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India’s ruling party just kicked a major rival out of Parliament — and sparked a new crisis

Rahul Gandhi’s expulsion from the Lok Sabha is the latest sign of Indian democracy’s decline.

By Zack Beauchamp

Did George Santos lie about everything?

The Republican representative who allegedly made up his life story, explained.

By Ben Jacobs

What Republicans should learn from French protests over pension cuts

By Nicole Narea March 24

Biden and Trudeau’s immigration deal makes it easier for both countries to turn away asylum seekers

By Li Zhou March 24

How Western weapons transformed the war in Ukraine

By Sam Ellis March 24

Don’t say “period”: How Florida Republicans are taking aim at basic sex education

By Fabiola Cineas March 24

3 winners and 3 losers from Congress’s TikTok hearing

By Sara Morrison and Christian Paz March 23

Thanks, Obama! The hilarious reason why a judge just blocked Wyoming’s abortion ban.

By Ian Millhiser March 23

Yes, there was just a tornado near Los Angeles. Is climate change to blame?

By Li Zhou March 23

How the US can stop the spread of Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus

By Nicole Narea March 23

Trump can run for president from prison. Just ask Eugene Debs.

By Ben Jacobs March 23

What it looks like when a country doesn’t trust its banks

By Emily Stewart March 23

The Fed prioritizes inflation over bank turmoil with its latest rate hike

By Li Zhou March 22

The Supreme Court ponders a surprisingly difficult case about poop jokes

By Ian Millhiser March 22

7 Updates

What we know about Trump’s likely arrest

By Vox Staff March 21

Republicans are once again sticking by Trump as an indictment looms

By Li Zhou March 21

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