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Jen Kirby

Jen Kirby

Former Vox Staff

    Latest articles by Jen Kirby

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    Buried in the bill is an oddly anti-family policy.

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    New details about the New York terror attack; tech giants get grilled on the Hill; meet the new Fed chair.

    By Jen Kirby and Libby Nelson
    World Politics
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    Eight people were killed after a truck driver rammed bicyclists and pedestrians on a bike path in Manhattan.

    By Jen Kirby, Alex Ward and 1 more
    Politics
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    The president called it a “Chuck Schumer beauty.”

    By Jen Kirby

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