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It’s easy to feel like gun violence is hopeless and never getting better. 2024 disproves that.
It’s easy to feel like gun violence is hopeless and never getting better. 2024 disproves that.
A “suicide pod” in Switzerland roils the right-to-die debate.
It wasn’t the easiest year, but 2024 was not without its bright spots.
Why young people are getting cancer, problems with OpenAI, and the little intelligence agency that could.
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The report accuses Gaetz of paying women for sex — including a 17-year-old.
President Biden’s latest move against the death penalty is part of a much larger nationwide trend.
One country offers a glimpse into the future of warming and unrest.
Presidents routinely abuse the pardon, but Biden’s record-setting commutations underscore why reforms should be narrow.
Is the group too diverse to think of with just one word?
Americans don’t have to look abroad for answers.
That bodes poorly for his agenda next year.
Trump is blowing up funding deals, again. It’s a preview of what’s to come.
Trump stoked another congressional crisis. But there’s an intriguing twist to this one.
The president-elect is pushing Hamas to free Israeli hostages by January 20.
Democrats must not forfeit the fight for expanding legal admissions.
Although nothing is ever certain in this Supreme Court.
Gisèle Pelicot’s husband drugged and assaulted her for a decade. She demanded a public trial.
A marital rape case in France reverberated around the world. This is how it happened.
Turns out, it’s surprisingly hard to spend government cash.
SoftBank is making another big jobs pledge. It’s not clear it came through the first time.
Lawsuits against ABC and the Des Moines Register are meant to chill the media.
The federal law targeting TikTok takes effect January 19. The Supreme Court appears likely to resolve this case by then.
Thousands of people were convinced they were seeing drone swarms. Get used to it.
A tale of two killings.
Simmering tensions between Justin Trudeau and former ally Chrystia Freeland erupted Monday.
Catholic Charities v. Wisconsin has a sympathetic plaintiff, and alarmingly high stakes for workers.
The many ways that Donald Trump could use the presidency for personal gain — again.
The 7 biggest questions, answered as best we can.
Trump told NBC that making the pardons would be one of his day-one priorities.
A second Trump presidency could be even worse for refugees than the first.
The Taiwan invasion everyone fears might never happen. Here’s what could take place instead.
You don’t have to shy away from argument and persuasion. Here’s how to do it right.
The big decision facing millions of Syrian refugees, explained.
The stories that will endure from a wild year.
Most American workers have benefited from globalization. Democrats are losing ground with them anyway.
Republicans are eroding the powers of incoming Democratic officials — again.
The satirical newspaper’s plans to remake Alex Jones’s conspiracy theories outlet have hit a roadblock.
Legislation protecting DREAMers — who have long been in legal limbo — has been elusive for years.
A silly prank that actually says a lot about the right’s internal fault lines.
Since World War II, the economy has, on average, fared better when Democrats are in the White House.
Countries like China and Venezuela often don’t accept US deportees. Trump is eyeing a workaround.
The killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO may be the first time a “ghost gun” was used in a high-profile shooting.
What could possibly go wrong?
Everybody loves MAHA — because nobody knows what it really is.