Category Politics

Kategate, briefly explained. From left to right, Princess Catherine; Prince William; Prince Harry; and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, greet well-wishers outside Windsor Castle on September 10, 2022, after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images…

Republican Rep. Ken Buck, a critic of GOP impeachment efforts, is the latest to leave early. Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), one of the latest members to head for the exits, attends a hearing. Getty Images Li Zhou is a politics…

Biden is not “waging war” on American energy. He’s boosting it. Workers on the Shell Vito offshore oil platform while under construction onshore in Texas, in April 2022. Eddie Seal/Bloomberg via Getty Images Nicole Narea covers politics and society for…

21 years ago, half a million Hong Kongers took to the streets to stop Article 23. This month, Beijing finally won. In 2003, more than half a million Hong Kong people took to the streets in a landmark protest, shown…

The ex-special counsel testified Tuesday, but a transcript of his interview with the president undercut his claims. Former special counsel Robert K. Hur testifies alongside a video of President Joe Biden to the House Judiciary Committee on March 12 in…

The federal judiciary’s new rules target “judge shopping.” That’s terrible news for Matthew Kacsmaryk and other partisan judges. This man is no longer one of the most powerful policymaking officials in the United States. Courtesy of the Senate Judiciary Committee…

Winter’s insanely early end, explained in one map. Buds on the Yoshino Cherry trees surrounding the Tidal Basin are silhouetted against sunrise on March 3, 2024, in Washington, DC. J. David Ake/Getty Images Li Zhou is a politics reporter at…

A second Trump presidency is likely to bring more austerity than the first one did. Trump finishing a campaign rally in Rome, Georgia earlier this month. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images During his 2016 campaign, Donald Trump called for a ban on…

All the reasons the doctored image doesn’t make sense, and the absurd reason it does. The photo from Kensington Palace that Kate Middleton admitted to editing. Kensington Palace Alex Abad-Santos is a senior correspondent who explains what society obsesses over,…

How gang violence pushed out Ariel Henry — and what allowed it to fester. Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images Ellen Ioanes covers breaking and general assignment news as the weekend reporter at Vox. She previously worked at Business Insider covering…