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Why did Iran shut off the internet for the entire country? 

After protesters railed against increased fuel prices, connectivity fell to just 5 percent. The Reset podcast investigates.

By Delia Paunescu

Thursday’s impeachment testimony makes the Burisma-Biden connection undeniable

Gordon Sondland and Kurt Volker were not telling the whole truth.

By Alex Ward

A top Pentagon official severely undercut a Trump impeachment talking point

By Alex Ward

Trump’s desire for investigations morphed into US policy

By Jen Kirby

Trump’s agreements in Central America are dismantling the asylum system as we know it

By Nicole Narea

Sondland’s testimony shows Mike Pompeo was far more central on Ukraine than we knew

By Alex Ward

Who’s who in the impeachment hearings

By Jen Kirby, Alex Ward, and 1 other

How bad right-wing journalism helped kick off the impeachment saga

By Jane Coaston

One of the Republicans’ witnesses confirmed a quid pro quo on TV

By Alex Ward

Mike Pompeo’s big announcement about Israeli settlements, briefly explained

By Zack Beauchamp

The weekend in startling impeachment news, explained

By Alex Ward

A Hong Kong university becomes a battleground in the latest round of protests

By Jen Kirby

Brazil’s Amazon rainforest destruction is at its highest rate in more than a decade

By Umair Irfan

Accelerationism: the obscure idea inspiring white supremacist killers around the world

By Zack Beauchamp

The world’s most profitable company is about to go public

By Lauren Katz

4 main takeaways from Marie Yovanovitch’s impeachment hearing

By Andrew Prokop and Alex Ward

Did Trump just commit witness tampering? I asked 7 legal experts.

By Sean Illing

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All of Robert Mueller’s indictments and plea deals in the Russia investigation

By Andrew Prokop

Marie Yovanovitch’s opening statement is an indictment of the State Department under Trump

By Alex Ward

Trump’s release of his April call with Ukraine’s president is a distraction

By Alex Ward

Algeria’s forgotten protesters

By Hannah Brown

Trump’s Iran envoy reassigned a staffer after right-wing media accused her of disloyalty

By Alex Ward

Trump showed he doesn’t understand Turkey — while standing next to Turkey’s president

By Jen Kirby

The law that’s helping fuel Delhi’s deadly air pollution

By Umair Irfan

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How NBA player Enes Kanter became a major enemy of Turkey’s president

The Celtics center is fighting a sometimes lonely battle against Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

By Jen Kirby

The real reasons Democrats want open impeachment hearings

By Alex Ward

A demonstrator was shot and a man set on fire in Hong Kong’s protests

By Jen Kirby

Why the Elián Gonzalez saga resonates 20 years later

By Jess Swanson and Angel Garcia

Bolivian President Evo Morales resigns following mass protests

By Riley Beggin

White House official says Trump made a quid pro quo “demand” of Ukraine’s president

By Alex Ward

Trump: We should keep Syria’s oil. The Pentagon: Nope.

By Alex Ward

Trump reportedly wanted Bill Barr to give a press conference about his Ukraine call

By Jen Kirby

Turkey wants to send Syrian refugees to the new “safe zone.” Some refugees are terrified.

By Hannah Brown

Why protests around the world often involve public transportation

By Terry Nguyen

The 3 main takeaways from US diplomat William Taylor’s impeachment testimony

By Alex Ward

Read William Taylor’s full testimony in the impeachment inquiry

By Alex Ward

Why the alt-right loves ancient Rome

By Sean Illing

Why restoring nature is so important to limiting climate change

By Umair Irfan

The murders of 9 Mormon family members spotlights Mexico’s spiraling violence

By Jen Kirby

Iraq’s protests, explained

By Jen Kirby

Impeachment, explained

By Matthew Yglesias and Andrew Prokop

The United States has filed the official paperwork to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement

By Umair Irfan