Politics

Greg Abbott

Meet Greg Abbott, the Man Who May Make You Miss Rick Perry

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Snowden's Ticket to Venezuela: A Private Jet?

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Egypt in Turmoil: Images of Bloodshed After Army Fires on Pro-Morsi Protesters

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Al-Udeid Air Base

How the US Military Keeps Reporters in the Dark

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Eliot Spitzer's Comeback—and Why It May Be a Good Thing

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"Super-PACs May Be Bad for America, But They're Very Good for CBS"

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Wall Street Dodges Financial Reform Again

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A Day in the Life of a Snowden-Chasing Journalist at Sheremetyevo International Airport

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Missouri Gov. Vetoes Journo-Jailing Gun Bill

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Even Republicans Admit It: Politics Did Not Drive the IRS Tea Party "Scandal"

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Economy Adds 195,000 Jobs, But Experts Say Fed Shouldn't Curb Stimulus Yet

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West, Texas

Texas Lawmakers Too Busy Targeting Abortion Providers to Deal With Exploding Fertilizer Plants

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Tea Partiers Explain How to Properly Celebrate the 4th of July

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North Carolina Senate Passes Abortion Bill on the Sly

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Hemp Flag to Fly Over Nation's Capitol on July 4

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Egypt in Turmoil: Images From Morsi's Final 48 Hours in Power

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Department of Homeland Security Report Suggested Arming Border Patrol Drones

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Republican Super-PAC Revs Up for House Immigration Battle

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Liberal Border Reps Splitting on Immigration Reform

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Obama Administration Won't Comment on Ecuador Bugging Claim

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Spider

Dark Money Group Spent on House Race, Then Told IRS It Didn’t

— By Justin Elliott, ProPublica

Snowden and Assange Targeted by Mysterious Hacker "The Jester"

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23 Definitions from the New National Security Dictionary

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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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