“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
- When the suburban Chicago hospital where her mother was being treated for COVID-19 refused to give her ivermectin, Tiffany Wilson had her moved to another hospital. The antiparasitic drug achieved […]
- Congress is in full-on chaos mode right now, with the future of infrastructure, government funding, the debt limit and voting rights all uncertain. But at the heart of the chaos […]
- It’s a big election week for liberal democracies. On this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, we turn our focus abroad, to Canada and Germany, to see how other democracies’ […]
- Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. It might be an off-year election cycle in the U.S., but September has been full of high-profile elections. First we had the California […]
- On Monday, Canadians granted Justin Trudeau a third term as prime minister but did not give his party a majority in Parliament. Germany will have an election on Sunday to […]
- The redistricting process that’s underway now will determine which political party holds more power for the next decade. Here, FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast host Galen Druke explains how you can follow […]
- Last Tuesday’s gubernatorial recall election in California was the campaign that launched a thousand takes: It was a good sign for Democrats in 2022; it was a good sign for […]
- Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. sarah (Sarah Frostenson, politics editor): With Congress fully back in session, Democrats are once again in the business […]
- In Christian art, saints often hold an object associated with their martyrdom. Saint Stephen, stoned to death, holds a pile of rocks. Saint Lawrence, burned over an iron grill, stands […]
- UPDATED SEP. 21, 2021, AT 10:34 AM Latest PollsUpdated throughout the day. Polls policy and FAQs POLL TYPE All pollsBiden approvalGeneric ballotGovernorGovernor recallU.S. HousePresident: general electionPresident: Democratic primaryPresident: Republican primaryU.S. […]
- President Biden has been caught flat footed again in yet another avoidable disaster. Early in his term, Biden and members of his administration failed to comprehend that their rollback of […]
- Mine is not an easy story to tell. I have been crying for days as I've watched history repeat itself at the border. I try to process emotions that are […]
- Take all of the imagery you have seen of the over 14,000 Haitian migrants camped under an international bridge in the small Texas border town of Del Rio and add […]
- Biden's agenda could come apart at the seams next week as Democrats face a looming government shutdown, the threat of a federal debt default and the potential implosion of either […]
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans a vote soon to push Senator Bernie Sanders's $3.5 trillion socialist dream budget one step closer to law.The news grows worse from there.Every other detail […]
- If there is one distinctive quality that sets apart the American conservative movement from its counterparts in other democratic polities, it is a refusal to think about domestic economic questions […]
- It's not the cynic who wonders whether Biden's pussyfooting around China is a result of his being compromised. It's knowing that nobody gives away money without expecting something in return.
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's last-second vote switch on funding Iron Dome was a worst-of-all-worlds solution to her dilemma.
- Those tears Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shed this week after changing her vote on funding Israel's Iron Dome defense system from "no" to "present"? Make no mistake about it: Those were […]
- Seemingly overnight, Elder galvanized support from GOP voters in the state.
“Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.”
Ambrose Bierce
- That they were not being held hostage was always a fiction
- One man has long been a critic of post-modern ideology
- Our model finds that case rates increased more than expected after the start of term
- On the risks and rewards of the Democratic Senate leader’s relentlessly clubbable style
- Following the science would have led to more certainty
- General Mark Milley is accused of going behind Donald Trump’s back
- The move marks progress in the state’s urgent quest for more housing
- Mississippi offers a glimpse
- An empirical explanation for unlawful police killings makes solving crime harder
- Managing America’s complicated relations with China is an aspiration in search of a strategy
- Cheney’s 2013 condemnation of same-sex marriage caused a rift with her sister, who is a lesbian. The two have now reconciled, the congresswoman from Wyoming said.
- She lost two bids for governor but became a leader among Texas liberals and one of the nation’s most prominent feminists.
- With the court about to open potentially its most divisive terms in years, a debate rages over whether the nine justices are too political — and too powerful.
- The 1979 Iran hostage crisis gripped the country and may have cost a president his job. Now the Americans who spent 444 days in captivity and inspired a nation to […]
- If the government shuts down next week, here's what would happen.
- Could the United States soon be plunged into a recession and face financial calamity by defaulting on its loans for the first time ever? It’s at least a possibility as […]
- Could the United States soon be plunged into a recession and face financial calamity by defaulting on its loans for the first time ever? It’s at least a possibility as […]
- While many say that party leaders will find a way to pass their ambitious plan, some are contemplating a nightmare scenario, in which talks fall apart and Democrats are left […]
- The colossal hack of Epik, an Internet-services company popular with the far right, has been called the “mother of all data lodes” for extremism researchers. Some of those named in […]
- Members of both parties have noted that Biden has asked Harris to take on often thankless issues, including abortion and immigration. But her meetings with activists in these areas have […]
- With a Supreme Court ruling in the balance, an Olympic medalist joined a group of more than 500 athletes supporting reproductive rights.
- Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California said that the House would take up the $1 trillion bill on Thursday, hours before government funding is scheduled to lapse.
- The top two Democrats in Congress face a daunting pile of legislative imperatives. With President Biden’s agenda hanging in the balance and few votes to spare, can they get it […]
- Republicans and Democrats have long sparred over raising the debt ceiling. But this time, the odds are growing that the U.S. could default.
- Abu Bakker Qassim, a Uyghur from China, was dumped in Albania after the U.S. concluded he was not a terrorist, as Chinese authorities had maintained. The only country that wants […]
- China reciprocated within hours, freeing two Canadians, a notable resolution in a relationship that has been spiraling downward.
- Failure of moderates and progressives to reach a deal would fuel Republican attacks on their competence — with consequences as soon as November in Virginia, and in the midterms next […]
- Health officials were preparing on Friday to start giving booster shots to older and at-risk Americans, trying to make sense of new and broad eligibility guidelines.
- In a letter to constituents, the New York congresswoman suggested she had changed her “no” vote because she had been subjected to “hateful targeting” for opposing the aid.
- The foreign minister for Iran’s new hard-line government said it would demand a higher price for limiting its nuclear program than it did in the 2015 deal.
“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
- Massachusetts troopers set to quit over a vaccine mandate, New York announces plans if vaccine mandate causes a health worker shortage: COVID updates.
- Every student deserves to attend a clean, healthy, safe and technologically rich school. Yet, we are far from that reality.
- The House is expected to debate $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, authorities investigate the deadly Montana train derailment and more news to start your Monday.
- After 18 months away from the theater, no person returned to Broadway unchanged. See what went down backstage (and who won) at this year's Tony Awards!
- Aaron Rodgers and Mason Crosby only needed 37 seconds to recapture the lead and put the Packers over the top against the previously unbeaten 49ers.
- Sam will either continue turning north or continue along a west-northwest track this week, which would take the storm closer to the US.
- Cheney told '60 Minutes' she has little affection for Biden, who she believes has embraced harmful polices for the economy and national security.
- Team USA clinched the Ryder Cup early on Sunday, romping to a 19-9 victory and marking the fourth time in last 13 meetings it has beaten Europe in the event. […]
- A school bus driver in Washington state was fatally stabbed in an attack that happened in front of elementary school children last week, police said.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 279 people in 29 states have been sickened with salmonella; 26 are hospitalized.
- Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the House vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill — originally scheduled for Monday — will now be on Thursday.
- Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) told 60 Minutes that Americans “deserve better than having to choose between” President Biden’s “disastrous” policies and former President Trump “who violated his oath of office.” […]
- New York Times: “The dance is repeating this fall, but this time the dynamics are different — and the threat of default is greater than ever.” “Republicans in Congress have […]
- “The Senate will hold a futile vote Monday night — just 72 hours before a potential shutdown — on a House-passed bill to fund the government through Dec. 3 and […]
- “Two of the nine House centrists who demanded Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) bring the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill to the floor by Monday are now publicly promising to vote […]
- Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) tweeted a photo of George W. Bush with a message: “I like Republican presidents who win re-election.” Cheney is being interviewed tonight on 60 Minutes.
- Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told former President Donald Trump, “You fucked up your presidency” earlier this year when advising him to accept that he lost the 2020 presidential election, The […]
- Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla told ABC News that he anticipates a return to normal life post-pandemic within the year. He added: “I think the most likely scenario is annual revaccination, […]
- “This epic week for President Biden on Capitol Hill is even bigger than his domestic agenda,” Axios reports. “Biden has anchored his entire strategy for foreign affairs on the notion […]
- Yahoo News: “In 2017, as Julian Assange began his fifth year holed up in Ecuador’s embassy in London, the CIA plotted to kidnap the WikiLeaks founder, spurring heated debate among […]
“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
- Germany's center-left Social Democrats won the biggest share of the vote in national elections in a closely fought race that will determine who succeeds the long-time leader.
- The westbound train, Empire Builder, was on its way from Chicago to Seattle when it left the tracks Saturday after near Joplin, Mont., killing three people.
- The center-left Social Democrats narrowly defeated outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right Union bloc. The winning party must forge an alliance with its rivals to form a government.
- The state's vaccine mandate for hospital and nursing home workers takes effect on Monday, and officials are bracing for staffing shortages. Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced a plan for filling […]
- Germany's two largest parties have emerged from Sunday's election in what amounts to a dead heat, according to preliminary results.
- One cookie featuring a rare Pokemon sold for $15,000 online, giving new meaning to the catchphrase, "Gotta catch 'em all."
- Official results showed the measure passed with 64.1% of voters in favor and won a majority in all of Switzerland's 26 cantons, or states.
- It was the deadliest violence between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank in weeks and came in the wake of this year's 11-day war between Israel […]
- Some 5,000 refugees and migrants are in Serbia, trying to reach European Union countries. With EU leaders fearing an influx of refugees, "Serbia is in a difficult position," says a […]
- NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro speaks with Conor Dougherty, an economics reporter at The New York Times, about what a series of new measures mean for California's housing crisis.
- Congressional Democrats are trying to wrap up negotiations on their reconciliation package, fund the government, and deal with the debt ceiling. But with looming deadlines with big consequences, someone is […]
- Seven House lawmakers are facing ethics complaints for violating the Stock Act, which polices insider trading, because of a recent bipartisan trend of lawmakers ignoring disclosure requirements. They say it […]
- The Biden administration is expelling hundreds of Haitian migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, after thousands arrived at a crossing near Del Rio, Texas this weekend. Photos of groups in makeshift […]
- In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Biden emphasized the importance of global cooperation to combat the coronavirus and climate change. And he not so subtly […]
- The GOP has a good shot at taking at least one if not both chambers of Congress in next year's midterm elections. And they are already sharpening their message by […]
- Saturday's "Justice For J6" rally is being held to protest government treatment of people who participated in the riot. It could serve as a test of how the Capitol Police […]
- The group was founded in 1985 to get Democratic women who back abortion access elected to office and has faced criticism in the years since from people who say the […]
- Progressives feel as though their job compromising on the $3.5 trillion dollar budget bill is done, while Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema say the package is still too big. […]
- Secretary of State Antony Blinken appeared before both the House and the Senate this week, where he met with bipartisan frustration over the hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan after the country's […]
- The WBNA's political activism helped to reshape the political landscape in Washington. NPR's Franco Ordoñez and Ayesha Rascoe talked to Nneka Ogwumike, head of the league's players union, about its […]
- The Global Citizen Live festival saw performances from more than 60 artists in six continents.
- Dozens of people are injured after several carriages of the Amtrak train came off the tracks.
- Two Canadians detained by China are also freed, bringing to an end a three-year diplomatic row.
- The actor died after overdosing on a combination of fentanyl, p-fluorofentanyl, heroin and cocaine.
- The image of two-year-old Chloe Clem making a disapproving face was auctioned in cryptocurrency.
- Virginia Giuffre is claiming damages from Prince Andrew over allegations he sexually assaulted her.
- The five-week trial heard harrowing details of abuse and assault. Here are the key moments.
- Mr Modi told Ms Harris, the first south Asian US vice-president, India was "waiting to welcome" her.
- The SpaceX founder said that their work had seen them spending significant amounts of time apart.
- A posh building on NYC's Billionaire Row has been facing a series of serious woes.
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