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Politics

Vox's politics team explains everything you need to know about what's going on in Washington and what it means for your life.

The big upset in the Chicago mayor’s race, explained

Despite concerns about crime in Chicago, progressive Brandon Johnson beat moderate Paul Vallas.

By Christian Paz

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election is a big win for Democrats with national implications

Judge Janet Protasiewicz’s win in Wisconsin is one of the biggest election results of 2023.

By Ben Jacobs

Trump just appeared in court to face criminal charges. What’s next?

By Nicole Narea April 4

The 4 criminal investigations into Donald Trump, explained

By Ian Millhiser and Andrew Prokop April 4

The dubious legal theory at the heart of the Trump indictment, explained

By Ian Millhiser April 4

Will Trump’s indictment help or hurt his 2024 campaign?

By Nicole Narea April 4

Donald Trump has been indicted. The hush money case against him, explained.

By Andrew Prokop April 4

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s lonely, kind of zany protest for Trump

By Li Zhou and Jen Kirby April 4

Read: The criminal charges against Donald Trump

By Nicole Narea April 4

Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts

By Li Zhou April 4

Your biggest questions about Trump’s indictment, answered

By Nicole Narea and Ian Millhiser April 4

Why oil prices are up and what it ~ means ~ for you

By Emily Stewart April 3

Why McDonald’s is laying off corporate workers in a solid economy

By Li Zhou April 3

All the Republicans running for president in 2024, explained

By Nicole Narea April 3

Seattle may have figured out how to get more poor people into better housing

By Dylan Matthews April 3

Taiwan’s president is in the Americas — and China’s not happy

By Ellen Ioanes April 1

How to tell when an investigation is politicized

By Andrew Prokop April 1

Trump’s indictment has united the Republican Party in apocalyptic rage

By Ben Jacobs March 31

The indictment adds to a long list of times Republicans have backed Trump

By Li Zhou March 31

18 Updates

The indictment of Donald Trump: Latest updates

By Vox Staff March 30

Trump can run for president from prison. Just ask Eugene Debs.

By Ben Jacobs March 30

The lawsuit that threatens everything from cancer screenings to birth control, explained

By Ian Millhiser March 30

Migrants were left for dead in a Mexican detention center. Was it a preventable tragedy?

By Nicole Narea March 30

How Disney just beat Ron DeSantis

By Nicole Narea March 30

The first US journalist was just arrested in Russia since the Cold War

By Jonathan Guyer March 30

Why train derailments involving hazardous chemicals keep happening

By Li Zhou March 30

The media wants the audience’s trust. But is it being earned?

By Sean Illing March 30

It’s not just Stormy Daniels: The potential federal indictments against Trump, explained

By Andrew Prokop March 29

The world’s largest crypto exchange is in trouble with the US government

By Li Zhou March 29

Congress moves to repeal the Iraq war authorization, 20 years later

By Jonathan Guyer March 29

What we know about the Nashville school shooting

By Li Zhou March 29

Conservatives are using the tragedy in Nashville to push their anti-trans agenda

By Li Zhou March 29

Refrigerators have gotten really freaking good. Thanks, Jimmy Carter.

By Rebecca Leber March 29

What US weapons tell us about the Russia-Ukraine war

By Jonathan Guyer March 29

What is going on with Philadelphia’s drinking water?

By Li Zhou March 28

What an assault weapons ban could — and couldn’t — do to end US mass shootings

By Nicole Narea March 28

The 3 big questions facing Israel after Netanyahu delays judicial overhaul

By Jonathan Guyer March 28

Why China’s population is shrinking

By Christina Thornell March 28

Heartbreaking: The worst Supreme Court justice you know just made a great point

By Ian Millhiser March 28

The House GOP’s investigations are flopping

By Christian Paz March 28

What would it mean to treat guns the way we treat cars?

By Muizz Akhtar March 27

Netanyahu finally went too far

By Zack Beauchamp March 27