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Trump’s for-profit presidency
“Victory” cologne and perfume. “Crypto President” watches. Limited-edition “American Eagle” guitars. T-branded golf shoes and “Fight...
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How Trump could gut the refugee program
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to halt refugees from coming to the US in his second...
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How China could try to strangle Taiwan without firing a shot
TAIPEI, Taiwan — When most people imagine what war in the Taiwan Strait might look like, scenes...
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Are men okay? Our modern masculinity problem, explained.
What’s going on with men? There’s a growing body of evidence that men are falling behind....
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My family voted for Trump. How can we talk about politics without ruining the holidays?
Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a new framework for thinking through...
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Assad is gone. Will Syrian refugees go home?
Millions of Syrians around the world are celebrating the sudden fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime...
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Love Is Blind just got hit with a federal labor complaint. Will it change anything?
In a first for the reality television industry, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) argued on...
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What really mattered in 2024
At the end of every year, journalists like to look back and see where our predictions...
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Emilia Pérez is a regressive movie that thinks it’s woke. It will probably win an Oscar.
It may come as a surprise that there’s a movie musical that currently has more awards...
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The tax penalty on married women hiding in plain sight
Every spring, millions of American married couples engage in a little-discussed administrative duty: filing joint taxes....
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North Carolina Republicans strip Democrats of some powers
Democrats will hold some of North Carolina’s highest offices, including the governorship, come January. But these...
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Why The Onion’s Infowars bid has been blocked — for now
In November, satirical newspaper The Onion won a bankruptcy auction to purchase Infowars, a website dedicated...
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The president’s pardon power is a double-edged sword. Here’s how to reform it for good.
On Thursday, the White House announced that President Joe Biden is commuting sentences for roughly 1,500...
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Trump says he supports DREAMers. His past actions say differently.
In a recent Meet the Press interview, President-elect Donald Trump claimed he’s open to working with...
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The problem with US charity is that it’s not effective enough
In September 1973, the hi-fi sound equipment mogul Avery Fisher made a massive gift of $10...
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The danger of Trump’s promise to pardon J6 defendants
President-elect Donald Trump has been talking for years about pardoning the people who took part in...
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An AI that sees what you see
It’s almost hard to remember what it was like before the whole world seemed to be...
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Why do people think Republicans are better for the economy?
A Vox reader asks: There is a perception in the United States that Republicans do a...
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How UnitedHealthcare became the face of a broken health care system
On Monday, police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, arrested Luigi Mangione in connection with last week’s shooting death...
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This critical ecosystem helped keep climate change in check. Now it’s making things worse.
The frigid Arctic tundra has soaked up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere for millennia, an essential...
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How Trump could try to deport immigrants to countries other than their own
President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly considering deporting some immigrants to countries other than their own. If...
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Luigi Mangione’s 3D-printed gun and the problem of untraceable firearms
On Monday, after a five-day search to find the man who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO...
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The Supreme Court wades into the Israel-Palestine conflict
The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it will get involved in a longstanding dispute between...
