Politics

The Leader of the GOP Field is... Hilarious

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Waxman: White House Politicization "More Widespread Than Previously Known"

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An Important Omission from the NIE

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New NIE Summary: Much We Already Knew, Some We Didn't

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Romney and Edwards: Blood Pomade Brothers

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Swimmer Shivers to Call Attention to Global Warming

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Morning Political Trivia for July 17

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New NIE on Terrorist Threats to the US Homeland

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Brodner's Person of the Day: Pinwheel For Pinheads

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NIMBY Notebook: Habitat For Hypocrisy

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Vitter Watch: Senator Denies Ever Visiting New Orleans Establishment

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Karl Rove's Reefer Madness-Induced Memory Loss

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KA Paul Says Bush Has Brought Death Upon "Thousands of Orphans and Widows"

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Ron Paul, Darling of the Web Military?

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Morning Political Trivia for July 16

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Drug War: U.S. Reporters Targeted by Mexican Cartels

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Court Squashes One of Biggest Tax Fraud Cases in History

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D.C. Seeks to Fight for Its 30-Year-Old Gun Ban in the High Court

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Iraqi Troops Get Mine-Resistant Vehicles; U.S. Troops Have to Wait

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Who Contributes the Most Foreign Fighters to Iraq?

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Kirkuk: Barometer of Civil War

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Petraeus is a Fall Guy? Impossible!

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"Dysfunctional" House Intelligence Committee

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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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