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The biggest policy changes in the debt ceiling deal, explained

By Andrew Prokop, Dylan Scott, and 4 more

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The House manages to get it together on the debt ceiling

By Li Zhou

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A big El Niño is looming. Here’s what it means for our weather.

By Umair Irfan

A new Supreme Court opinion is terrible news if you care about clean water

By Ian Millhiser

The horrifying revelations of the Idaho student murders

By Aja Romano

Volcanoes have erupted in Mexico and Italy. Here are 7 things to know about volcanoes.

By Umair Irfan

9 questions about the attempts to ban TikTok, answered

By Sara Morrison, Christian Paz, and 1 more

Who is Tim Scott, the newest 2024 Republican presidential candidate?

By Ben Jacobs

11 questions you’ll have before, during, and after Fast X

By Aja Romano

The Supreme Court decides not to break the internet

By Ian Millhiser

The GOP knife fight in the race for Kentucky’s governorship

By Ben Jacobs

It’s not just climate disasters. “Normal” weather is getting weirder, too.

By Umair Irfan

Have all the beers gone woke? An investigation.

By Emily Stewart

A new Supreme Court case threatens to make gerrymandering even worse

By Ian Millhiser

Why the Vallow-Daybell murders are among the bleakest in true crime memory

By Aja Romano

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Why Google is reinventing the internet search

By Sara Morrison

The Supreme Court rediscovers humility — in a case about pigs

By Ian Millhiser

Is the debt ceiling constitutional?

By Ian Millhiser

Hollywood is in its business-guy era

By Alissa Wilkinson

What we know about the charges against George Santos

By Ben Jacobs

A new Supreme Court case seeks to legalize assault weapons in all 50 states

By Ian Millhiser

Why most car dealers still don’t have any electric vehicles

By Umair Irfan

The Republican push to weaken child labor laws, explained

By Rachel M. Cohen

Why the Fed’s latest interest rate hike is controversial

By Li Zhou

King Charles’s coronation, decoded

By Constance Grady

Hollywood’s writers are on strike. Here’s why that matters.

By Alissa Wilkinson

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AI should scare Hollywood writers — and everyone else

By Alissa Wilkinson

A new Supreme Court case seeks to make the nine justices even more powerful

By Ian Millhiser

The “Dark Brandon” meme — and why the Biden campaign has embraced it — explained

By Aja Romano

Smaller, cheaper, safer: The next generation of nuclear power, explained

By Umair Irfan

The secret delegate battle that will decide the 2024 Republican nominee

By Ben Jacobs

America’s unique, enduring gun problem, explained

By Nicole Narea, Li Zhou, and 1 more

Will there be any presidential debates in 2024?

By Nicole Narea

The Democratic Party’s completely rewritten primary calendar, explained

By Ben Jacobs

The quiet radicalism of Joe Biden’s presidency

By Christian Paz

America isn’t protecting its kids and teens from gun violence

By Nicole Narea

Bed Bath & Beyond and bankrupt?

By Emily Stewart

Is this a soft landing or the start of a recession?

By Emily Stewart

The Supreme Court’s new abortion pill decision, explained

By Ian Millhiser

7 ways we’ve made the Earth better since the last Earth Day

By Umair Irfan and Rebecca Leber

The wildly expensive, chaotic race for Dianne Feinstein’s California Senate seat, explained

By Christian Paz

Republicans finally have a debt ceiling plan. Will Democrats blink?

By Ben Jacobs

The Supreme Court needs two more days to decide what to do about mifepristone

By Ian Millhiser