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The not-so-lame duck session

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer during the Moms Demand Action Gun Violence Rally on…

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Kevin McCarthy is so close to being speaker — and yet, so far

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy at a news conference in 2021 in Washington, DC. | Alex Wong/Getty Images Kevin McCarthy’s…

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What Trump vs. DeSantis says about the future of the American right

Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis illustrate a divide in the Republican Party. | Jeff Swensen/Getty Images;…

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How did Sam Bankman-Fried happen?

Sam Bankman-Fried, chief executive officer of FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange he founded in 2019, is pictured in New York in…

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Kari Lake’s defeat in Arizona may only be a temporary blow to Trumpism

Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake cheers with her supporters at the Republican election night watch party in Scottsdale, Arizona,…

1 year ago

Democrats kept the Senate. But Georgia is still important.

Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images A split Congress is likely, but a Warnock win would still benefit Democrats. While Democrats…

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Why Ron DeSantis’s post-midterms glow up may fade

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis with his wife Casey DeSantis at an election night watch party in Tampa, Florida, on November…

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How to handle an overload of grief

Getty Images/iStockphoto When losses stack up, how are you supposed to manage? When I was 27, my mother told me…

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The Biden-Xi sit-down the world’s been waiting for

President Joe Biden meets with China’s President Xi Jinping during a virtual summit at the White House in Washington, DC,…

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How to slash carbon emissions while growing the economy, in one chart

Our World in Data, Vox More than 30 countries have already broken the link between emissions and economic growth. There’s…

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