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CDC Contraceptive Guidance Disappeared, So We Brought It Back, Too

Why You Need To Be Thinking About Menopause Early

ReproductiveRights.Gov Vanished, So We Brought It Back

What the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Presidential Immunity Means

theSkimm checked in with Caroline Polisi, legal analyst and lecturer in law at Columbia Law School, to break down the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity. Here’s what she had to say...

Should There Be Limits For Presidential Candidates?

Rose McDermott, a political scientist at Brown University, weighs in on presidential age limits, saying "part of the reason the founders of the Constitution didn’t have an upper age limit is that nobody lived long [enough]."

Skimm the Vote 2024

Paging all Skimm'rs. Ahead of November 5 (that's Election Day), we'll be asking for your take on the state of US politics. Weigh in and Tell Us right here.

What Is Project 2025?

As the Trump-Vance ticket campaigns to win the White House, conservatives have created an extensive plan called Project 2025 to outline what a second Trump presidency could look like.

Paid Family Leave: Why the US Falls Behind

The US is the only developed country in the world that doesn’t offer national paid family leave. We Skimm’d what the hold up is and how it’s impacting families.

Trump Tests Legal Limits With New Mass Deportations

March 17 | Over the weekend, President Donald Trump quietly invoked a wartime act to deport hundreds of Venezuelan migrants without hearings.

From the Group Chat: Mel Robbins and the Wildly Popular “Let Them Theory,” a New Nepo Baby Model, and “Black Bag”

March 16 | A recap of the week’s most fun and interesting stories.

Eat, Read, Go: Roasted Cauliflower Date Salad, "The Dream Hotel," and the Dolomites

March 15 | One recipe, one book, and one travel destination worth your time.

Primetime in Trump's America

March 14 | You wouldn’t know it from the Oscars speeches, but Hollywood seems to be adjusting to shifting political winds — aka moving a touch more conservative.

A Small Win for Your Budget (With a Big Asterisk)

March 13 | After months of stubbornly high prices, inflation finally eased a bit in February.

RFK Jr. Is Giving Us a Taste of His Policy Ambitions

March 12 | It’s been nearly a month since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in to oversee the country’s health, and he’s serving up plenty of ideas on how to improve food safety.

Is Banning Conversion Therapy a Free Speech Issue? SCOTUS Will Weigh In

March 11 | Yesterday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to Colorado’s ban on exposing minors to “conversion therapy.”

Will We or Won’t We? Recession Questions Swirl

March 10 | Amid tariff whiplash and widespread federal layoffs, many analysts are questioning whether the US will fall into a recession this year.