Politics

Why Washington, DC, isn’t a state

The US is closer than ever to getting a 51st state. Could it actually happen? On June 26, 2020, the…

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The profound gay love stories of The Old Guard and Song of Achilles

Joe and Nicky in The Old Guard. | Netflix The Song of Achilles is like if The Old Guard was…

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Exclusive: Senate Democrats want the USPS to explain how it’s going to handle vote-by-mail in November

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) listens at a news conference following the Democrats’ weekly policy luncheon at the Capitol…

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What a post-Trump Republican Party might look like

Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images American Compass founder Oren Cass on why conservatives need to challenge free-market economic orthodoxy. Five…

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Mysterious explosions keep happening in Iran. Israel is likely behind it.

First responders gather at the scene of an explosion at the Sina At’har health center in the north of Iran’s…

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The Lincoln Project, the rogue former Republicans trying to take down Trump, explained

President-elect Trump and Melania arrive to attend an inauguration concert at the Lincoln Memorial on January 19, 2017. | Mandel…

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Florida now has more Covid-19 cases than any other state. Here’s what went wrong.

A health care worker administers a coronavirus test in Tampa, Florida, on June 25, 2020. | Octavio Jones/Getty Images Florida’s…

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What comes after Zoom fatigue

James Bareham for Vox/Recode | Photo of Picturephone 1965: Bettmann/Gettyimages It looks like we’re stuck with video chat. Is that…

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Lawmakers are very upset about this week’s massive Twitter breach

Sen. Ron Wyden spoke out against Twitter’s lax security after this week’s breach. | Zach Gibson/Getty Images A hacker took…

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The pandemic has been great for Netflix

Chris Hemsworth in Netflix’s Extraction. | Jasin Boland/Netflix The streaming service added another 10 million customers in the second quarter…

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