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Vox's politics team explains everything you need to know about what's going on in Washington and what it means for your life.

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What we know about Trump’s likely arrest

By Vox Staff

Republicans are once again sticking by Trump as an indictment looms

It’s the latest of example of the GOP rallying around the former president.

By Li Zhou

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

Putin and Xi’s big Moscow meeting, briefly explained

By Li Zhou March 20

The hush money case that may lead to Trump’s indictment, explained

By Andrew Prokop March 20

The case for slowing down AI

By Sigal Samuel March 20

Wyoming banned the abortion pill. Some states are trying to go even further.

By Ellen Ioanes March 19

Stop requiring college degrees for jobs that don’t need them

By Rachel M. Cohen March 19

The fringe group that broke the GOP’s brain — and helped the party win elections

By Ian Ward March 19

How Trump’s using a possible arrest to rile his base

By Ellen Ioanes March 18

The brewing war over who goes hungry in America — and how to feed them

By Kenny Torrella March 18

The key to Covid’s origin lies in Beijing, not Wuhan

By Bryan Walsh March 18

The ICC issued a warrant for war crimes in Ukraine. It came right for Putin.

By Jen Kirby March 17

Will anybody stop that Trump judge from banning abortion pills?

By Ian Millhiser March 16

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

By Jonathan Guyer March 16

A Russian aircraft collided with a US drone. It’s a reminder of the Ukraine war risks.

By Jen Kirby March 16

Yes, Kyrsten Sinema can win as an independent in Arizona

By Christian Paz March 16

If you love Israel, you must protest this government, says the former prime minister

By Jonathan Guyer March 16

Steve Bannon’s go-to funder Guo Wengui just got indicted for fraud

By Ben Jacobs March 15

Ron DeSantis is using Ukraine aid to win over the GOP base

By Li Zhou March 15

A little-known rule would make congressional hearings more transparent

By Jonathan Guyer March 14

Why bailouts keep happening even though everyone hates them

By Andrew Prokop March 14

Biden just broke a big climate promise

By Rebecca Leber March 14

A new Supreme Court case could be the most important transgender rights decision ever

By Ian Millhiser March 14

Trump-era banking law paved way for Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse

By Nicole Narea March 13

Is this a bailout?

By Emily Stewart March 13

Child labor protections are the latest Republican target

By Ellen Ioanes March 12

No one knows when it is legal to perform medically necessary abortions in Texas

By Ian Millhiser March 12

The UK’s extreme new immigration plans, explained

By Ellen Ioanes March 11

Why DC is stuck as America’s continental colony

By Miles Bryan March 11

Why Iran and Saudi Arabia making nice is a very big deal

By Jonathan Guyer March 10

The GOP’s coordinated national campaign against trans rights, explained

By Nicole Narea and Fabiola Cineas March 10

How the train industry could change after the Ohio disaster

By Jonquilyn Hill and Sofi LaLonde March 10

The many reinventions of Ron DeSantis

By Andrew Prokop March 10

Did George Santos lie about everything?

By Ben Jacobs March 9

The real message of Biden’s budget

By Rachel M. Cohen March 9

A Ukrainian city is on the verge of falling to Russia

By Jen Kirby March 9

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

By Jonathan Guyer March 9

Biden’s budget goes all in on protecting Medicare. Just how much danger is it in?

By Dylan Scott March 9