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Trump signs a 90-day asylum ban for border crossers

A policy curtailing asylum eligibility is his most legally fraught immigration move yet.

Epistocracy: a political theorist’s case for letting only the informed vote

A political theorist’s provocative idea for how to fix democracy.

It’s the guns. The guns are the problem.

America’s easy access to guns is enabling all these mass shootings.

Democratic wins in these 9 states will have seismic policy consequences

The blue wave hit state governments the hardest. Here’s why it matters.

Deportation without representation

Treated like a criminal, without the rights of a criminal.

Does stress eating actually make you less stressed?

Anxiously, I called a health psychologist to find out.

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Prominent Republicans push baseless conspiracy theories about Florida Senate election

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The betrayal of white women voters: in pivotal state races, they still backed the GOP

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This European comedy sketch explains how the world sees America’s gun problem

The growth of yoga and meditation in the US since 2012 is remarkable

I took my 3-year-old to Congress to fight for health care. I feel like we won the midterms.

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Democrat Kyrsten Sinema pulls ahead in Arizona Senate race

A major climate change lawsuit is on hold. Again.

Christine Blasey Ford has a security detail because she still receives threats

Marsha Blackburn is an NRA favorite. Her comments on a mass shooting show why.

Tlaib and Omar are the first Muslim women elected to Congress. They’re also so much more.

Why the political fight in Georgia is far from over

Why Democrats think they can still win Florida

A simple plan to dissolve Facebook, Google, and Amazon

A federal appeals court just ruled against Trump on DACA

Mass shooting at a bar in Thousand Oaks, California: what we know so far

Google announces changes to sexual harassment policies after global employee walkout

House Democrats are already trying to protect the Mueller investigation

Trump’s Justice Department is fighting US terrorist attack victims in the Supreme Court

George Conway: Trump replacing Sessions with Whitaker is illegal

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White House press secretary uses fake Infowars video to justify banning CNN reporter

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Jeff Sessions’s carefully built deportation machine will outlast him