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  Kevin McCarthy is out. Who might replace him as speaker?

  Vox - Nicole Narea

  The House voted to remove McCarthy as speaker. California Rep. Kevin McCarthy has been removed as speaker of the House. Tuesday, a total of eight Republicans joined all present Democrats in voting for a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair. Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) was appointed interim speaker as …

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  The Supreme Court’s uncharacteristic moment of sanity

  Vox - Ian Millhiser

  Justices considering a case against the CFPB seem unlikely to trigger a second Great Depression. Imagine that the Supreme Court of the United States spent an entire morning debating whether penguins are the primary cause of colon cancer or whether John F. Kennedy was assassinated by aliens from the …

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  The West’s united pro-Ukraine front is showing cracks

  Vox - Jen Kirby

  In the US and across Europe, politics are complicating support for Ukraine. Western unity around Ukraine is starting to strain as the conflict grinds on with largely static front lines, and as the politics in the United States and Europe become more volatile themselves. Last weekend, in the US, …

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  Tracking the biggest cases the Supreme Court will hear in 2023-2024 term

  Vox - Ian Millhiser

  The US Supreme Court convened for a new term on October 2 and will begin hearing a growing list of cases that could transform the scope of the federal government, voting rights, and the rights to free speech and public safety. Justices will consider the constitutionality of an entire federal agency, …

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  Two right-wing judges seem to be trying to rig a US House race

  Vox - Ian Millhiser

  Once again, the Supreme Court must deal with judicial arsonists on the Fifth Circuit. Two of the most partisan judges in the country handed down an order last week that is hard to explain as anything other than an attempt to preserve Republican control of the US House of Representatives. The voting …

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  Five years after Khashoggi, the Saudis won

  Vox - Jonathan Guyer

  Biden called Saudi Arabia a “pariah.” What happened? Five years after a Saudi hit squad murdered, dismembered, and disappeared the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia has won. It was President Donald Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner who embraced Saudi Arabia after the killing and then set the …