Politics

The murder spike in big US cities, explained

Chicago police officers investigate an officer-involved shooting outside the department’s 25th district station on July 30. | Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune…

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Trump’s tweets about saving the “Suburban Lifestyle Dream,” explained

The annual Memorial Day Parade in New Canaan, a Connecticut suburb. | Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images White identity politics…

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Once upon a time, there was cottagecore

At least it’s attainable on Instagram. | @aestheticcottagecore/Instagram Meet the aesthetic where quarantine is romantic instead of terrifying. On Saturdays,…

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Arizona’s primaries could provide a hint as to whether Democrats can take the Senate

Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) wears a mask depicting Arizona’s state flag as she listens to testimony during a Senate Armed…

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Kansas, of all places, is shaping up to be an important 2020 battleground

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach with his wife Heather in Topeka, Kansas on November 6, 2018. | Mark Reinstein/Corbis…

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“The end of arms control as we know it”

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the New START treaty in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16, 2018.…

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Polls: Biden and Trump are nearly tied in North Carolina and Georgia

US Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Wilmington, Delaware, on July…

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Covid-19 is exposing inequalities in college sports. Now athletes are demanding change.

UCLA’s Elisha Guidry and USC’s Tyler Vaughns at a November 2019 Pac-12 game in Los Angeles. | Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images…

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As coronavirus cases increase worldwide, an Australian state is imposing tough new restrictions

Police and soldiers speak to dock workers as they patrol Melbourne following the announcement of new social distancing and curfew…

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The TikTok-Trump drama, explained

President Trump is reportedly expected to issue an order compelling social media app TikTok to sell its US operations. |…

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