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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

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

Tucker Carlson’s January 6 lies throw Republicans into disarray

By Li Zhou March 8

The sexual battery allegations against conservative power broker Matt Schlapp, explained

By Ben Jacobs March 8

The desperate pandering of Tucker Carlson

By Andrew Prokop March 8

What the Ohio train derailment teaches us about poisoning public trust

By Benji Jones March 8

Ron DeSantis’s plan to strip First Amendment rights from the press, explained

By Ian Millhiser March 8

Congress’s attempt to overturn a crime law makes the case for DC statehood

By Li Zhou March 7

All the Republicans running for president in 2024, explained

By Nicole Narea March 6

El Salvador’s massive new prison and the strongman behind it, explained

By Ellen Ioanes March 5

Donald Trump is now fully at war with the Republican Party’s past

By Ben Jacobs March 4

CPAC used to be a barometer. Now it’s all about Trump.

By Ben Jacobs March 3

The Supreme Court signals that a terrifying attack on voting rights will vanish — for now

By Ian Millhiser March 2

The Ohio derailment is spurring Congress to actually do something about train safety

By Nicole Narea March 2

The Chicago mayor’s race shows Democrats still have a crime problem

By Christian Paz March 1

The FBI and Energy Department think Covid-19 came from a lab. Now what?

By Umair Irfan March 1

The big, neglected problem that should be Biden’s top priority

By Rachel M. Cohen March 1

Joe Biden is pretty good at being president. He should run again.

By Dylan Matthews March 1

For now, the one thing Congress seems to agree on is China

By Ben Jacobs March 1

How the Israeli settler rampage was emboldened by the new far-right government

By Jonathan Guyer February 28

You probably won’t get any student loan relief, thanks to a GOP-controlled Supreme Court

By Ian Millhiser February 28

Ron DeSantis’s war on “woke” in Florida schools, explained

By Fabiola Cineas February 28

“Make Trump a non person”: Rupert Murdoch’s Ron DeSantis pivot, explained by a legal filing

By Andrew Prokop February 28

Nigeria’s elections will determine the course of its democracy

By Ellen Ioanes February 27

The Supreme Court will decide if a whole federal agency is unconstitutional

By Ian Millhiser February 27

Here’s what arming Ukraine could look like in the future

By Ellen Ioanes February 26