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“We should look for love!” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy bellowed while flanked by his nine children at the Great American State Fair in June: “Get married, and have lots of kids!” In a brazen attempt to make Duffy’s ethos a matter of policy, the Trump administration announced a strange new plan earlier this month tying […]

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Trump’s revenge campaign comes for Ilhan Omar

This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. When life gives you lemons, make it rain. Or…something like that! On Tuesday morning, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar launched a fundraising drive in response to the Trump administration’s unusual predawn raid of her Washington, […]

vox 27h ago 14°

Two US cities could soon ban one of the world’s most controversial foods

In November, voters in Washington, DC, and Denver will cast their ballots to decide whether their cities’ restaurants and grocery stores can continue to sell one of the world’s more controversial foods: foie gras. French for “fatty liver,” foie gras is made by briefly force-feeding ducks a corn slurry two to three times daily with […]

vox 16h ago 13°

The Supreme Court may be about to make America’s prisons much crueler

On the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump issued an executive order requiring the Bureau of Prisons to “ensure that no Federal funds are expended for any medical procedure, treatment, or drug for the purpose of conforming an inmate’s appearance to that of the opposite sex.” Issued alongside a record 26 other […]

vox 4h ago 9°

Universal childcare is set to be a 2028 presidential test

In late September, Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California introduced the Free Child Care for America Act, an $80 billion-a-year proposal to make childcare free for nearly every family with kids under six. The bill would let families choose between sending their child to a daycare center, having a relative, friend, or neighbor paid a […]

vox 16h ago 9°

The rise and fall of a MAGA princess

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Donald Trump’s ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, is out of a job after serious corruption allegations. What happened? Guilfoyle resigned on Tuesday after being shown […]

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Florida’s uniquely horrifying death penalty system

Late last month, the state of Tennessee attempted to execute Christa Pike, a woman who has been on death row for decades after killing a classmate as a teenager. The execution failed: Pike survived two doses of the lethal injection drug pentobarbital, making her the first person ever to do so. The botched execution comes […]

vox 27h ago 6°

How housing victories in San Diego, Austin, and Atlanta could spread nationwide

As rents and homelessness climbed in San Diego over the last decade, leaders watched in frustration as affordable housing projects took months to get approved. The longer a project dragged on, the more expensive it became. Housing in America is notoriously slow and complicated to build, so San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria decided to […]

vox 28h ago 5°

Maybe secular liberals can’t save democracy

To the average observer concerned with the future of American democracy, it might be easy to conclude that religion has been part of the problem — particularly over the last few years. Right-wing religious leaders, including the leading Southern Baptist televangelist Robert Jeffress, have endorsed “Christian nationalism”; other evangelical pastors and conservative Catholic intellectuals have […]