Politics

Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz Is Attacking Obama for Relocating a Shrubbery

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Dems Plan to Use Elizabeth Warren's Student Loan Bill Against the GOP in November

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Why the FCC Is Ditching Net Neutrality

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Corn on Hardball: At This Point the Benghazi Attack Is Basically Just a GOP Fundraising Tactic

The Fulbright Program Is the Flagship of American Cultural Diplomacy. So Why Are We Cutting It?

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New Allegations of Corruption, Cronyism, and Affairs in Gov. Susana Martinez's Administration

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for May 8, 2014

What Is Boko Haram, and Why Do Its Members Kidnap Schoolgirls?

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high heels and cash

Is Obama Really Forcing Banks to Close Porn Stars' Accounts? No, Says Chase Insider

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Loren Parks

Meet the Sex Hypnotherapist Helping the GOP Retake the Senate

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Will American Pot Farmers Put the Cartels out of Business?

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CHART: The Bulk of Federal Welfare Spending Is Not Going to the People Who Need It Most

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for May 7, 2014

State Executioners: Untrained, Incompetent, and "Complete Idiots"

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Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram

Boko Haram Has Been Terrorizing Nigeria for Years. Why Did We Just Start to Care?

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Odessa

The Escalating Crisis in Ukraine, Explained

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Mario Tabraue

This Former Cocaine Kingpin Is Lobbying Congress to Let Him Keep His Cheetahs (and Liger)

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Thom Tillis

Thom Tillis Wins North Carolina Senate Primary

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Lynn Forester de Rothschild

Here Are the Wildest Anti-Obama Quotes From the Host of Hillary Clinton's First 2014 Political Event

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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for May 6, 2014
Cleveland Browns Fans

Oh, Good: More Sports Teams Asking Taxpayers to Pay for Their Stadiums

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President Richard Nixon

13 Conservatives Who Think Benghazi Is Obama's Watergate

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John Oliver death penalty segment on HBO

Watch John Oliver Take on the Death Penalty on "Last Week Tonight"

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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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