Politics

Mitch McConnell

Presidential Appointments Were Already a Total Nightmare. They Just Got Worse.

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Here's What You Need to Know About the Supreme Court's Big Abortion Ruling

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Read the Supreme Court's Decision Striking Down Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones

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Mitch McConnell

Read the Supreme Court's Decision on Obama's Recess Appointment Power

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for June 26, 2014

Sexting, Email, and Other Tech Basics That Mystify the Supreme Court

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Keith Ellison

Watch Two US Congressmen Battle Each Other With Prince Songs

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Justin Amash

Primary Rival Calls Top NSA Critic in the House "Al Qaeda's Best Friend"

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Common Core Opponents Send Oklahoma School Chief Packing

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The Supreme Court Just Decided an Internet Case No One Understands

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Supreme Court decision on cellphone privacy

Read the Supreme Court's Unanimous Decision Telling Cops They Need a Warrant to Search Your Cellphone

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for June 25, 2014
Broshuis

Minor League Baseball Players Make Poverty-Level Wages

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Donald Rumsfeld, George W. Bush, and Dick Cheney.

How the Iraq War Launched the Modern Era of Political BS

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Thad Cochran

A Mississippi Surprise: GOP Sen. Cochran Beats Back Tea Party Champion

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Chris McDaniel Campaigns With Bizarre Obama Conspiracy Theorist

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In Iraq, It's Always Been About the Oil

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Senate Dems Re-up Dark-Money Disclosure Bill

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David Corn

Watch: What The Dick Cheney/Rand Paul Feud Tells Us About the GOP

These 204 Republicans Don't Want to Punish Companies That Steal Workers' Wages

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These 7 Democrats Sent Staffers and Interns to an Anti-NSA "Party"

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Congressional candidate Mike Turner with his mother.

This Millennial Bro Is Running for Congress Using the Family Trust Fund

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How a Private Equity Firm's Home Management Led to a Child's Death

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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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