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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…

Texas Republicans are trying to rewrite the Constitution — and this Supreme Court could let them. Migrants cross the US-Mexico border in Texas. David Peinado/NurPhoto via Getty Images Ian Millhiser is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he focuses on…

As the National Guard heads into subways, new research examines how the city is faring with gun violence. Security forces, including National Guard troops and police, take security measures at a subway station in New York City on March 7,…

A live Today, Explained, conversation on what Democrats need to show Black voters this year. Noel King, Charlamagne tha God, and Angela Rye. Vox Media A New York Times/Siena poll last month showed that 23 percent of registered Black voters…

The gaps between perception of the economy and the reality, explained. Then-President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden during the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22, 2020. Brendan Smialowski and Jim Watson/AFP…