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Do you qualify? President Biden promotes student loan Plan B in Wisconsin. Daniel Steinle/Bloomberg via Getty Images Christian Paz is a senior politics reporter at Vox, where he covers the Democratic Party. He joined Vox in 2022 after reporting on…

From a “Department of Life” to a “future regime” led by Christian men, their ideas could have an outsize influence on Trump’s policies. Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally at the Dayton International Airport on March…

Six months in. A man pushes a bicycle along as he walks amid building rubble in the devastated area around Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital on April 3, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas militant group. AFP via…

From Taiwan to South Korea to Silicon Valley, some of the most important nodes in the global tech economy are in disaster-prone places. Rescue teams demolish a building which collapsed following an earthquake on April 3, 2024 in Hualien, Taiwan.…

With Truth Social going public, big investors could easily buy influence in a second Trump term. Truth Social’s big shareholders pose potential conflicts of interest for Trump. Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Abdallah Fayyad is a correspondent at Vox,…

When so much of the world is backsliding on democratic norms, Senegal’s election reveals a trend toward democracy in Africa. Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Senegal’s youngest president, was sworn in on April 2, 2024. Senegalese Presidency/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images Ellen Ioanes…

The state has an odd rule that gave Biden an electoral vote in 2020. Trump wants to change that. Can he? Former President Donald Trump arrives for a rally at the I-80 Speedway in 2022 in Greenwood, Nebraska. Scott Olson/Getty…

Democrats are starting their Latino outreach early because they know they have a problem. President Joe Biden attends a campaign event at El Portal Restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona, on March 19, 2024. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Christian Paz is…

Simmering tensions between traditionalist Republican judges and MAGA judges are starting to boil over. Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett talk before President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in…

And US troops may suffer the consequences. Iranian protesters burn US flags during a protest gathering to condemn the Israeli airstrike against the Iranian consulate in Syria, at Palestine Square in Tehran, Iran, on April 1, 2024 Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via…