“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims…But accomplices.”
George Orwell
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.”
–Groucho Marx
- Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. For the past eight years, it’s been pretty easy for most Americans to forget about the simmering conflict between Russia and Ukraine. But […]
- Coverage of the 2022 midterm elections has tended to focus on control of Congress — but control of state governments will be on the ballot too. In fact, with policymaking […]
- With Wednesday’s news that Justice Stephen Breyer will retire from the Supreme Court at the end of its current term, Democrats have avoided their worst-case scenario for the nation’s highest […]
- In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses how the Supreme Court may change once Justice Stephen Breyer — a more moderate justice among the liberal minority […]
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is planning to retire at the end of the court’s current term, clearing the way for President Biden to appoint a new justice. Biden […]
- On Wednesday, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced that he will retire from the court at the end of this year’s term, setting up Democrats to nominate and confirm his […]
- Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. sarah (Sarah Frostenson, politics editor): We at FiveThirtyEight in no way mean to undermine the very real and […]
- Senate Democrats have spent the past few months wrestling with President Biden’s social spending plan, voting rights legislation and the future of the filibuster. But now that 2022 has begun, […]
- Redistricting may reshape the electoral playing field for a U.S. House incumbent in different ways — a seat might become much safer, more vulnerable or even cease to exist. But […]
- In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew debates why politicians break with their parties in high-profile ways and what the repercussions can be. They also discuss the […]
- On Friday, January 21st, two young NYPD officers, Jason Rivera, 22, and Wilbert Mora, 27, were fatally shot in the line of duty.
- Working Americans aren't pining for democratic socialism and hand-outs; they want new opportunities for getting ahead in a thriving private economy.
- Biden is learning the hard way that snapping at reporters won't save him.
- It has taken 233 years to put America on the threshold of getting its first Black female Supreme Court justice.
- There's a cost to making kids cover their faces indefinitely.
- Joe Biden is a complete embarrassment and making major steps backward for our nation in appointing based on race and sex.
- Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was elected on the heels of the uprisings of summer 2020, when millions of people across the United States took to the streets to protest […]
- The ongoing American debate on whether students should wear masks in school will end with the left as the losing side.
- Had the current president maintained Trump's deterrence, the Ukraine fiasco might have never happened.
- New signs of a fracture between the US and Ukraine over the imminence of a possible Russian invasion could seriously undermine President Joe Biden's muscular front against Vladimir Putin in […]
“Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.”
Ambrose Bierce
- The case for pursuing civil rights and climate policy in tandem has been oversold
- Joe Biden has said he will choose a black woman as the liberal jurist’s successor
- They show tremendous potential in treating certain mental-health disorders
- The politics of death
- Small casinos may well lose out
- A backlash against Capitol gains
- It will involve more than just robust policing
- Low vaccination rates and staff shortages could make a dire situation worse
- It depends whether you ask a Biden voter or a Trump one
- A mild summer in the Sunshine State might finally indicate that precautions can be lifted broadly.
- At the same time, the White House indicated that Judge J. Michelle Childs is one of several people under consideration by the president, who has pledged to live up to […]
- Millions of Americans will soon have to scan their face to access their Internal Revenue Service tax accounts, one of the government’s biggest expansions yet of facial recognition software into […]
- The bridge — which has been estimated to carry about 14,500 vehicles a day — has been rated in poor condition in inspections dating back to 2011, according to the […]
- The two-year-old law was struck down by a Republican majority on the five-judge Commonwealth Court, but Pennsylvania's Democratic governor promised a swift appeal.
- House committee investigating Jan. 6 attack issues subpoenas to 14 bogus Trump electors in states Biden won
- Trump's endorsement process is centered on his primary concern: looking like a winner.
- After Justice Stephen G. Breyer retires and is replaced by President Biden's nominee, the Supreme Court will retain its conservative ideological bent, bolstered by Donald Trump's three appointments.
- The partisan gap on vaccinations has been big for a long time; it's even more yawning on boosters — and it promises to grow further, a new poll indicates.
- The partisan gap on vaccinations has been big for a long time; it's even more yawning on boosters — and it promises to grow further, a new poll indicates.
- A notably unscripted exchange between President Biden and a Fox News correspondent went viral — and turned into what these days counts as a heartwarming civic moment.
- While Ukraine’s president complained about “acute and burning” warnings from Washington, the Pentagon issued a dire new appraisal asserting Russia has amassed enough troops to invade his entire country.
- A Times investigation reveals how Israel reaped diplomatic gains around the world from NSO’s Pegasus spyware — a tool America itself purchased but is now trying to ban.
- The Middle Eastern ally continues to buy billions of dollars worth of military equipment from the United States.
- The president believed pressuring the court’s oldest justice to retire might backfire. A chorus of liberals took a different approach.
- The president believed pressuring the court’s oldest justice to retire might backfire. A chorus of liberals took a different approach.
- Democrats’ not-so-terrible news, the limits of Trump’s power and the allure of ’24.
- Russia has massed more than 100,000 troops at Ukraine’s borders, officials said, publicly confirming what intelligence analysts have described for weeks.
- The panel demanded information from 14 people who were part of bogus slates of electors for President Donald J. Trump, digging deeper into an aspect of his efforts to overturn […]
- The panel demanded information from 14 people who were part of bogus slates of electors for President Donald J. Trump, digging deeper into an aspect of his efforts to overturn […]
“There are two things that are important in politics. The first is money … and I can’t remember what the other one is.”
F. PAUL WILSON
- Auburn AD Allen Greene announced that the university had "locked up" men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl with a long-term contract extension.
- A powerful winter storm was forecast for the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast from Friday night into Saturday. Blizzard conditions are likely.
- President Joe Biden visited the site of a Pittsburgh bridge collapse Friday before promoting the benefits of a bipartisan infrastructure law.
- Ten people were injured and three were transported to the hospital after a snow-covered bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed Friday morning.
- Nearly seven dozen movies premiered at Sundance 2022. From "Cha Cha Real Smooth" to Emma Thompson's next Oscar pic, these were our favorites.
- For taxpayers, it's unsettling to get an IRS notice when you did everything by the book. Filed the return on time. Sent the money that was due.
- Kyle Rittenhouse, 19, was acquitted last year of fatally shooting two men and injuring a third. He sought to have the weapon he used returned.
- Airlines are required, by law, to offer refunds for certain types of flight disruptions. Here's what travelers should know.
- Do tip lines help solve or sow conflict and division? Experts say it all depends on how they're developed and used.
- The library of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has sold at auction for nearly $2.4 million, according to auction house Bonhams.
- Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) said that President Biden’s forthcoming pick of the first Black woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court in history will be a “beneficiary” of affirmative […]
- Former Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) told Fox News that Sarah Palin was right to go to a restaurant in New York City despite testing positive for Covid-19. Bachmann said Palin […]
- Arizona state Rep. John Fillmore (R) “introduced legislation this week that would, among other things, get rid of almost all absentee and early voting in the state and mandate all […]
- “In the wealthiest countries, 77 percent of people have received at least one dose, whereas in low-income countries the figure is less than 10 percent,” the New York Times reports. […]
- “In a break from the past, the U.S. and its allies are increasingly revealing their intelligence findings as they confront Russian preparations for a possible invasion of Ukraine, looking to […]
- “As if scripted by TV writers, a bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed mere hours before President Joe Biden was set to visit the area to tout his bipartisan infrastructure law,” Politico […]
- The Hill wonders if President Biden’s “hot mic” moment this week when he was heard calling Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy a “stupid son of a bitch” was really an […]
- “Redistricting and a flood of departing incumbents are paving the way for more extreme candidates in this year’s midterm elections,” Axios reports. “At least 19 House districts in 12 states […]
- “Former Vice President Mike Pence said he had not spoken to former President Donald Trump since last summer, revealing the extent of the rift between the pair since the Capitol […]
- Politico: “Ukraine was beset by attacks earlier this month when hackers defaced and disabled more than 70 government websites, and Microsoft discovered malware planted in Ukrainian government systems that could […]
“It is said that politics is the second oldest profession. But I came to the conclusion that it has much more in common with the first one.”
Ronald Reagan
- New Hampshire Gov. Christopher Sununu says he expects the at-home tests to be available at statewide liquor stores within the next two weeks.
- Carole Baskin, the target of the murder-for-hire plot Joe Exotic was convicted of, said he poses a bigger threat to her now that he has a larger group of supporters […]
- What Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards knew, when he knew it and what he did are questions in a civil rights investigation into a deadly arrest and whether police brass […]
- The FAA says Verizon and AT&T can turn on more 5G cell phone towers as safety concerns over interference with planes eases. But some smaller regional jets still face restrictions.
- Hong Kong's hamster cull has people wondering if they can catch SARS-CoV-2 from a pet. And here's a human dilemma: It is risky to visit an immunocompromised individual who recently […]
- The documentary follows a Buddhist and a Muslim — who don't always get along — as they provide health care to Muslim women and children despite growing political and religious […]
- With more than 100,000 Russian troops on his borders, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that the reaction of world leaders had created a "panic" in his country.
- Chicago was shaken by the shooting death of 8-year-old Melissa Ortega last Saturday. Nationally, the number of children shot has jumped during the pandemic.
- The 14 people are tied to an effort to put forth false electors as President Donald Trump sought to stay in office after losing the 2020 election.
- Turkey and the Wolf: Flavor Trippin by Mason Hereford and Dinner in One by Melissa Clark call the mishap a very 2022 event as a storm sinks their publication dates.
- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says Democrats will move to confirm Biden's choice as quickly as possible. And Trump allies are under investigation for an electoral college gambit — but […]
- A new congressional district in Colorado that is forty percent could be the site of one of the country's closest House races in November. Democratic organizers in Colorado and across […]
- Breyer's retirement gives President Biden his first opportunity to name a new justice to the court. During the presidential campaign, he pledged to name an African American woman if he […]
- After Democrats failed to pass federal voting rights legislation, changes to election processes enacted by Republican-controlled state legislatures will reshape how voters cast a ballot in 2022 and beyond.This episode: […]
- 8,500 U.S. troops are on heightened alert for deployment to Europe after Russia stationed more than 100,000 military personnel on its border with Ukraine. Europe's considerable economic links to Russia […]
- Kamala Harris made history when she became the first woman and the first woman of color to serve as vice president. But in an often thankless job, and tasked with […]
- The court ruled that the former president cannot block the release of 800 pages of his records to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. The panel also asked […]
- In a press conference to mark one year in office, the president touted his administration's progress combating COVID, while conceding he'll likely need to break up his signature legislation to […]
- Senate Democrats are bringing new voting rights bills to the floor this week. There's just one problem: They don't have the votes. That could have consequences for the 2022 midterms, […]
- The Biden administration laid out his main priorities as the president took office: tackling the pandemic, responding to the climate crisis, addressing racial inequality, and rejuvenating the economy. Over the […]
- Packing hurricane-force winds, the storm has triggered the region's first blizzard warnings since 2018.
- Mr Rittenhouse wants the assault rifle destroyed to stop it becoming a political symbol.
- President Biden saw the collapsed structure during a pre-planned visit to discuss infrastructure.
- Germany's refusal to arm Ukraine has puzzled and angered some allies. Here's what's behind it.
- The star of Netflix's Tiger King was convicted of hiring men to kill rival Carole Baskin in 2020
- The president's comments come after the US rejected Moscow's main demands over Ukraine.
- The singer is being sued for $20m over the alleged assault in Miami in 2020.
- The four Indian nationals were trying to cross the Canada-US border on foot.
- Willow is the first cat to live in the White House since the George W Bush administration.
- The tracks are set alight to prevent them from freezing over in snowy weather.
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