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How Trump’s tariffs will affect the economy and your wallet

Donald Trump has said that “tariff” is the “most beautiful word in the dictionary.” And throughout his first months in office, the president...

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Eric Levitz

The extraordinary reason why scientists are collecting sea turtle tears

Each year, in late spring and early summer, female sea turtles will crawl out of the ocean under moonlight to lay their eggs in the sand, often...

yesterday 10

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Benji Jones

Welcome to the April issue of The Highlight

There’s so much to be said about — and to be gained from — the magic of nature, especially with spring upon us. So what happens when we lose the...

yesterday 5

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Vox Staff

Why has Cory Booker been talking for 19 straight hours (and counting)?

If you check in on any of New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker’s social media pages today, you’ll probably notice that he’s been talking for a while. He’s...

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Christian Paz

Making sense of it all

Our world has too much information and not enough context.  We’ve been hearing this a lot lately from those of you in our audience –...

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Swati Sharma

How to get ad-free Vox podcasts

Vox Members now get ad-free listening on all of our podcasts. It’s just one of the great benefits that come with supporting our journalism, along...

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Bill Carey

Hasan Piker on why the boys are all right (wing)

The boys are alt-right.  At least that’s what polling and voting data suggests. Men under 25 were nearly 20 percent more likely to vote for Donald...

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Miles Bryan

Who did Trump actually deport to El Salvador?

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news...

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Patrick Reis

Trump’s single most aggressive attack on immigrants is now before the Supreme Court

In mid-March, President Donald Trump invoked an almost-never-used federal law, claiming that it gives him the power to deport many immigrants at...

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Ian Millhiser

Yes, your allergies are getting worse

The warming spring air is a welcome relief from the bitterly cold winter across much of the US, but millions of seasonal allergy sufferers are...

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Umair Irfan

Trump is making Europe great again

Cast your mind far, far back, to November of 2024. Trump had just been elected. Americans were divided and unsteady. But the stock market wasn’t:...

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Miles Bryan

Get ahead of allergy season this year

That sneezy, itchy, watery-eyed time of year has yet again returned: it’s allergy season. Seasonal allergies are the body’s response to pollen from...

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Allie Volpe

This little-known company is a major funder of right-wing politics. You’ve probably eaten their chicken.

At midnight one day in spring 2023, a team of animal rights investigators decked out in biosecurity gear snuck onto a massive chicken farm on...

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Kenny Torrella

Is this the Democrats’ Tea Party moment?

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz summed up the state of his party well recently, “The Democratic Party is unified — they’re unified in being pissed off...

previous day 10

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Christian Paz

Trump’s “third term” comments, briefly explained

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news...

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Patrick Reis

Are China, Canada, and Mexico really to blame for fentanyl?

Over the past decade, the synthetic drug fentanyl has devastated the United States, killing more than a quarter of a million Americans, making it,...

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Joshua Keating

The Supreme Court seems poised to give religious employers a big win

There wasn’t a lot of suspense going into Monday’s Supreme Court argument in Catholic Charities v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission....

previous day 3

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Ian Millhiser

How to buy a year of happiness, explained in one chart

You’ve probably heard the expression “money can’t buy happiness.” But take a look at the evidence, and you’ll discover an encouraging fact:...

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Sigal Samuel

How not to text, explained

It’s been a big week for the group chat.  On Monday, the Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg published a story revealing that National...

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Sean Rameswaram

Why are so many college basketball players from other countries?

Vox reader Brian Diederich asks: Why and how do so many collegiate basketball teams — both men’s and women’s — now have so many international...

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Dylan Scott

The cockiest thing Trump has done so far

All nine of the Supreme Court justices are lawyers. All of them have friends and law school classmates in private practice. All of them sit at the...

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Ian Millhiser

The most important number in the world

I was an English major in college, and my favorite poet was the first-generation Romantic William Wordsworth. For one thing, there’s the name, the...

29.03.2025 1

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Bryan Walsh

The fight for USAID’s future, briefly explained

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news...

28.03.2025 10

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Patrick Reis

Elon Musk promised Wisconsin voters a $1 million reward. Is that legal?

For the second time in a year, Elon Musk appears to be trying to bribe voters — and election law experts say it’s probably illegal.  Musk offered...

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Nicole Narea