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Jen Kirby

Jen Kirby

Former Vox Staff

    Latest articles by Jen Kirby

    Politics
    Happy New Year! Time to start speculating about 2020.Happy New Year! Time to start speculating about 2020.
    Politics

    A critical midterm election is coming in 2018, but that’s not stopping the wild guesswork.

    By Jen Kirby
    World Politics
    Trump taunts Kim Jong Un: my nuclear button “is a much bigger & more powerful one”Trump taunts Kim Jong Un: my nuclear button “is a much bigger & more powerful one”
    World Politics

    Trump escalates tensions with North Korea in a tweet.

    By Jen Kirby
    Politics
    2017, as seen through President Trump’s tweets2017, as seen through President Trump’s tweets
    Politics

    A look back at what Trump said — and sometimes conspicuously didn’t say — on Twitter.

    By Jen Kirby
    Politics
    Is Amazon really ripping off the US Postal Service?Is Amazon really ripping off the US Postal Service?
    Politics

    Trump went after the online retailer on Twitter, saying USPS “should be charging MUCH MORE” to deliver packages.

    By Jen Kirby
    Technology
    Apple admitted it’s slowing down certain iPhonesApple admitted it’s slowing down certain iPhones
    Technology

    Days after the admission, the company apologized and offered a discount for a fix.

    By Jen Kirby
    Politics
    Why Trump is attacking Vanity Fair and Anna Wintour on TwitterWhy Trump is attacking Vanity Fair and Anna Wintour on Twitter
    Politics

    It all began with a Hillary Clinton video.

    By Jen Kirby
    archives
    Vox Sentences: Obamacare is still not implodingVox Sentences: Obamacare is still not imploding
    archives

    Obamacare’s still got it; Catalonians are voting again.

    By Jen Kirby
    Politics
    Virginia will use a random drawing to pick the winner in its tied House of Delegates raceVirginia will use a random drawing to pick the winner in its tied House of Delegates race
    Politics

    How do you break an electoral tie? Select film canisters from a bowl.

    By Jen Kirby
    Technology
    This technology might have prevented the Washington Amtrak derailmentThis technology might have prevented the Washington Amtrak derailment
    Technology

    Positive train control wasn’t activated on this stretch of the route.

    By Jen Kirby
    Politics
    Trump has the lowest approval of any modern president at the end of his first yearTrump has the lowest approval of any modern president at the end of his first year
    Politics

    His 35 percent speaks to the country’s deep polarization.

    By Jen Kirby

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