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Some questions will never be answered. But there’s one that DOJ officials really can clear up — if they want to. www.vox.com/politics/473...
The Epstein files release did nothing to clear up the scandal’s biggest question
Some questions will never be answered. But there’s one that DOJ officials really can clear up — if they want to.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Some questions will never be answered. But there’s one that DOJ officials really can clear up — if they want to. www.vox.com/politics/473...
Focus on the big picture questions — not dubious tidbits that go viral. www.vox.com/politics/473...
How to consume the Epstein files responsibly
Focus on the big picture questions — not dubious tidbits that go viral.
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December 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Focus on the big picture questions — not dubious tidbits that go viral. www.vox.com/politics/473...
The Gifterie is a gifting concierge that helps clients choose the perfect gift for the most affluent, famous, and picky people in the world. We spoke to the creators about the difference between good and bad gifts: www.vox.com/even-better/...
Are you a bad gift-giver? Here’s how to tell, according to a pro.
What normies can learn from a concierge gifting service for celebrities.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Gifterie is a gifting concierge that helps clients choose the perfect gift for the most affluent, famous, and picky people in the world. We spoke to the creators about the difference between good and bad gifts: www.vox.com/even-better/...
You would think that it’d be easy to opt out of unnecessary and pricey holiday travel, but sometimes external pressures and expectations can make it hard to say no. www.vox.com/life/379023/...
Holiday travel can break the bank. Here’s how to manage expectations.
You don’t have to go into debt out of a sense of obligation.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
You would think that it’d be easy to opt out of unnecessary and pricey holiday travel, but sometimes external pressures and expectations can make it hard to say no. www.vox.com/life/379023/...
DOJ has strong norms against releasing information outside of a criminal trial, and for good reasons. www.vox.com/policy/46946...
The case against releasing the Epstein files
DOJ has strong norms against releasing information outside of a criminal trial, and for good reasons.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
DOJ has strong norms against releasing information outside of a criminal trial, and for good reasons. www.vox.com/policy/46946...
It wasn't all bad in 2025. www.vox.com/future-perfe...
9 actually good things that happened to animals this year
It wasn’t all bad in 2025.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It wasn't all bad in 2025. www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Let’s fix the two massive efficiency sinks in American life. www.vox.com/future-perfe...
We need to grow the economy. We need to stop torching the planet. Here’s how we do both.
Let’s fix the two massive efficiency sinks in American life.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Let’s fix the two massive efficiency sinks in American life. www.vox.com/future-perfe...
When state funds are invested, the economics of operating a child care center change. So can the players. www.vox.com/policy/47230...
What if child care could make you rich?
When state funds are invested, the economics of operating a child care center change. So can the players.
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December 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
When state funds are invested, the economics of operating a child care center change. So can the players. www.vox.com/policy/47230...
New HHS rules would go after gender-affirming care for minors. www.vox.com/the-logoff-n...
Trump’s attack on trans health care, briefly explained
New HHS rules would go after gender-affirming care for minors.
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December 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
New HHS rules would go after gender-affirming care for minors. www.vox.com/the-logoff-n...
How the Epstein scandal took over the Trump administration. www.vox.com/today-explai...
What you need to know before the Epstein files come out
How the Epstein scandal took over the Trump administration.
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December 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
How the Epstein scandal took over the Trump administration. www.vox.com/today-explai...
The line between Trump’s administration and the Wild-West world of pop culture influencers and pseudo-celebrity has gotten thinner and thinner.
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December 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The line between Trump’s administration and the Wild-West world of pop culture influencers and pseudo-celebrity has gotten thinner and thinner.
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Trump's ridiculous primetime address was yet another sign that his presidency is failing www.vox.com/politics/472...
The revealing pointlessness of Trump’s primetime speech
The president is a desperate man.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Trump's ridiculous primetime address was yet another sign that his presidency is failing www.vox.com/politics/472...
One of the world’s leading climate, weather, and wildfire science research institutions is being targeted for elimination in what many of those affected see as President Donald Trump’s political vendetta against Colorado Gov. Jared Polis.
One of Trump’s grudges now threatens America’s weather forecasts
What happens when you kill the country’s climate science “mothership”?
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December 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
One of the world’s leading climate, weather, and wildfire science research institutions is being targeted for elimination in what many of those affected see as President Donald Trump’s political vendetta against Colorado Gov. Jared Polis.
President Donald Trump says he wants Americans to have more babies. However, there is one method for conceiving children that thousands of people use every year, but that has divided the Trump White House and the larger MAGA coalition: in vitro fertilization (IVF). voxdotcom.visitlink.me/6R0edY
December 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
President Donald Trump says he wants Americans to have more babies. However, there is one method for conceiving children that thousands of people use every year, but that has divided the Trump White House and the larger MAGA coalition: in vitro fertilization (IVF). voxdotcom.visitlink.me/6R0edY
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It's official: We'll surpass 1.5 C. This major climate target has been dead for years. This year, people are finally acknowledging it.
So, what happens now?
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So, what happens now?
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We’re passing a dangerous global warming threshold — but we’re not doomed
This major climate target has been dead for years. Now, people are finally acknowledging it.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It's official: We'll surpass 1.5 C. This major climate target has been dead for years. This year, people are finally acknowledging it.
So, what happens now?
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4726...
So, what happens now?
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4726...
The Trump administration is moving to dismantle a critically important climate research center in Colorado. Here are the implications:
Trump is breaking apart a scientific crown jewel
The National Center for Atmospheric Research is a treasure. The Trump administration wants to dismantle it.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Trump administration is moving to dismantle a critically important climate research center in Colorado. Here are the implications:
"The fact that President Donald Trump’s speech on Wednesday night happened at all tells us something important: that the Trump administration is sinking, and his White House has no idea what to do about it." www.vox.com/politics/472...
December 18, 2025 at 3:48 AM
"The fact that President Donald Trump’s speech on Wednesday night happened at all tells us something important: that the Trump administration is sinking, and his White House has no idea what to do about it." www.vox.com/politics/472...
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Take a mental break with the newest Vox crossword
For the curious in all of us. Can you solve it?
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December 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Ordinary Americans today enjoy a living standard that would have awed kings for most of human history. But we don’t seem that jazzed about it.
Can money buy Americans happiness?
The real cause of America’s “vibecession.”
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December 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Ordinary Americans today enjoy a living standard that would have awed kings for most of human history. But we don’t seem that jazzed about it.
Even if we can somehow build an all-knowing machine, and even if we can somehow align it with moral values so that it’s also deeply good… should we? Or is it just a bad idea to build an AI god — no matter how perfectly aligned it is — because it would squeeze out space for human choice?
The 2,000-year-old debate that reveals AI’s biggest problem
Silicon Valley is racing to build a god — without understanding what makes a good one.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Even if we can somehow build an all-knowing machine, and even if we can somehow align it with moral values so that it’s also deeply good… should we? Or is it just a bad idea to build an AI god — no matter how perfectly aligned it is — because it would squeeze out space for human choice?
According to a new report by a group of anti-poverty researchers, the cost of completely ending extreme poverty would be $318 billion per year. Using targeted direct cash transfers, it would cost around 0.3% of global GDP to ensure that virtually everyone has enough to pay for the absolute basics.
The low, low cost of ending extreme poverty
Less than Americans’ holiday shopping, actually.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
According to a new report by a group of anti-poverty researchers, the cost of completely ending extreme poverty would be $318 billion per year. Using targeted direct cash transfers, it would cost around 0.3% of global GDP to ensure that virtually everyone has enough to pay for the absolute basics.
Between the emerging details surrounding the gruesome deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner and the inflammatory remarks made by President Trump in response, it’s been hard to sit and reflect on the legacy Reiner left behind as a filmmaker.
December 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Between the emerging details surrounding the gruesome deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner and the inflammatory remarks made by President Trump in response, it’s been hard to sit and reflect on the legacy Reiner left behind as a filmmaker.
The ISIS-“directed” or at least “enabled” Bondi Beach massacre came a day after a gunman, believed by the Pentagon to be affiliated with ISIS, killed two US soldiers and a civilian interpreter in Syria — the first American casualties in the country since the fall of Bashar al-Assad one year ago.
Is ISIS back?
A deadly weekend in Australia and Syria raises questions about the terror group’s future.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The ISIS-“directed” or at least “enabled” Bondi Beach massacre came a day after a gunman, believed by the Pentagon to be affiliated with ISIS, killed two US soldiers and a civilian interpreter in Syria — the first American casualties in the country since the fall of Bashar al-Assad one year ago.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that they would invest $1 billion in making airports a wellness space.
This didn’t go over too well, and it’s not hard to understand why:
This didn’t go over too well, and it’s not hard to understand why:
Please don’t make airports healthy again. Just make them more efficient.
Mini gyms and healthier food options aren’t going to make airports less miserable.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that they would invest $1 billion in making airports a wellness space.
This didn’t go over too well, and it’s not hard to understand why:
This didn’t go over too well, and it’s not hard to understand why:
Our brains do some wild things… 🧠 Unexplainable host and senior correspondent Byrd Pinkerton explores how your brains form connections and then prunes them back over time. Learn more by listening to the “Diary of a Teenage Brain” series on the Unexplainable podcast, wherever you get your podcasts.
December 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Our brains do some wild things… 🧠 Unexplainable host and senior correspondent Byrd Pinkerton explores how your brains form connections and then prunes them back over time. Learn more by listening to the “Diary of a Teenage Brain” series on the Unexplainable podcast, wherever you get your podcasts.