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The state is using a new untested method that’s prompted backlash. Anti-death penalty activists place signs along the road heading to Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, ahead of the scheduled execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, on January 25, 2024.…

Americans are feeling better about the economy, yet the president’s approval rating is lower than ever. President Biden delivering remarks on Bidenomics in Milwaukee. Scott Olson/Getty Images The US economy has long displayed many signs of objective strength. Wages have…

Why the “long peace” may be ending. An Israeli soldier in northern Gaza on January 7, 2024.  Noam Galai/Getty Images Joshua Keating is a senior correspondent at Vox covering foreign policy and world news with a focus on the future…

Republicans have launched an ill-informed campaign to blame diversity policies for aircraft safety issues. The missing emergency door of Alaska Airlines N704AL, a 737 Max 9, which made an emergency landing at Portland International Airport on January 5 is covered…

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…