Category Politics

Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in The Apprentice.Donald Trump is a difficult figure for Hollywood’s mimics. His mannerisms are too bizarre to be lampooned. He is too straightforwardly detestable to be pierced by satire. For the past eight years, Trump…

Most people know Sonoma County, the Northern California region sometimes called America’s Provence, for its lush vineyards, Mediterranean-style villas, and farm-to-table restaurants. But when I traveled to wine country last year, it was to observe a side of Sonoma that…

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk speaks during a Turning Point PAC town hall in Phoenix, Arizona, on June 6, 2024.It seems as though the country has been engaged in one long screaming match since 2016. Go on YouTube or…

Seized “ghost guns” on display at LAPD Headquarters during a news conference to announce a reward program focused on getting unserialized ghost guns off the street.Few things are as chaotic as this Supreme Court’s gun cases. Just last June, the…

People attend a rally for Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris at the Dort Financial Center on October 4, 2024, in Flint, Michigan. Reader Andrew Perrin writes: While I realize political campaigns need money, the only messages I seem…

Smoke plumes erupt after an Israeli airstrike targeted the the village of Khiam in southern Lebanon near the border with northern Israel on September 30, 2024. Ellen Ioanes covers breaking and general assignment news as the weekend reporter at Vox.…

Ghost guns captured by law enforcement in New York.On Tuesday, October 8, one day after the justices convene for a new Supreme Court term, the Court will hear a case that could open up a massive loophole in US gun…

California Gov.Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference with the California Highway Patrol announcing new efforts to boost public safety in the East Bay, in Oakland, California, July 11, 2024.Advocates said it would be a modest law setting “clear, predictable,…

Activist Hadley Duvall, 22, speaks at a Harris-Walz Fighting for Reproductive Freedom press conference at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on September 18, 2024. In some ways, there have never been more dollars flowing into abortion rights organizing,…

Former president Donald Trump speaks with Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote the Supreme Court’s opinion holding that Trump is immune from prosecution for crimes he committed using his official powers as president.It’s hard not to feel a sense of…