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Archives for July 2025

Criminal Justice
The absurd fight over Trump’s MAGA prosecutor in New Jersey, explainedThe absurd fight over Trump’s MAGA prosecutor in New Jersey, explained
Criminal Justice

Like much of what Trump touches, the fight over Alina Habba mingles authoritarianism with goonish incompetence.

By Ian Millhiser
The government stepped in to clean up a disaster in North Carolina. Then they created another one.
Down to Earth

Debris removal after Hurricane Helene did more damage to the environment than the storm itself in some parts of the state, scientists claim.

By Benji Jones
Culture
Everything we know about the Air India crash points to an uncomfortable truthEverything we know about the Air India crash points to an uncomfortable truth
Culture

Officials and pilots are discouraging speculation. The preliminary investigation, however, is stark.

By Aja Romano
Vox Book Club
Vox Book ClubVox Book Club
Vox Book Club

Find your next read and explore the big ideas around literature and publishing with the 2025 Summer Book Club.

By Vox Staff
Supreme Court
The lawsuit seeking to kill Trump’s tariffs is backThe lawsuit seeking to kill Trump’s tariffs is back
Supreme Court

If the president loses this case, he will go to the Supreme Court to bail him out again.

By Ian Millhiser
The Logoff
Epstein breaks CongressEpstein breaks Congress
The Logoff

The House is heading for the door early to avoid an Epstein vote.

By Cameron Peters
Today, Explained podcast
How Trump is making America hungrierHow Trump is making America hungrier
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

This isn’t the first time that the Trump administration has tried to cut SNAP benefits.

By Gabrielle Berbey and Sean Rameswaram
Climate
Your favorite national park is struggling to surviveYour favorite national park is struggling to survive
Climate

What budget cuts mean for wildlife, climate monitoring — and surviving peak tourism.

By Christine Peterson
Supreme Court
The conservative case against Trump’s worst judicial nomineeThe conservative case against Trump’s worst judicial nominee
Supreme Court

Senate Republicans are taking an enormous risk with the federal bench right now.

By Ian Millhiser
Culture
There’s a bigger story behind Colbert’s cancellationThere’s a bigger story behind Colbert’s cancellation
Culture

Did the stalwart host finally become too dangerous for late-night?

By Constance Grady
Today, Explained newsletter
Trump and Netanyahu weren’t on the same page for longTrump and Netanyahu weren’t on the same page for long
Today, Explained newsletter

Fighting in Syria exposes a US-Israel rift.

By Joshua Keating
Supreme Court
A new Supreme Court case is an existential threat to the Voting Rights ActA new Supreme Court case is an existential threat to the Voting Rights Act
Supreme Court

The Black civil rights movement’s greatest legal achievement is now on a Republican Supreme Court’s chopping block.

By Ian Millhiser
Culture
“1 woke teen vs. 20 Trump supporters”: The new age of viral political videos“1 woke teen vs. 20 Trump supporters”: The new age of viral political videos
Culture

Viral debate videos have become inescapable online.

By Kyndall Cunningham
Explain It to Me
The steamy, subversive rise of the summer novelThe steamy, subversive rise of the summer novel
Podcast
Explain It to Me

How the beach read became so much more than escapism.

By Jonquilyn Hill
Climate
Inside the federal government’s purge of climate dataInside the federal government’s purge of climate data
Climate

Climate facts are inconvenient — so Trump is making them disappear.

By Kate Yoder