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The latest on Trump’s weaponization of the DOJ, briefly explained
Cameron Peters, Vox
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is going a…
Jan 14, 2026, 10:20 PM
Welcome to the January issue of The Highlight
Vox Staff, Vox
America’s political binary — left and right, Democrat and Republican — can feel inescapable. But historically, it’s a relatively new development, and academically, some political scientists argue it’s nonsense: What we think of as immutable political realitie…
Jan 14, 2026, 10:00 PM
The Minnesotans trying to stop ICE
Danielle Hewitt, Noel King, Vox
When Renee Good was shot by an ICE officer last week in Minnesota, it brought attention to the robust effort to combat US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Twin Cities. Residents of Minneapolis and the surrounding areas are joining decentralized netw…
Jan 14, 2026, 8:58 PM
The Trump administration can’t stop winking at white nationalists
Eric Levitz, Vox
Progressives have long argued that Donald Trump’s immigration agenda is a fundamentally fascistic enterprise. In their telling, the president’s goal is not merely to enforce America’s borders but to purify its blood — and unleash state violence against anyone…
Jan 14, 2026, 6:20 PM
Trump’s EPA is setting the value of human health to $0
Umair Irfan, Vox
The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a major step toward changing its math to favor polluters over people: It’s going to stop tallying up the dollar value of lives saved and hospital visits avoided by air pollution regulations. Instead, the agency w…
Jan 14, 2026, 3:20 PM
Trump’s Greenland push, briefly explained
Cameron Peters, Vox
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Hi readers, this has been a breakneck news week. Here’…
Jan 9, 2026, 11:22 PM
Is this time different in Iran?
Joshua Keating, Vox
On Thursday night, the Iran government cut off internet service and international calling in the country as anti-government protests broke out throughout the country. Videos that made it to social media showed large crowds marching through multiple cities and…
Jan 9, 2026, 8:09 PM
Dr. Oz claims there’s no data to support reducing alcohol consumption. That’s not true.
Dylan Scott, Vox
How much alcohol should you drink? The US government now vaguely, in effect, says just don’t drink too much. And what qualifies as too much? Well, that’s up to you. As part of the new federal dietary guidelines released this week, the Trump administration eli…
Jan 9, 2026, 6:10 PM
Why almost none of the homes burned in LA have been rebuilt since last year’s fires
Umair Irfan, Vox
The Associated Press this week reported a stunning fact: Of the 13,000 homes destroyed a year ago in the extraordinary wildfires in and around Los Angeles, fewer than a dozen have been rebuilt. The massive, fast-moving wildfires that tore through Los Angeles…
Jan 9, 2026, 3:17 PM
The new food pyramid is lying to you
Marina Bolotnikova, Vox
If you take anything at all from the latest edition of the federal dietary guidelines, out this week, it should be… not much. Although US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. described them as “the most significant reset of federal nutrition policy in histo…
Jan 9, 2026, 11:04 AM
Trump’s menacingly dishonest response to the Minnesota ICE shooting
Eric Levitz, Vox
Renee Nicole Good sat idling in her car Wednesday, observing an ongoing ICE operation. The 37-year-old then attempted to drive away, reportedly at the instruction of one federal agent on scene. In response, another ICE officer shot her to death. It is possib…
Jan 8, 2026, 11:44 PM
“There’s a fight to be had here”: A local reporter on the pain and resolve in Minneapolis
Hady Mawajdeh, Noel King, Vox
The events that led to a federal officer in Minneapolis killing Renee Nicole Good have not been universally interpreted. On a visit to Texas on Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem described the incident as an “act of domestic terrorism.” She sa…
Jan 8, 2026, 10:13 PM
American voters support animal welfare — and MAGA is seizing on it
Kenny Torrella, Vox
Recently, something incredibly rare happened: American policymakers at the highest levels of government committed to tackling animal cruelty. Specifically, late last month, the Trump administration announced a multi-agency “strike force” to crack down on anim…
Jan 8, 2026, 7:41 PM
Can Minnesota prosecute the federal immigration officer who just killed a woman?
Ian Millhiser, Vox
A federal officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, shortly after the Trump administration deployed thousands of immigration agents to the city. Although the full circumstances of the killing remain unclear, video of the shooting shows an o…
Jan 7, 2026, 10:17 PM
Trump’s immigration crackdown turns deadly in Minneapolis
Cameron Peters, Vox
A woman was fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis on Wednesday, just days after the Trump administration deployed thousands of new immigration agents to the city. What happened? This is a breaking news story, and more details will almost certainly c…
Jan 7, 2026, 8:03 PM
Trump’s revenge campaign is now putting the entire Justice Department at risk
Ian Millhiser, Vox
A Trump-appointed judge in Richmond, Virginia issued an unusual order on Tuesday that threatens one of President Donald Trump’s most high-profile Department of Justice appointees with disciplinary sanctions — or even with forbidding her from practicing in the…
Jan 7, 2026, 7:49 PM
How the Minnesota fraud scandal could upend American child care
Anna North, Vox
The video was designed to grab attention. Posted the day after Christmas, it shows right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley exposing what he says are a series of fraudulent day care centers in Minnesota. He rings doorbells, pulls on doors, and sometimes claims to be …
Jan 7, 2026, 6:40 PM
MAHA’s latest offensive
Caitlin Dewey, Vox
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. In two weeks, I’ll bundle my daughter into her snowsuit and trek over to the pediatrician’s office, where a …
Jan 7, 2026, 4:05 PM
Trump’s January 6 victory lap
Cameron Peters, Vox
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Today marks five years since the January 6, 2021, atta…
Jan 6, 2026, 10:32 PM
Republicans accidentally protected abortion while trying to kill Obamacare
Ian Millhiser, Vox
The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that abortion must remain legal in that state, despite a 2023 law seeking to ban it. The case is known as State v. Johnson. Wyoming is America’s reddest state — President Donald Trump won Wyoming by 46 points in 2024…
Jan 6, 2026, 8:09 PM
What actually is the “Donroe Doctrine”?
Joshua Keating, Vox
The Trump administration is taking a shockingly interventionist approach to the Western Hemisphere, as shown by last weekend’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his threats of military intervention against several other countries in the regio…
Jan 6, 2026, 4:54 PM
Trump’s big change to childhood vaccines, briefly explained
Cameron Peters, Vox
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Hi readers, welcome back. President Donald Trump’s inv…
Jan 5, 2026, 10:06 PM
Trump’s actions in Venezuela have Latin America on edge
Peter.Balonon-Rosen, Noel King, Vox
The fallout from the US capture and extradition of Nicolás Maduro is radiating around the world. In a speech at Venezuela’s legislative palace, Maduro’s son,Venezuelan congressman Nicolás Maduro Guerra, condemned the capture. “If we normalize the kidnapping …
Jan 5, 2026, 8:46 PM
Donald Trump was never a dove
Zack Beauchamp, Vox
In 2023, then-Senator JD Vance endorsed President Donald Trump’s presidential bid for one big reason: Trump’s commitment to peace. “He has my support in 2024,” Vance wrote, “because I know he won’t recklessly send Americans to fight overseas.” Flash forward t…
Jan 5, 2026, 4:35 PM
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