Politics

GOP Picks Anti-Food Stamp Crusader to Determine Future of Food Stamps

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for October 17, 2013

Blowing Up Asteroids: The Latest Excuse to Keep Nuclear Stockpiles?

By Douglas Birch, Center for Public Integrity

Obamacare Will Save Lives: Trying to Kill It Is Cruel, Stupid, and Deadly

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Gohmert and Bachmann

Debt Ceiling Crisis Averted, House Tea Partiers Express No Regrets

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Will Voters Punish Congressional Republicans for the Shutdown?

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Tim Huelskamp

GOP Rep Compares Obamacare Rollout to Hurricane Katrina

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Conservative Group Warns GOPers on Debt Deal: "This Vote Is a Vote for Funding Obamacare"

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Darrell Issa

House Republicans Hold Hearing on Why Their Shutdown Shut Things Down

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John Boehner

House Dems Sent Boehner a Message: Strike a Deal and Maybe We Can Help Protect Your Speakership

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Heritage Foundation president and former Sen. Jim DeMint

Heritage Action CEO: "Everybody Understands" We Can't Repeal Obamacare Until 2017

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It's Over: Congress Passes a Bill Ending the Shutdown and Giving Tea Partiers Almost Nothing

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4 Things the Fed Could Do About a Default

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for October 16, 2013

Rep. Steve King: "I'm Not Worried About This Thing They Term Default"

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Starbucks' Debt Ceiling Campaign and 5 More of Its Pointless Stunts

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Evan Bayh

Surprise! Do-Nothing Ex-Senator Fails to Break Debt Impasse

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Jeb Bush

IRS Complaint Filed Against Jeb Bush's Ed Reform Foundation

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David Vitter

Here's the House GOP's Final Debt Ceiling Offer (Update: Or Not)

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Obama-Hating Oath Keepers Aim to Form Paramilitary Units

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Anonymous Takes On the Maryville Rape Scandal. Is This a Good Thing?

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Oil derrick

Is There an End to Fossil Fuel Euphoria?

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Economist Mark Zandi on Default: "We Will Be Dooming Our Economy and the Entire Global Economy" for Years

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CHARTS

How Much Money Does Gun Violence Cost in Your State?

3 Tax Day Charts to Boost Your Blood Pressure

VIDEO

Here's What the Nepalese Earthquake Devastation Looks Like From a Drone

Obama Just Burned GOP Climate Deniers in "Anger Translator" Rant

INTERACTIVES

Map: The United States of Legal Weed

How the Billionaire Brothers Spread Their Web of Influence Across Every Sector of Society

MAPS

Do You Live in a State With Low Vaccination Rates?

This Map Shows the West's Spreading Anti-Terror Crackdown

LONGREADS

My Travels on the Clinton Conspiracy Trail
The True Cost of Gun Violence

The True Cost of Gun Violence in America

PHOTO ESSAYS

gun violence survivors

This Is What It's Really Like to Survive a Gunshot

Heartbreaking Photos and Tragic Tales of San Francisco's Homeless

Photo Essays + Slideshows

Fuck Love

These Photos Show What Life Is Like for Girls in Juvenile Detention

Richard Ross has spent nearly a decade documenting the lives of incarcerated kids.

Some Hopeful Images From Baltimore: Residents Uniting to Clean Up the City

During Monday night's unrest, 15 officers were injured and dozens of businesses destroyed.

Plant Tomatoes. Harvest Lower Crime Rates.

A growing body of research shows that urban farms reduce violence.

"I'm a Man in a Dress, and I'm Not Afraid to Show That"

"Beautiful by Night" captures the transformations of San Francisco's veteran drag queens.

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