AOC tangles with Sinema over $3.5 trillion spending package
The two efforts, paired together, represent Biden's jobs and families plan. And her statement is both good news and bad...
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Where Marjorie Taylor Greene’s False Claim About COVID-19 And Obesity Came From
This is the latest edition of our column that excavates the origins of public figures’ factually dubious comments. We explain...
The Mysterious Case Of 2020’s Polling Error
In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew looks back at the record number of Democrats who ran...
Will A Pro-Vaccination Push By GOP Leaders Change The Minds Of Unvaccinated Americans?
Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. sarah (Sarah Frostenson, politics editor): With the delta...
Wisconsin GOP leader doesn’t want another election probe
The highest ranking Republican in the Wisconsin Assembly says he doesn't know what a forensic audit of the state’s 2020...
Officers label Jan. 6 rioters ‘terrorists’ in select committee hearing
“I can see why someone would take issue with the title of terrorist. It's gained a lot of notoriety in...
How A Special Election In Texas’s 6th District Tested Trump’s Influence On The GOP
UPDATE (July 28, 2021, 7:46 a.m.): On Tuesday, Republican state Rep. Jake Ellzey handily defeated longtime GOP activist Susan Wright...
How A Special Election In Texas’s 6th District Will Test Trump’s Influence On The GOP
Ideologically, Susan Wright and Jake Ellzey have a lot in common. For starters, the first three priorities on their respective...
Politics Podcast: Does Running For President Always Help Your Career?
FiveThirtyEight Almost a year after the 2020 Democratic National Convention, the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast crew looks back at the record...
Cheney-McCarthy war of words heats up over Jan. 6 investigation
“We've got serious business here. We have important work to do,” she added. The back-and-forth comes after a series of...
