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With foreign aid increasingly uncertain, Africa wants to tackle disease emergencies on its own. In response to the recent Covid-19 and mpox outbreaks, Africa is setting to strengthen its public health infrastructure with an ambitious agenda. Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images…
The Fifth Circuit has spent years harassing a civil rights activist, and they gutted much of the First Amendment in the process. Baton Rouge police rush a crowd of protesters and start making arrests on July 9, 2016, in Baton…
Israelis don’t trust Netanyahu. They’re still not ready to retreat from Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as the US Secretary of State gives statements to the media inside The Kirya, which houses the Israeli Defence Ministry, after…
Trump has more extreme plans for democracy and the power of the presidency. But on foreign policy, things get more complicated. US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Nikki Haley, then the United States ambassador to the United Nations, in…
By a bare 5-4 majority, the Supreme Court reaffirms that federal law still applies to Texas. Razor wire lines the US-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Ian Millhiser is a senior…
The case against Richard Glossip fell apart. Even the state’s Republican attorney general says he should not be executed. The Supreme Court may not care. Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip. Oklahoma Department of Corrections Ian Millhiser is a senior…
She’s a down-the-line conservative on almost every issue — except for one really important one. A campaign sign in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, urging independents to vote for Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Zack Beauchamp is a senior correspondent…
Why is Donald Trump so fixated on birthright citizenship? Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event in New Hampshire. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Abdallah Fayyad is a correspondent at Vox, where he covers the impacts of social and…
Iran’s complicated calculus in attacking Pakistan. Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadees Pakistan activists protest in Lahore on January 19, 2024, after Iran launched an airstrike in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province. Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images Ellen Ioanes covers breaking and general…
Alec Baldwin faces an involuntary manslaughter charge for the 2021 shooting death of Halyna Hutchins on the chaotic movie set. Rust’s chaotic production resulted in the death of a cinematographer when Alec Baldwin’s prop gun accidentally discharged. Angela Weiss/AFP via…