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Politics

North Carolina Republicans’ naked bid for more control over elections, explained

By Li Zhou

Politics

All the salacious details in the Bob Menendez indictment, from gold bars to a Mercedes

By Andrew Prokop

World Politics

How Armenia and Azerbaijan’s conflict could still destabilize the region

By Ellen Ioanes

A Supreme Court case about hotel websites could blow up much of US civil rights law

By Ian Millhiser September 25

What India’s parliamentary gender quota can — and can’t — do for women

By Ellen Ioanes September 23

A new Supreme Court case could trigger a second Great Depression

By Ian Millhiser September 23

Why Biden’s latest gun violence initiative has activists optimistic

By Marin Cogan September 22

The Senate is having a meltdown over whether it’s okay to wear shorts

By Li Zhou September 22

A giant, translucent red elephant overlays a photo of Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis. Lush green palm fronds surround it.

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The Supreme Court showdown over social media “censorship,” explained

By Ian Millhiser September 22

Governments once imagined a future without extreme poverty. What happened?

By Bryan Walsh September 22

Why Volodymyr Zelenskyy had to go to Washington

By Jen Kirby September 21

The Republican vs. Republican feud behind the government shutdown fight, explained

By Li Zhou September 21

What climate activists mean when they say “end fossil fuels”

By Rebecca Leber September 21

The Supreme Court will decide if Alabama can openly defy its decisions

By Ian Millhiser September 20

The wild allegations about India killing a Canadian citizen, explained

By Zack Beauchamp September 20

What a defense ministry shake-up may say about Ukraine’s corruption problem

By Jen Kirby September 19

Maren Morris distancing herself from country music underscores its existential crisis

By Li Zhou September 19

The sexual assault allegations against Russell Brand, explained

By Li Zhou September 18

The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, explained

By Nicole Narea September 18

The US-Iran prisoner swap, briefly explained

By Ellen Ioanes September 18

The Supreme Court’s new term will be dominated by dangerous and incoherent lawsuits

By Ian Millhiser September 18

The United States of Florida

Florida’s favorite grocery store seeks to be uncomplicated in a complicated world

By Emily Stewart September 18

The United States of Florida

The dream — and reality — of moving to Florida

By Marin Cogan September 18

The United States of Florida

How Florida became the center of the Republican universe

By Nicole Narea September 18

Trump, on Meet the Press, shows he still has no policy plans

By Ellen Ioanes September 17

What’s up with China’s disappearing senior military officers?

By Ellen Ioanes September 16

The fate of hundreds of thousands of immigrants is caught in an endless court fight

By Li Zhou September 15

Three reasons Biden is struggling with Black and Latino voters

By Christian Paz September 15

Washington and Wall Street are split over China. What now?

By Jonathan Guyer September 15

The indictment of Hunter Biden isn’t really about gun charges

By Andrew Prokop September 14

Planned Parenthood’s risky plan to bring abortions back to Wisconsin

By Ian Millhiser September 14

What the Senate loses with Mitt Romney’s retirement

By Li Zhou September 14

How Israel’s court became so controversial

By Zack Beauchamp September 14

Elizabeth Warren created a federal agency once. Can she do it again?

By Sara Morrison September 14

The political failures behind Libya’s deadly flooding

By Jonathan Guyer September 13

Are the Proud Boys over, or just getting started?

By Fabiola Cineas September 13

Republicans’ unfounded impeachment inquiry of Biden, explained

By Li Zhou September 13

Democracy is the antidote to capitalism

By Sean Illing September 12

The unconstitutional plan to stop women from traveling out of state for an abortion, explained

By Ian Millhiser September 12

What Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un’s meeting might bring

By Ellen Ioanes September 12

Why Biden isn’t getting a credible primary challenger

By Andrew Prokop September 12

Republicans might shut down the government... again

By Li Zhou September 11

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