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How Trump’s favored midterm candidates performed

By Jane Coaston

Brian Kemp elected governor of Georgia after Democrat Stacey Abrams ends campaign

By P.R. Lockhart

Exclusive: House Democrats will introduce a bill to protect millions of health care workers

By Alexia Fernández Campbell

The real reason conservative critics love talking about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s clothes

By Gaby Del Valle

5 Republican women senators told us they don’t want a seat on the Judiciary Committee

By Li Zhou

2 maps show how the blue wave washed away Republicans in Orange County

By Aaron Rupar

What the reported charges against Julian Assange may — and may not — mean

By Andrew Prokop

Sen. Lindsey Graham is poised to lead the Senate Judiciary Committee

By Li Zhou

California’s newly homeless fire victims face the state’s severe housing shortage

By Umair Irfan

Marcia Fudge, an Ohio Democrat, might challenge Nancy Pelosi

By Tara Golshan and Ella Nilsen

The Paradise fire is catastrophic. And the wildfire threat to California is only growing.

By Umair Irfan

What the Amazon tax breaks really mean

By Matthew Yglesias

“This will make schools less safe”: why Betsy DeVos’s sexual assault rules have advocates worried

By Anna North

Who are period-tracking apps really built for?

By Kaitlyn Tiffany

The US economy doesn’t need more Amazon jobs. It needs higher wages.

By Alexia Fernández Campbell

The thrill of watching Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez bring her whole self to Congress

By Alexa Kissinger

The guidebook that helped black Americans travel during segregation

By Coleman Lowndes

Trump-appointed judge orders White House to temporarily restore Acosta’s credentials

By Aaron Rupar

What’s going on with Brexit, explained in under 500 words

By Zack Beauchamp

Losing control of the House hasn’t stopped Trump from threatening a shutdown over his border wall

By Aaron Rupar

“Maybe we want to make it just a little more difficult”: GOP senator on college students voting

By Emily Stewart

Healthy options — or soda taxes? How two cities are tackling obesity.

By Sarah Kliff, Byrd Pinkerton, and 2 others

This historian spent 10 years researching wartime presidents. Trump scares him the most.

By Alex Ward

What Machiavelli can teach us about Trump and the decline of liberal democracy

By Sean Illing

Florida’s high-stakes recounts for governor and Senate, explained

By Tara Golshan

Study: Trump is scaring immigrant families away from food stamps

By Dylan Scott

Trump’s fake tax cuts are dead

By Emily Stewart

Monica Lewinsky is finally having her moment

By Anna North

Trump doesn’t want to punish Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi. His new sanctions prove it.

By Alex Ward

Facebook won’t fix itself

By Emily Stewart

New Pew poll: the public prefers congressional Democrats to Trump on most issues

By Matthew Yglesias

Every sentence of Trump’s tweet accusing Democrats of “collusion” with Russia is a lie

By Aaron Rupar

A MAGA outlet just published a piece blaming Trump for the GOP midterm loss

By Zack Beauchamp

Trump’s latest interview shows a president who’s in way over his head

By Matthew Yglesias

Nancy Pelosi doesn’t currently have the votes to be speaker

By Ella Nilsen

How Trump-skeptical Republicans swung the 2018 midterms

By Jane Coaston

Why the political fight in Georgia is far from over

By P.R. Lockhart

2018 Midterm Live Results: Top House Races

By Tara Golshan and Ryan Mark

Live election results: Top Senate races

By Dylan Scott and Ryan Mark

The FDA cracks down on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars

By Julia Belluz

Watch a 2-year-old solve one of philosophy’s most famous moral dilemmas

By Zack Beauchamp

Florida judge sides with Democrats, giving thousands a second chance to fix their ballots

By Stavros Agorakis
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