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North Korea says continued US sanctions put denuclearization at risk

By Rachel Withers

How fascism works

By Sean Illing

Denmark gives new fathers paid leave. Why do so few take it?

By Jillian Weinberger, Sarah Kliff, and 2 others

How to do good better

By Sean Illing

What you need to know about accused Russian spy Maria Butina’s plea deal

By Jen Kirby

The Senate just passed a resolution to end US support for the Saudi war in Yemen

By Jen Kirby

Read: accused Russian spy Maria Butina’s plea agreement

By Jen Kirby

Senate debates resolution to end US support for war in Yemen

By Jen Kirby

British Prime Minister Theresa May survives no-confidence vote

By Jen Kirby

Everyone warns of China’s rise. But its decline could be even worse.

By Alex Ward

The no-confidence vote against Theresa May, explained

By Jen Kirby

Michael Cohen was just sentenced to 3 years in prison

By Andrew Prokop

Why women have better sex under socialism, according to an anthropologist

By Sean Illing

How Trump made the North Korea crisis worse

By Alex Ward

What I learned go-karting around Tokyo dressed as Spider-Man

By Alex Ward

Inside Venezuela’s YouTube prank economy

By Luke.Winkie

Japan plans to purchase nearly 150 F-35 fighter jets from the US

By Alex Ward

Theresa May is seeking a lifeline from the EU after Brexit deal chaos

By Jen Kirby

Embattled French President Macron announces concessions to quell weeks of violent protests

By Jennifer Williams

Time’s 2018 Person of the Year is Jamal Khashoggi and other “Guardians” of the truth

By Emily Stewart and Alexia Underwood

The US government’s ongoing battle with Chinese telecom giant Huawei, explained

By Emily Stewart

Theresa May halts Brexit deal vote to avoid defeat, throwing British politics into chaos

By Jen Kirby

House Intelligence Dems will look into Trump-Russia — and these 4 other things

By Alex Ward

Saudi Arabia reportedly saw Jared Kushner as an impressionable target

By Rachel Withers

Trump is using the Paris protests to push his anti-Paris Agreement agenda

By Rachel Withers

Trump’s ties to the Russian mafia go back 3 decades

By Sean Illing

Trump names Army Gen. Mark Milley as new chair of the Joint Chiefs

By Alex Ward

Trump: Rex Tillerson is “dumb as a rock” and “lazy as hell”

By Zack Beauchamp

Trump nominates William Barr as attorney general

By Jen Kirby

Trump nominates Heather Nauert to be next UN ambassador

By Jen Kirby

2018 wasn’t a complete horror show. Here are four things that got better.

By Dylan Matthews

Trump’s North Korea strategy isn’t working

By Alex Ward

Felix Sater, the spy, criminal, and mafia-linked business executive tied to Trump, explained

By Alex Ward

“Designer bugs”: how the next pandemic might come from a lab

By R. Daniel Bressler and Chris Bakerlee

The US got Canada to arrest a top Chinese tech executive

By Emily Stewart and Alex Ward

UK Parliament just dealt a blow to Theresa May. What’s next for Brexit?

By Jen Kirby

Read: senators introduce resolution calling Saudi crown prince “complicit” in Khashoggi’s murder

By Jen Kirby

Trump has threatened to withdraw from NAFTA. What’s next?

By Jen Kirby

Trump called himself “Tariff Man.” The internet did the rest.

By Jen Kirby

Trump’s retweet about the protests in France is wildly inaccurate

By Jennifer Williams and Alex Ward

Russia isn’t complying with an arms control treaty — so the US is threatening to rip it up

By Alex Ward

US senators say Saudi crown prince is “complicit” in Khashoggi murder

By Alex Ward
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