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Sophia Shapiro recalls the moment the Pennsylvania governor’s race was called for her dad, Democrat Josh Shapiro, over Doug Mastriano, his Republican challenger, in one of the earliest indications last week of a thwarted red wave of Republican wins. “The…

As Washington struggles to reach a debt ceiling deal with little more than a week until potential default, a key hangup in the negotiations is turning out to be — “work requirements.” A long-sought effort by Republicans to impose stricter…

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has been spending state funds for months to send migrants to Democratic cities in an effort to score political points against the Biden administration’s border policies. But after dozens of migrants were flown to Martha’s…

Ben Jacobs is a political reporter at Vox, based in Washington, DC. Ben has covered three presidential campaigns, as well as Capitol Hill, the White House, and the Supreme Court. His writing has appeared in publications including New York magazine,…

Li Zhou is a politics reporter at Vox, where she covers Congress and elections. Previously, she was a tech policy reporter at Politico and an editorial fellow at the Atlantic. This year, Congress’s annual defense bill, a must-pass measure that…

Locally owned and operated community hospitals these days often face an impossible dilemma: Should they allow a larger hospital system to take over their operations, which can mean cuts to staff and services — or close entirely? These hospitals are…

Democrats and Republicans can at least agree on one thing: They have no idea what’s going to happen in next year’s Arizona Senate race. The election is shaping up to be an unpredictable three-way contest in one of the nation’s…

In many ways, Tuesday’s GOP primary battle for Wyoming’s at-large congressional seat was a war — by proxy — between former President Donald Trump and someone he deems disloyal. But the former president’s hand-picked choice to take on Trump’s harshest…

Ellen Ioanes covers breaking and general assignment news as the weekend reporter at Vox. She previously worked at Business Insider covering the military and global conflicts. Video of five Memphis police officers punching and kicking Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old Black…

On Monday, FBI agents executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump’s Florida home. Trump confirmed in a statement published online that his residence was “occupied by a large group of FBI agents,” although Trump himself was reportedly…