Politics

Does Apple have a monopoly on smartphones? The Justice Department thinks so. Apple CEO Tim Cook takes a selfie with an attendee during an event on September 10, 2019, on Apple’s Cupertino, California campus. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Nicole Narea covers…

The stakes in the Supreme Court’s mifepristone case go way beyond abortion. Packages of mifepristone tablets at a family planning clinic on April 13, 2023, in Rockville, Maryland. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Ian Millhiser is a senior correspondent at Vox, where…

Was her death an unusual tragedy — or a policy failure? Supporters of former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump hold images of Laken Riley before he speaks at a “Get Out the Vote” rally in Rome, Georgia, on…

Trump’s favorability has ticked up with many Americans and soared with some traditionally Democratic groups. Donald Trump speaks during a Buckeye Values PAC rally in Vandalia, Ohio, on March 16, 2024. Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images Christian Paz is a…

Six former police officers tortured two Black men. They’re getting sentenced this week. Protesters march on the Rankin County sheriff’s office in July 2023, calling for police accountability for violence against Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker. Rogelio V.…

Why we find ourselves on the precipice again and again … and again. US Park Rangers stand at the closed gate to Joshua Tree National Park in California during the 2013 government shutdown. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images Li Zhou is a…

It is hard to believe that Justice Amy Coney Barrett actually agrees with her own opinion. Justice Amy Coney Barrett (L) and Chief Justice John Roberts pause for photographs at the top of the steps of the west side of…

The Supreme Court’s center right appears increasingly frustrated with the judiciary’s far right. President Joe Biden greets Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh before delivering the State of the Union address on February 7, 2023, in Washington, DC. Jacquelyn Martin/Getty Images…

Putin has eliminated all of his most significant rivals, cementing his grip on power. Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with the media at his campaign headquarters in Moscow on March 18, 2024. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images Ellen Ioanes covers…

A judge wrote that Willis had a “tremendous lapse in judgment,” but didn’t disqualify her from the case. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis takes the stand as a witness during a hearing in the case of Georgia v. Donald…