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Today, Explained is Vox’s daily news explainer podcast. Hosts Sean Rameswaram and Noel King will guide you through the most important stories of the day. You can listen to it, and more Vox podcasts, here. Today, Explained is now available on public radio stations across the US. For more daily news offerings, check out Vox’s weekday newsletter.
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The fentanyl crisis gets more attention — but production and trade in cocaine is surging worldwide.
The New York mayor-elect sat down with Vox’s Astead Herndon to talk about his political project and his top priorities.
Ezra Klein talks Zohran Mamdani and one year of his new book with Vox’s Astead Herndon.
What Katie Wilson thinks national Democrats should learn from her win.
JD Vance crossed many things off his to-do list this year. But what’s in store for 2026 and 2028?
Understanding Ghislaine Maxwell, the heir who went on to abuse children.
David Sacks, Trump’s go-to adviser on all things tech, may help decide who wins the AI race between the US and China.
The House speaker still has Trump’s backing, but a growing number of his female colleagues have had enough.
Love, actually…is a chatbot?
Republicans are also quitting in droves.
The president wants new congressional maps in Indiana. Its GOP state senators aren’t so sure.
AI is causing electricity prices to surge. No one is happy about it.
You can now place bets on elections, wars, and deportations. Should you?
An entrepreneur explains what’s broken about America’s system for skilled immigration.
The entire stock market, and therefore the entire economy, depends on it maintaining pretty impossible growth metrics.
Thousands of DOJ attorneys have left since Trump took office. Here’s where that leaves the department.
Why has Jensen Huang, co-founder of Nvidia, the hardware of the AI boom, buddied up with Trump?
RFK Jr. and his supporters are asking the wrong questions about these medications.
The fall of El Fasher and Sudan’s ongoing conflict, explained by an expert.
They hardly ever fall. When they do, it usually means serious trouble.
Today’s sports gambling looks nothing like the sports betting of the past.
And what, if anything, should be done about it?
How a neo-Nazi infiltrated so deep into the Republican Party.
Will JD Vance’s vision set the GOP’s course after Trump?
Can the hormone be an effective treatment for menopause?
Do people love West End Girl because it’s good, because it documents a trainwreck, or both?
Movies like A House of Dynamite get a lot right. But they’re missing an important danger.
“I literally can’t think of anything that’s been like that since 2001.”
Vox’s Astead Herndon and immigration reporter Molly O’Toole unpack the latest (confusing) polls.
The world after the AI bubble, explained.
The government shutdown and the new war on food stamps.
The ballroom project is totally unprecedented.
Her divisive new album was all part of her agenda. She’s a mastermind.
Officers shot his friend and fellow pastor with a pepper bullet. He kept going back to protest.
The biggest lesson from the racist, sexist, and antisemitic group chats.
In his second term, Trump’s rhetoric and policies regarding the trans community have become far more menacing.
The diehard MAGA lawmaker’s new fight with the GOP, explained.
People are joyful — but Hamas is asserting its power.