Ben Carson Ben Carson’s first hearing before Maxine Waters’s committee was a disasterVox - Aaron RuparOn Tuesday, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson testified before Rep. Maxine Waters’s (D-CA) Financial Services Committee for the first time since Waters became the chair in January.
Labor Party Australia’s conservative party retains power in shocking election resultVox - Rachel WithersThe Australian federal election has delivered a shocking result, with the right-wing Liberal-National government expected to return to power for a third term despite polls and odds having strongly favored
PBS Arthur’s same-sex marriage episode didn’t air in AlabamaVox - Allegra FrankPBS kicked off the 22nd season of its long-running cartoon Arthur with a groundbreaking episode that lovingly featured same-sex marriage. The episode revealed that Arthur’s teacher, Mr. Ratburn, was engaged,
Kamala Harris Kamala Harris’s plan to close the gender wage gap, explainedVox - Li ZhouCalifornia Sen. Kamala Harris has a plan to close the gender pay gap, and it’s founded on hitting companies on one of their most prized markers: their annual profits. As Harris’s plan is structured, companies
U.S. Politics The Kickstarter for politics wanted to change how political fundraising worked. Now it’s dead.Vox - Theodore SchleiferIn an era when presidential candidates have found more success than ever raising millions of dollars online, a startup that tried to overhaul how political fundraising works through nonpartisanship has
Trump Administration The number of Democrats who want an impeachment inquiry is growing. Pelosi isn’t among them.Vox - Ella NilsenSeveral key House Democrats are itching to launch an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her top lieutenants aren’t on board yet. It’s no longer just
Play button James Charles and Tati Westbrook have put their YouTube feud to rest — for nowVox - Alex Abad-SantosOver the past two weeks, a very public feud between top beauty vloggers, and former friends, James Charles and Tati Westbrook has shown us the real side of Youtube’s beauty and makeup community — revealing
Fertility Can a man earn a living on sperm donation alone? This guy did.Vox - Luke WinkieI think all men have a natural distrust of the sperm donation business. We’re constantly inundated with their ads — usually in the index pages of dying alt-weeklies or in the margins of dicey websites
Iran Democrats are accusing Trump officials of inflating the Iran threatVox - Alex WardThe Trump administration has claimed for weeks to have intelligence showing Iran is planning to attack Americans in the Middle East. But Democrats in Congress who have reviewed some of the intelligence
U.S. Politics Trump’s 2020 campaign is buying a whole lot of Facebook adsVox - Catherine KimPresident Donald Trump has outspent every 2020 Democratic candidate on Facebook advertising, according to the New York Times — but Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are catching up. Trump is able to outspend
Emotions Online ads can be targeted based on your emotionsVox - Kaitlyn TiffanyIn April, the New York Times announced that it had been using machine learning and surveys to predict the different emotions felt by readers of various stories. The newspaper has been collecting this for
Play buttonToy Story 4 Toy Story 4’s new trailer: Keanu Reeves’s daredevil Duke Caboom makes his flashy entranceVox - Aja RomanoDisney has released the second full-length trailer for Toy Story 4, and where the first trailer introduced a new “toy” to the cast and walked us through something of an existential crisis, this one sees
How to publish classic books that aren’t just by dead white menVox - Constance GradyAs the canon of English literature slowly, gradually opens itself up to books by women and authors of color, Modern Library and Penguin Classics have just launched two new series aimed at rediscovering
World News Secret documents show Russian plot to stoke racial violence in AmericaVox - Alex WardThe Russians who interfered in the 2016 US presidential election are still at it — and this time, they’re trying to ignite racial violence in America and a partial collapse of the United States. According
Joe Biden Trump attacks Joe Biden because his family moved away from PennsylvaniaVox - Aaron RuparJoe Biden’s family moved away from the town he was born in — Scranton, Pennsylvania — when he was a boy. President Donald Trump wants Pennsylvanians to think that means Biden “deserted” them. Trump concluded
Pollen It’s not your imagination. Allergy season gets worse every year.Vox - Umair IrfanThe weather is warming. The flowers are blooming. Noses are running. Eyes are watering. It’s allergy season, and this year it’s been severe in states like Georgia, and cities like Chicago, where the frigid
Play buttonSilicon Valley (TV Series) How Superstore got so goodVox - Todd VanDerWerffIt’s a Friday morning, and the set of NBC’s Superstore is filled with more than a dozen of the show’s regular and recurring characters. As I look around at the actors gathered, I abruptly realize there
Donald Trump Trump’s troubling response to “lock them up!” chants during his Pennsylvania rallyVox - Aaron RuparPresident Donald Trump’s reelection rallies might have found version 2.0 of their familiar “lock her up!” chants: “Lock them up!” With special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation mostly in the rearview
Lighthouses The Lighthouse, starring Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe, is easily one of the wildest films of the yearVox - Alissa WilkinsonThe Lighthouse is, I can safely say, one of the most over-the-top movies I’ve ever had the good fortune to see. Robert Eggers — whose last film, the wild 2015 horror movie The Witch, lit Sundance on fire
Huawei The US government’s ongoing battle with Chinese telecom giant Huawei, explainedVox - Emily StewartThe Trump administration has recently taken some major shots at the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, prompting a number of American tech firms to start cutting ties with the firm. But US officials
U.S. Politics Why Democratic candidates like Buttigieg keep failing to usher in the “Christian left”Vox - John Thornton Jr.For some Democratic voters, South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg ticks all the boxes for the kind of progressive who could unite our divided nation: He’s young, educated, gay, former military, and
U.S. Politics Election security bills in the Senate are hitting one big roadblock: Mitch McConnellVox - Li ZhouWhile the issue of Russian collusion is very clearly politically charged, concerns about election security and foreign interference have historically been more bipartisan. As Mitch McConnell has made however,
Play buttonMatt Bevin These Kentucky Democrats think they can push out the country’s most unpopular governorVox - Catherine KimWhoever wins Tuesday’s Democratic primary for the Kentucky governor’s race this fall will head into a competitive contest in a deep red state: Matt Bevin, the current Republican governor, is one of the
U.S. Politics Trump’s trade war with China is an attack on BidenVox - Dylan ScottPresident Donald Trump’s new focus in his trade war against China has another, subtler, politically motivated target: Joe Biden. Trump is burrowing in against Biden during his latest push more than doubling
World News How a scandal involving a far-right politician brought down Austria’s governmentVox - Alex WardVIENNA, Austria — Fake Russian collusion in Austria led to the demise of the nation’s government last weekend, and could result in criminal charges for a top far-right leader. The scandal has rocked Austria
Huawei Vox Sentences: The US’s attack on HuaweiVox - Catherine KimVox Sentences is your daily digest for what’s happening in the world. Sign up for the Vox Sentences newsletter, delivered straight to your inbox Monday through Friday, or view the Vox Sentences archive
U.S. Politics A federal judge just ruled Trump can’t block a House subpoena for his financial recordsVox - Jen Kirby, Ella NilsenA Washington, DC, federal judge has ruled against President Donald Trump in his fight to block House Democrats from getting his financial records, giving Democrats the first edge in their battle with White
Play buttonHBO Of course there’s going to be another Game of Thrones-size hitVox - Peter KafkaYou, a normal person, are interested in discussing the finale of Game of Thrones. Bless you. But for people who pay attention to the media business, the question isn’t Bran vs. Sansa: It’s, “Will there
U.S. Politics How Trump’s new immigration plan could hurt the economyVox - Alexia Fernández CampbellLast week, the White House announced the outlines of a plan that would revamp the country’s legal immigration system, cutting back family-based immigration in favor of “merit-based” immigration. Under
