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Updated Apr 15, 2022 - Politics & Policy

Trump endorses JD Vance in Ohio Senate race

U.S. Senate candidate JD Vance speaks with prospective voters on the campaign trail on April 11, 2022 in Troy, Ohio.
Apr 15, 2022 - Technology

Tutoring companies boom

Illustration of a computer with a chalkboard screen featuring dollar signs

Texts show how GOP lawmakers shifted on Trump's election conspiracies

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas)
Apr 15, 2022 - World

Pentagon says Ukraine sank former Russian flagship

The former Russian missile cruiser Moskva patrolling the Mediterranean Sea in December 2015.
Apr 15, 2022 - World

More than 900 civilians' bodies found in Kyiv region, police chief says

Destroyed military equipment of the Russian army is seen near the village of Dmytrivka, Bucha district, Kyiv Region, north-central Ukraine.

Twitter adopts poison pill in bid to thwart Elon Musk takeover

Elon Musk during a press conference in Texas in February 2020.
Apr 15, 2022 - Economy

Biden's Indo-Pacific gambit puts trade back on the radar

Illustration of a globe of Asia and Africa plugged into the wall

Pandemic polls poorly for politicians

A nurse administers a PCR COVID test.
Apr 15, 2022 - Sports

Baseball celebrates 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking color barrier

Jackie Robinson
Apr 15, 2022 - World

Over 150 Palestinians injured as Israeli police raid al-Aqsa Mosque

Palestinians and Israeli police inside the al-Aqsa Mosque Compound.

CO2 removal is having a moment and not everyone's happy

Illustration of a hand holding a vacuum, sucking carbon dioxide molecules out of the air. 
Apr 15, 2022 - World

CIA director: U.S. can't "take lightly" Russian nuclear threat in Ukraine

CIA Director William Burns speaking during a congressional hearing in March 2022.
Apr 15, 2022 - World

Russia threatens to increase bombings on Kyiv

A person riding a bike past a destroyed building in the town of Borodyanka in the Kyiv region on April 9.

Peeps reign supreme

Illustration of a chick peeps candy with a top hat and monocle.
Apr 15, 2022 - Technology

Trouble for workers who turn cameras off

Animated illustration of the Zoom logo with the two o's in the middle closing like a pair of eyes, then snapping back open.
Apr 15, 2022 - Health

Stuck in the great COVID in-between

Illustration of a man inside of a red cross-shaped box

How Musk's free-speech Twitter dream ends

Illustration of the twitter bird logo as an open padlock
Apr 15, 2022 - Economy

Biden to nominate Michael Barr as top bank regulator

Michael S. Barr

Billionaires eye parallel media universe

Photo illustration of Elon Musk with a broken lightbulb over his head

Musk’s saga reveals how core Twitter is to U.S. politics

Illustration of the twitter logo modified to look like a a U.S. eagle with an olive branch and arrows
Apr 14, 2022 - World

Russia and Ukraine race to prepare for decisive battle in Donbas

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