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Tara Golshan

Tara Golshan

Former Politics Reporter

    Latest articles by Tara Golshan

    Technology
    President Barack Obama makes his case for self-driving carsPresident Barack Obama makes his case for self-driving cars
    Technology

    “The quickest way to slam the brakes on innovation is for the public to lose confidence in the safety of new technologies,” Obama wrote in a column for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

    By Tara Golshan
    The lesson about email safety we can learn from Hillary Clinton and Colin Powell
    Technology

    Why people’s email keeps getting hacked.

    By Tara Golshan
    Politics
    Trump fit an impressive number of lies in his 30-second statement on birtherismTrump fit an impressive number of lies in his 30-second statement on birtherism
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    Politics

    Here are his full remarks on the issue of Obama’s birthplace.

    By Tara Golshan
    Politics
    Trump’s lie that he quit birtherism in 2011, debunkedTrump’s lie that he quit birtherism in 2011, debunked
    Politics

    Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton started it – as in, the birther movement.

    By Tara Golshan
    Politics
    Lots of third-party voters assume Clinton will win. That could throw the race to Trump.Lots of third-party voters assume Clinton will win. That could throw the race to Trump.
    Politics

    If the sentiment that a third-party candidate vote doesn’t matter persists, it could pose a particular challenge for Clinton.

    By Tara Golshan
    Politics
    Donald Trump might be loosening the Republican Party’s hold on Mormon votersDonald Trump might be loosening the Republican Party’s hold on Mormon voters
    Politics

    Report: Mormons, a typically strong conservative base, are shifting away from the Republican Party.

    By Tara Golshan
    Politics
    How Hillary Clinton’s health passed from an online conspiracy theory to a mainstream debateHow Hillary Clinton’s health passed from an online conspiracy theory to a mainstream debate
    Politics

    Hillary Clinton has pneumonia. That doesn’t make the conspiracy theories any less bonkers.

    By Tara Golshan
    Politics
    Donald Trump has ushered in a whole new era of fact-checking in journalismDonald Trump has ushered in a whole new era of fact-checking in journalism
    Politics

    His lies have shifted how journalists report presidential elections.

    By Tara Golshan
    Vox Sentences: The FBI hits publish on its Hillary Clinton email investigation
    Politics

    The FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton is revealed in full.

    By Dylan Matthews, Dara Lind and 2 more
    Vox Sentences: Facebook’s big internet dreams explode. Literally.
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    Caracas breaks out in protest; Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket explodes; preferential college admissions for slave descendants.

    By Dara Lind, Dylan Matthews and 2 more