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Migrants were left for dead in a Mexican detention center. Was it a preventable tragedy?

A deadly fire that killed 38 migrants has led to international calls for an investigation.

By Nicole Narea

Congress moves to repeal the Iraq war authorization, 20 years later

It’s a significant symbolic move, but US troops are still there, and other parts of the forever war continue.

By Jonathan Guyer

What we know about the Nashville school shooting

By Li Zhou March 29

Conservatives are using the tragedy in Nashville to push their anti-trans agenda

By Li Zhou March 29

Refrigerators have gotten really freaking good. Thanks, Jimmy Carter.

By Rebecca Leber March 29

What US weapons tell us about the Russia-Ukraine war

By Jonathan Guyer March 29

What is going on with Philadelphia’s drinking water?

By Li Zhou March 28

What an assault weapons ban could — and couldn’t — do to end US mass shootings

By Nicole Narea March 28

The 3 big questions facing Israel after Netanyahu delays judicial overhaul

By Jonathan Guyer March 28

Why China’s population is shrinking

By Christina Thornell March 28

Heartbreaking: The worst Supreme Court justice you know just made a great point

By Ian Millhiser March 28

The House GOP’s investigations are flopping

By Christian Paz March 28

What would it mean to treat guns the way we treat cars?

By Muizz Akhtar March 27

Netanyahu finally went too far

By Zack Beauchamp March 27

America’s unique, enduring gun problem, explained

By Nicole Narea, Li Zhou, and 1 more March 27

7 Updates

Israel’s deepening political crisis erupts in protests

By Vox Staff March 27

How Israel’s protesters brought a temporary halt to Netanyahu’s judicial assault

By Nicole Narea March 27

Why Israel’s new far-right government has triggered massive protests

By Jonathan Guyer March 27

There are valid critiques of Kamala Harris. They also don’t tell the full story.

By Li Zhou March 27

Haiti’s gang violence crisis, briefly explained

By Ellen Ioanes March 26

America’s hypersonic arms race with China, explained

By Ellen Ioanes March 25

Would Trump’s indictment help or hurt his 2024 campaign?

By Nicole Narea March 25

India’s ruling party just kicked a major rival out of Parliament — and sparked a new crisis

By Zack Beauchamp March 24

Did George Santos lie about everything?

By Ben Jacobs March 24

What Republicans should learn from French protests over pension cuts

By Nicole Narea March 24

Biden and Trudeau’s immigration deal makes it easier for both countries to turn away asylum seekers

By Li Zhou March 24

How Western weapons transformed the war in Ukraine

By Sam Ellis March 24

Don’t say “period”: How Florida Republicans are taking aim at basic sex education

By Fabiola Cineas March 24

3 winners and 3 losers from Congress’s TikTok hearing

By Sara Morrison and Christian Paz March 23

Thanks, Obama! The hilarious reason why a judge just blocked Wyoming’s abortion ban.

By Ian Millhiser March 23

Yes, there was just a tornado near Los Angeles. Is climate change to blame?

By Li Zhou March 23

How the US can stop the spread of Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus

By Nicole Narea March 23

Trump can run for president from prison. Just ask Eugene Debs.

By Ben Jacobs March 23

What it looks like when a country doesn’t trust its banks

By Emily Stewart March 23

The Fed prioritizes inflation over bank turmoil with its latest rate hike

By Li Zhou March 22

The Supreme Court ponders a surprisingly difficult case about poop jokes

By Ian Millhiser March 22

8 Updates

What we know about Trump’s likely arrest

By Vox Staff March 21

Republicans are once again sticking by Trump as an indictment looms

By Li Zhou March 21

Is TikTok too big to ban?

By Sara Morrison March 21

The multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuits against Fox News, explained

By Nicole Narea, Ian Millhiser, and 1 more March 21

The Wagner Group, Russia’s maybe-private army in Ukraine, explained

By Jen Kirby March 21

Joe Biden’s first veto takes on Republicans’ war on “woke capitalism”

By Li Zhou March 20