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More Republicans are breaking from Trump. Is it too little, too late?

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

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Andrew Prokop

The adviser urging Trump to reject AI safety fears

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

18.09.2026 20

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These Democrats won over working-class voters. Here’s their advice for candidates.

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

17.09.2026 20

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The week the AI freakout went mainstream

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

12.09.2026 20

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A socialist candidate criticized Thanksgiving — and unearthed a deeper debate on the left

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06.08.2026 20

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Abdul El-Sayed’s win tees up the first true swing state test for the Bernie left

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

05.08.2026 20

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AIPAC helped knock him out of Congress. Now, he says, they’re losing.

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

01.08.2026 50

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The DSA has had unprecedented success. It also has serious internal divisions.

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31.07.2026 20

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The primary pitting an 80-year-old progressive against an insurgent the left loathes

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

29.07.2026 20

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Could you lose your right to vote if you bet on an election?

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

25.07.2026 40

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A crucial governor’s primary just became Democrats’ biggest debacle

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22.07.2026 30

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How the Michigan Senate primary activated every bitter Democratic grudge

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21.07.2026 40

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Did Trump fire someone trying to stop IRS abuses?

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17.07.2026 30

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She could be America’s first socialist governor

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17.07.2026 30

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When Israel lost Democratic voters, in 3 charts

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16.07.2026 30

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A tale of two Trump flip-flops

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15.07.2026 30

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Is the Iran war back on for real?

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13.07.2026 20

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What’s inside the one bill Trump most desperately wants to become law

What’s inside the one bill Trump most desperately wants to become law A sweeping set of national requirements for voters. An empowered DHS. What...

06.07.2026 30

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Melat Kiros is the first political star truly formed by the 2020s

Melat Kiros is the first political star truly formed by the 2020s What’s behind her shocking victory against a 30-year incumbent in Colorado —...

01.07.2026 20

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Are moderate Democrats washed?

Are moderate Democrats washed? They hoped “Abundance” could be the party’s new vision. It hasn’t worked out. A year ago, the hottest idea in...

30.06.2026 60

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The Democrats’ true plan to control Congress doesn’t involve socialists

26.06.2026 70

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Why urban Democrats love socialists now

24.06.2026 30

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Zohran Mamdani just became a congressional kingmaker

23.06.2026 20

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The Democratic Tea Party is here. Here’s where it might go next.

18.06.2026 60

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The case that Florida is ready to turn blue again

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16.06.2026 30

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Rolling the dice on Graham Platner

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10.06.2026 30

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This Democratic governor won in a landslide — and is now at war with her own base

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02.06.2026 20

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Democrats don’t need an autopsy to know what they did wrong

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22.05.2026 30

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The rise of the progressive billionaire candidate

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15.05.2026 60

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The real reason Americans hate the economy so much

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14.05.2026 40

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A decades-long plan to abolish the Electoral College may finally pay off

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Graham Platner’s triumph, explained by a Maine reporter

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30.04.2026 50

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The lucky few who can apply for tariff refunds

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

20.04.2026 40

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Israel’s critics are winning the battle for the Democratic Party

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20.04.2026 50

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The soft TACO theory of Trump

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08.04.2026 70

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Elon Musk created a monster that’s tearing the right apart

Since Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022, it has often seemed that he transformed a platform that favored progressives into one that bolstered the right...

02.01.2026 60

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Is CBS News censoring 60 Minutes?

Is CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss censoring critical coverage of the Trump administration to please the network’s billionaire backers and the...

23.12.2025 60

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The Epstein files release did nothing to clear up the scandal’s biggest question

The Trump administration was legally required to release all documents related to federal investigations of Jeffrey Epstein by Friday, with only...

20.12.2025 50

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How to consume the Epstein files responsibly

Hundreds of thousands of pages of the Justice Department’s files related to investigations of Jeffrey Epstein are set to be released Friday, and...

20.12.2025 60

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Why America gave up on economists

The US’s two major parties can agree on one thing: They don’t have much use for economists anymore. President Joe Biden ignored economists’...

12.12.2025 100

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The 3 layers of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal

Anticipation is rising for the potential release of the “Epstein files.”  The House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to approve the...

19.11.2025 60

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Do the new Epstein emails implicate Trump?

On Wednesday, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee sent the political world into a frenzy by releasing two damning-looking emails Jeffrey...

13.11.2025 70

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Democrats were never going to win the shutdown fight

After forcing the longest US government shutdown in history, Senate Democrats threw in the towel Sunday night. Eight Democratic senators voted with...

11.11.2025 50

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Did the government shutdown delay your flight?

Welcome to The Logoff: The FAA has ordered flight cancellations at airports around the country, starting today — and while the impacts aren’t too...

08.11.2025 40

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Why Democrats won the 2025 elections

The pendulum of American politics has swung again. Just one year after President Donald Trump and Republicans’ victories nationwide, the Democratic...

05.11.2025 50

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Trump just decided ICE has been too nice

To many progressives, ICE — Immigration and Customs Enforcement — is synonymous with President Donald Trump’s brutal and cruel immigration...

31.10.2025 50

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Trump has forgotten why he won in 2024

For years, voters believed that, despite all of President Donald Trump’s chaos and controversies, he’d still do a good job with the economy. Not...

29.10.2025 50

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A guy with a “Nazi streak” was Trump’s loyalty enforcer at DOJ

In a recently leaked group chat, it was revealed that a Republican operative named Paul Ingrassia referred to himself as having a “Nazi streak.”...

22.10.2025 40

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The leaked Young Republican group chat points toward a bigger problem

Just how serious of an antisemitism problem does the American right have — and what, if anything, should they do about it? For well over a year,...

20.10.2025 50

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Did Trump make the Gaza ceasefire happen?

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is still new and fragile, but the arguments over who should get credit for it — or who should be blamed for...

16.10.2025 50

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