Policy
Vox’s policy team covers how government action and inaction affect people’s lives: the problems facing the US, the ideas that could solve them, and the debates and arguments that will determine if those solutions become reality.
The president has turned his biggest political asset into a liability.
A MAGA diehard on ICE in Minneapolis, the Epstein files, and what Trump must do before the midterms.
They’re focused on three areas: ending warrantless patrols, curtailing aggressive tactics, and increasing accountability.
Tom Homan, explained.
What Minnesota’s immigrant communities need from you now.
Even some Republicans have begun calling for the Homeland Security secretary’s resignation.
Never forget how this administration misled you.
The money behind Trump’s immigration crackdown, briefly explained.
The biggest storyline at the 2026 Australian Open is Americans being asked about Trump.
A federal judge just threatened to hold the agency’s leader in contempt.
Congress, the courts, and state governments still have the power to check the abuses of immigration agents.
A baby-step back from the brink.
Alex Pretti’s death has pushed more and more lawmakers into saying something must be done.
The unbearable hypocrisy of pro-gun conservatives defending the Minneapolis killing.
Trump’s authoritarianism is becoming less subtle — and more vicious.
How the Trump administration pushed Minneapolis to the brink.
Federal agents just shot and killed another person in Minneapolis.
And 3 other takeaways from a conversation with the state’s attorney general, Keith Ellison.
You just need to care about your own constitutional rights.
This undersung service saves Americans $3.1 billion every year. Why aren’t we funding them more?
The agency’s meme-laced hiring campaign, explained.
The surprising truth about corporate investment in housing.
Yes, food can be medicine — just not the way RFK Jr. means it.
A moment of truth in Minnesota.
It’s obvious that the Court isn’t actually trying to come up with a legal rule that makes sense.
Ugliness has more to do with the housing crisis than you think.
What comes after “peak protein”?
The MAGA media system is going into overdrive.
The answer could hinge on a Supreme Court ruling from 1890 — and another from 2025.
One of Zohran Mamdani’s most expensive ideas has surprising early momentum.
Since Renee Good’s killing, more residents are trying to protect their neighbors themselves.
The government is recruiting ICE agents with (literal) neo-Nazi propaganda.
The agency’s new math to favor polluters, explained.
Here’s what ChatGPT Health can actually tell you — and what it can’t.
The Trump administration is cracking down on borrowers who have fallen behind on payments.
The Court must deal with the chaos it created around guns.
The Fed is the final frontier of his quest to dominate every economic institution.
Chief Justice Roberts owes Powell an apology.
Trump picked the worst possible time to go after Jerome Powell.