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With Trump dominating the GOP primary, the debate is a cosplay of a competitive election — and a distraction from an ugly truth. Donald Trump with what might as well be his primary opposition. Douglas Gorenstein/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images Zack Beauchamp…

While attention is rightly focused on the catastrophe in Gaza, millions elsewhere are suffering — and the world doesn’t seem to care. A woman washes clothes using the water from the valley on September 20, 2023, in Metche, Chad. Hundreds…

What goes up may not come down. Like, ever. Prices aren’t going up as fast as they were … they’re also aren’t really moving downward. OsakaWayne Studios via Getty Images Emily Stewart covers business and economics for Vox and writes…

Reason and basic human decency seemed to prevail at the Supreme Court’s big argument about whether domestic abusers should be armed. Activists rally outside the US Supreme Court before the start of oral arguments in the United States v. Rahimi…

Three reasons Democrats are serious contenders in some Trump-country elections this year. Supporters listen as Mississippi Democratic gubernatorial candidate Brandon Presley speaks during a campaign stop on November 6, 2023, in Jackson, Mississippi. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Li Zhou is a…

Rare arms control talks come ahead of an anticipated summit this month between Biden and Xi. President Joe Biden meets with China’s President Xi Jinping during a virtual summit at the White House in November 2021. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty…

Multiple hospitals have closed due to airstrikes and lack of fuel. Others are struggling to stay open. A wounded girl waits for treatment at al-Shifa hospital on November 5, 2023. Bashar Taleb/AFP/Getty Images Li Zhou is a politics reporter at…

Democrats need to be smarter while the GOP controls the Supreme Court. A guest looks at a rifle at the Palmetto State Armory booth during the National Rifle Association’s Annual Meetings & Exhibits at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis…

Worldwide protests denounced Israel’s strikes on Gaza, which hit refugee camps and ambulances. Protestors attend a demonstration in support of Palestine in Madrid, Spain, on November 5, 2023. Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images Ellen Ioanes covers breaking and general…

A First Amendment lawyer argues the university’s role in a crisis should be shutting up. Students protesting the Israel-Hamas war call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images Fabiola Cineas covers race and policy as a…