Politics

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Staying the Course: Petraeus, Crocker Recommend Continuing the Surge

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Petraeus for President?

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Minute-by-Minute Coverage of the Petraeus/Crocker Report

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White House Advisor Appears to Taunt Bin Laden

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Chuck Hagel, Next SecDef?

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News of the Weird

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Dispatch from the Society of Environmental Journalists Conference

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Goodbye Chuck Hagel. You'll be Missed

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Washington Times Editor Gets Desperate, Compares the Surge to the Battle of Midway

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We're Making Progress in Iraq! Heard That One Before?

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Bush on APEC...OPEC? Tomato, Tomahto

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Dep't of Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics: Iraqi Casualties Edition

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Homeland Insecurity: Off Track

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Breaking: Osama bin Laden to Make 9/11 Video Address to U.S.

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Major Report on Status of Iraqi Security Forces Presented in Congress Today

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Looking Past Petraeus

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Huckabee vs. Paul: Video from Yesterday's Republican Debate

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With World Not Tense Enough, Israel and Russia Decide to Provoke Their Neighbors

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Brodner's Person of the Day: George the Chimp

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Homeland Insecurity: Floating Targets

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Why Fred Thompson Would Make the GOP's Worst Nominee

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Dissecting the Mortgage Meltdown

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The Coming Battle Over FISA

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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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