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Paul Ryan paved the way for Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party

He wasn’t the only factor. But he was a significant one.

California’s ambitious plan to regulate health prices, explained

The proposal is a step closer to single-payer.

This photo is adorable. It’s also a perfect explanation of Oklahoma’s school funding crisis.

An Oklahoma first-grader is excited that country star Blake Shelton used her textbook — 36 years ago.

The real (but small) danger of a US-Russia war over Syria

"I suspect neither side wants a direct confrontation, but when things go flash-bang, there are always surprises and unintended consequences."

9 essential lessons from psychology to understand the Trump era

Motivated reasoning, bias, fake news, conspiracy theories, and more, explained.

The privacy question Mark Zuckerberg kept dodging

People can use the "share button" for some data control. But what are they giving up when they just log in to Facebook?

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Black members of Congress criticize Zuckerberg: Facebook “does not reflect America”

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A guide to the Cambridge Analytica Facebook scandal

A Trump campaign–connected firm harvested personal data from tens of millions of Facebook users, bringing up big questions about cybersecurity, big data, and privacy. Catch up on the controversy.

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Firing Mueller and Rosenstein won’t save Trump’s closest allies

Mark Zuckerberg has been apologizing for reckless privacy violations since he was a freshman

Ben Carson is pulling HUD away from its key mission

Reddit just shut down nearly 1,000 Russian troll accounts

Comic Louie Anderson waited for the role of a lifetime. He found it playing his own mom.

Paul Ryan lost the fight for the Republican Party’s soul

Paul Ryan announces he won’t run for reelection

Zuckerberg won’t commit to making data privacy as easy as possible

Mark Zuckerberg says Cambridge Analytica got his data too

Why Scott Gottlieb is the one Trump official everybody seems to like

Paul Ryan says Trump’s presidency was worth it for the tax cuts

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Trump’s attacks on Mueller’s investigation are getting way more personal

Paul Ryan’s most important legacy is Trump’s war on Medicaid

Paul Ryan isn’t retiring because he’d lose. He’s retiring because Republicans are screwed.

Trump’s Syria-Russia tweets reveal his incoherent foreign policy

Europe’s crackdown on Facebook and data privacy, explained

Democrats could win Paul Ryan’s seat in November. Really.

John Boehner just came out for marijuana reform. Most Republicans agree.

What the decline of American shopping malls means for social space

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The largest Black Lives Matter page on Facebook was a scam

I was Zuckerberg’s speechwriter. “Companies over countries” was his early motto.

House Speaker Paul Ryan was the biggest fraud in American politics

Paul Ryan’s retirement adds to the large number of Republicans fleeing Congress

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How Trump broke Paul Ryan

Greenland’s ice is melting much faster than we thought. Here’s why that’s scary.

“It’s pretty much the Wild West”: why we can’t trust Facebook to police itself

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