

Latino voters are being flooded with even more misinformation in 2022

By Christian Paz September 20

Yes, most Latinos are Christian. No, that doesn’t make them anti-abortion.

By Nicole Narea September 20

How 2022 became the year of the Latina Republican

By Li Zhou September 20

The power of Hispanic voters, in 10 charts

By Youyou Zhou September 20

Democrats lost ground with Latino voters in 2020. Will the midterms be worse?

By Ray Suarez September 20

America’s fastest-growing, frequently misunderstood voting bloc

By Christian Paz September 20

Two Republican judges just let Texas seize control of Twitter and Facebook

By Ian Millhiser September 19

How a Category 1 hurricane did so much damage in Puerto Rico

By Benji Jones September 19

Biden’s promise to defend Taiwan says a lot about America’s view of China

By Jonathan Guyer September 19

High voter turnout doesn’t cancel out voter suppression

By Fabiola Cineas September 19

Here’s what we know about the state of Russia’s military

By Ellen Ioanes September 18