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Politics & Policy

Vox's policy and politics team explains everything you need to know about what's going on in Washington and what it means for your life.

The Supreme Court is manipulating its own calendar to lock GOP policies in place

Arizona v. Mayorkas, the Court’s new Title 42 decision, appears to be the latest act of gamesmanship by a Republican Supreme Court.

By Ian Millhiser

Did George Santos lie about everything?

The Republican representative-elect who allegedly made up his life story, explained.

By Ben Jacobs

Why hasn’t pandemic aid fraud become a bigger scandal?

By Andrew Prokop December 29

The best, worst, and just plain dumb of American politics in 2022

By Ben Jacobs December 29

2022 was the worst for many US hospitals. The aftershocks will last for years.

By Dylan Scott December 29

Blue cities and the Biden administration are failing migrants bused from the border

By Nicole Narea December 28

Is legal weed doomed to be run by big business?

By Mary Jane Gibson December 28

One public health lesson from 2022 worth remembering

By Keren Landman December 28

Georgia is a perfect example of the growing power of Asian American voters

By Li Zhou December 28

What to know about the most important elections in 2023

By Ben Jacobs December 28

Winter storms put the US power grid to the test. It failed.

By Rebecca Leber December 27

Kari Lake’s long-shot lawsuit challenging her midterms loss, explained

By Nicole Narea December 27

The Trumpiest court in America

By Ian Millhiser December 27

Good luck explaining a TikTok ban to young people

By Christian Paz December 24

Read the January 6 committee’s damning report on Trump’s election subversion efforts

By Sean Collins December 23

What we learned from the January 6 committee report

By Ben Jacobs December 23

Great news for germs

By Keren Landman December 23

How Democrats mostly neutralized Republican attacks on crime in the midterms

By Nicole Narea December 23

Sean Hannity’s damning deposition in the Fox News defamation lawsuit, explained

By Nicole Narea December 22

Can art destruction save us from climate destruction?

By Haleema Shah December 22

Why are American lives getting shorter?

By Siobhan McDonough December 22

5 studies released in 2022 that might change how you think about health care

By Dylan Scott December 22

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s unexpected visit to the US, explained

By Jonathan Guyer and Li Zhou December 21

Trump’s tax returns are about to become public. What happens now?

By Nicole Narea December 21

The bill to prevent Trump from stealing the next election, explained

By Andrew Prokop December 21

Sotomayor and Kagan need to think about retiring

By Ian Millhiser December 21

America’s most important EV is also its goofiest

By Umair Irfan December 20

The US government’s TikTok ban is more complicated than it sounds

By Sara Morrison December 20

A Pennsylvania county delayed certifying the midterms. That has scary implications for 2024.

By Nicole Narea December 20

America’s Trumpiest court doesn’t care if your right to a fair trial was violated

By Ian Millhiser December 20

What America’s politicians get wrong about young voters

By Christian Paz December 20

The January 6 committee’s case against Trump

By Andrew Prokop December 19

What the January 6 committee’s criminal referral means for Trump

By Ben Jacobs December 19

Fortnite maker Epic Games has to pay $520 million for tricking kids and violating their privacy

By Sara Morrison December 19

A bad year for the bad guys

By Zack Beauchamp December 19

Title 42 may be ending soon. The US immigration system isn’t ready.

By Ellen Ioanes December 18

Peru is in crisis. How did it happen?

By Ellen Ioanes December 17

How an obscure Christian right activist became one of the most powerful men in America

By Ian Millhiser December 17

Manchin’s permitting reform effort is dead. Biden’s climate agenda could be a casualty.

By Colin Mortimer December 16

5 experts share how to make day care less germy

By Keren Landman December 16

This DC party invite shows all the money to be made off the Ukraine war

By Jonathan Guyer December 16

World leaders are racing to protect nature — but the definition of one word is tripping them up

By Benji Jones December 15