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What Ukraine’s biggest setback in months tells us about the future of the war. Ukrainian soldiers in the outskirts of Avdiivka on February 14, 2024. Vlada Liberova/Libkos/Getty Images Joshua Keating is a senior correspondent at Vox covering foreign policy and…

They could break the GOP’s longstanding gerrymandered grip on the state legislature. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers speaks about funding for the I-535 Blatnik Bridge before a visit by US President Joe Biden on January 25, 2024, at Earth Rider Brewery…

The US vetoed another Gaza ceasefire resolution at the UN Tuesday and proposed a different one. Permanent Representative of the US to the UN, Linda Thomas Greenfield, center, votes against and vetoes the latest attempt at the UN Security Council…

Did Alabama’s Supreme Court just ban IVF treatments? Jens Kalaene/Picture Alliance via Getty Images Ian Millhiser is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he focuses on the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the decline of liberal democracy in the United…

Yulia Navalnaya picks up her husband’s battle against Putin. Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, pictured during her meeting with Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hadja Lahbib on February 19, 2024, in Brussels, Belgium. Didier Lebrun/Photonews…

Garland v. Cargill asks whether gun makers can evade the ban on machine guns with a device called a bump stock. A bump stock device, at left, which fits on a semi-automatic rifle to allow it to fire much like…

In this house, we believe that high rents fuel nativist backlashes. If you don’t build housing, they’ll build the wall. Kevin Sullivan/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images The United States needs more immigrants. But at the moment, it…

Navalny’s death is the end of an era for Russia — and cements Putin’s grip on power. A vigil for Alexei Navalny in Krakow, Poland, on February 16, 2024. Omar Marques/Anadolu/Getty Images Ellen Ioanes covers breaking and general assignment news…

The former president was just ordered to pay $355 million in his New York fraud case, bringing the tally this year to nearly half a billion dollars in civil damages. Donald Trump attending his trial on fraud charges at the…

Adversaries keep chipping away at America’s military credibility. Trump isn’t helping. US military vehicles in Syria on August 13, 2023. Omer Al Diri/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Joshua Keating is a senior correspondent at Vox covering foreign policy and world…