Politics
What really matters in the world of politics, campaigns, ideology, and more.
![Nancy Pelosi is still in charge](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160770823.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0042720437457291%2C0%2C99.991455912509%2C100&w=2400)
The former speaker’s singular influence most recently played a role in President Biden’s decision to end his candidacy.
![The one thing Veep captures better than any other political show](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/veep-julia.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
![The one thing Veep captures better than any other political show](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/veep-julia.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
With Kamala Harris’s ascendancy, the series is on everyone’s mind — and the reason it resonates goes deeper than you might think.
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![Paris 2024: Olympics news and updates](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162948136.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.033333333333331%2C0%2C99.933333333333%2C100&w=2400)
![Joe Biden’s enormous, contradictory, and fragile climate legacy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1793259269.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.663429792193%2C0%2C66.673140415615%2C100&w=2400)
![Joe Biden’s enormous, contradictory, and fragile climate legacy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1793259269.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0048548402757547%2C100%2C99.990290319448&w=2400)
If elected, Trump could slow down Biden’s progress, but the shift to clean energy is unstoppable.
The latest in Politics
![“What was not a race yesterday is a race today”: David Axelrod on Biden dropping out](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1728292220.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6625%2C0%2C66.675%2C100&w=2400)
![“What was not a race yesterday is a race today”: David Axelrod on Biden dropping out](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1728292220.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0062492188476426%2C100%2C99.987501562305&w=2400)
What a fresh face might mean for the November presidential election.
![Could Kamala Harris’s “Brat summer” win her the presidency?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Kamala_Brat_01.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.692708333333%2C0%2C66.614583333333%2C100&w=2400)
![Could Kamala Harris’s “Brat summer” win her the presidency?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Kamala_Brat_01.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0390625%2C0%2C99.921875%2C100&w=2400)
Democrats have their first “Brat” candidate. What will it get them?
![Kamala Harris is the underdog](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161325694_1854d4.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.672025723473%2C0%2C66.655948553055%2C100&w=2400)
![Kamala Harris is the underdog](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161325694_1854d4.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0080385852090075%2C0%2C99.983922829582%2C100&w=2400)
Democrats have high hopes, but she’s starting off down in polls and faces challenges ahead.
![Will Harris automatically replace Biden? Plus six other questions about the next steps, answered.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161823256.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Will Harris automatically replace Biden? Plus six other questions about the next steps, answered.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161823256.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Does Harris automatically replace Biden now? Your questions about the process, answered.
![Why is everyone talking about Kamala Harris and coconut trees?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1429079905.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.669530847225%2C0%2C66.660938305551%2C100&w=2400)
![Why is everyone talking about Kamala Harris and coconut trees?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1429079905.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0042962708369174%2C0%2C99.991407458326%2C100&w=2400)
Ironic Kamala Harris meme-ing isn’t so ironic anymore.
![Could Republicans sue to keep Biden on the ballot?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159971779_d7b6f7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.675%2C0%2C66.65%2C100&w=2400)
![Could Republicans sue to keep Biden on the ballot?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159971779_d7b6f7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.012500000000003%2C0%2C99.975%2C100&w=2400)
Speaker Mike Johnson’s threat to challenge Vice President Harris’s nomination in court should be frivolous. But who knows with this Supreme Court?
![Who could be Kamala Harris’s VP? The potential list, briefly explained.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161823241.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Who could be Kamala Harris’s VP? The potential list, briefly explained.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161823241.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Popular Democratic governors from swing states are among those likely in contention.
![What Kamala Harris’s track record on climate makes clear](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159966599.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![What Kamala Harris’s track record on climate makes clear](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159966599.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Biden was the best climate president ever. Will she build on that legacy?
![With Biden out of the election, can US foreign policy be Trump-proofed?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/ASF_D_Bayer.7.19.24.105.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![With Biden out of the election, can US foreign policy be Trump-proofed?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/ASF_D_Bayer.7.19.24.105.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The trickiest country for American foreign policy right now is ... America.
![Harris isn’t her party’s best candidate. Biden was still right to endorse her.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162039073.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Harris isn’t her party’s best candidate. Biden was still right to endorse her.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162039073.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The best option isn’t always a great one.
![It was not undemocratic for the Democrats to dump Joe Biden](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1241165594.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![It was not undemocratic for the Democrats to dump Joe Biden](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1241165594.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The party was (belatedly) trying to listen to voters.
![This is bigger than Joe Biden](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1473595193.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![This is bigger than Joe Biden](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1473595193.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The president’s decision to withdraw from the 2024 race is a jolt to our ailing democracy.
![Biden is out of the 2024 race. What happens to his campaign donations?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2158794750.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.154004954583%2C0%2C67.691990090834%2C100&w=2400)
![Biden is out of the 2024 race. What happens to his campaign donations?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2158794750.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.75734471891837%2C100%2C98.485310562163&w=2400)
Kamala Harris is the only Democrat who could seamlessly access Biden’s hundreds of millions in campaign cash.
![Biden just quit the race and endorsed Kamala Harris. What happens now?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161687527.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.710606367877%2C0%2C66.578787264247%2C100&w=2400)
![Biden just quit the race and endorsed Kamala Harris. What happens now?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161687527.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.065909551815047%2C0%2C99.86818089637%2C100&w=2400)
Democrats are taking a leap into the unknown.
![Kamala Harris’s strengths — and vulnerabilities — explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161823387.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.66225866173%2C0%2C66.675482676541%2C100&w=2400)
![Kamala Harris’s strengths — and vulnerabilities — explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161823387.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.006611133148219%2C100%2C99.986777733704&w=2400)
Harris would be a strong nominee. She also has to overcome some challenges.
![Does Kamala Harris give Democrats a better chance to win?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159971779.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.675%2C0%2C66.65%2C100&w=2400)
![Does Kamala Harris give Democrats a better chance to win?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159971779.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.012500000000003%2C0%2C99.975%2C100&w=2400)
The debate over the vice president’s prospects against Trump, explained.
![Biden drops out, backs Harris in 2024 race](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161483504.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Biden drops out, backs Harris in 2024 race](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161483504.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
![The damsel-ification of Usha Vance](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162165336.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The damsel-ification of Usha Vance](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162165336.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
What people project onto the would-be second lady fits a pattern of benevolent sexism about GOP wives.
![The RNC clarified Trump’s 2024 persona: Moderate authoritarian weirdo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161859247.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6625%2C0%2C66.675%2C100&w=2400)
![The RNC clarified Trump’s 2024 persona: Moderate authoritarian weirdo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161859247.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0062492188476426%2C100%2C99.987501562305&w=2400)
The Trump campaign is at once a savvy, disciplined operation and an illiberal narcissist’s personality cult.
![It’s Trump’s party now. Mostly.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161990560.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6625%2C0%2C66.675%2C100&w=2400)
![It’s Trump’s party now. Mostly.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161990560.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0062492188476426%2C100%2C99.987501562305&w=2400)
How the Trumpified GOP resembles Frankenstein’s monster.
![Kamala Harris and the border: The myth and the facts](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1233324068.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Kamala Harris and the border: The myth and the facts](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1233324068.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
No, Kamala Harris is not a “border czar.” But that doesn’t matter to Republicans.
![Democrats are finally taking on Biden — and giving the party a chance to win](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1475605191.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.66994879874%2C0%2C66.660102402521%2C100&w=2400)
![Democrats are finally taking on Biden — and giving the party a chance to win](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1475605191.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0049231981094877%2C0%2C99.990153603781%2C100&w=2400)
Pelosi, Schumer, and Obama have all signaled to Joe that it’s time to go.
![Why the Secret Service keeps failing](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2155423249.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Why the Secret Service keeps failing](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2155423249.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
If events like the assassination attempt of Donald Trump are to be avoided in the future, the agency needs to change.
![It’s time to stop arguing over the population slowdown and start adapting to it](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1244569589.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![It’s time to stop arguing over the population slowdown and start adapting to it](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1244569589.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The world population could peak in your lifetime.
![Biden is betting on impossible promises to progressives](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161175828.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Biden is betting on impossible promises to progressives](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161175828.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Biden is trying to reinvigorate his candidacy by pushing progressive priorities.
![J.D. Vance’s radical plan to build a government of Trump loyalists](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161883285.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.675%2C0%2C66.65%2C100&w=2400)
![J.D. Vance’s radical plan to build a government of Trump loyalists](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161883285.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.012500000000003%2C0%2C99.975%2C100&w=2400)
“Fire every single midlevel bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state, replace them with our people.”
![How real is J.D. Vance’s “economic populism”?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162164490.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.494750414441%2C0%2C67.010499171118%2C100&w=2400)
![How real is J.D. Vance’s “economic populism”?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162164490.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.25655121861829%2C100%2C99.486897562763&w=2400)
Trump’s “populist” running mate won’t change his party’s class allegiances.
![Revisiting Hillbilly Elegy, the book that made J.D. Vance](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162189013.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.670579948345%2C0%2C66.658840103311%2C100&w=2400)
![Revisiting Hillbilly Elegy, the book that made J.D. Vance](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162189013.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0058699225170287%2C0%2C99.988260154966%2C100&w=2400)
The bestseller proves Trump’s VP pick has abiding disdain for absolutely everyone.
![What so many high-profile shootings have in common](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161607020.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![What so many high-profile shootings have in common](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161607020.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The Trump assassination attempt and many other public crimes in America are committed by isolated young men.
![Why tech titans are turning toward Trump](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2158243831.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.65%2C0%2C66.7%2C100&w=2400)
![Why tech titans are turning toward Trump](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2158243831.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.02498750624688%2C100%2C99.950024987506&w=2400)
Silicon Valley isn’t right-wing, but its Trump supporters are getting louder.
![Why the far right is surging all over the world](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1958487562.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.650390625%2C0%2C66.69921875%2C100&w=2400)
![Why the far right is surging all over the world](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1958487562.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.024402147388969%2C100%2C99.951195705222&w=2400)
The “reactionary spirit” and the roots of the US authoritarian moment.
![The crime wave is over but Republicans can’t let go](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162320348.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.672886732599%2C0%2C66.654226534801%2C100&w=2400)
![The crime wave is over but Republicans can’t let go](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162320348.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0093300988990492%2C0%2C99.981339802202%2C100&w=2400)
The GOP is still pretending that crime is spiraling out of control.
![The clever politics of Republicans’ anti-immigrant pitch](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162340762.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The clever politics of Republicans’ anti-immigrant pitch](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162340762.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The Republican National Convention featured plenty of angry rhetoric about immigration. It might find a receptive audience.
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The attack has fueled intense scrutiny of the agency tasked with protecting him.
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An upcoming virtual roll call is deepening Democrats’ fight over Biden’s spot on the ticket.
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While we can’t always predict public political violence, Vox spoke to four experts who can help us understand it.
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The party doesn’t need to accept defeat. It just needs to reject Joe Biden.
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Republicans have been essential to gun safety legislation before. They could do it again.
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The convention showcases Trumpian instincts — but few policies to back them up. Project 2025 fills the gap.