What Have We Learned From Biden’s First 100 Days?
Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. sarah (Sarah Frostenson, politics editor): We’re closing in...
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Why A Guilty Verdict For Derek Chauvin Doesn’t Change The Reality Of Police Violence
The murder trial for Derek Chauvin was notable in many ways. Not only was it significant to George Floyd’s family,...
Lawmakers push PPP revamp as funding lapse looms
It's unclear how many potential borrowers the bill will help without any more money being pumped into the program. And...
Republicans Say They Care About Election Fraud. Here’s How They Could Actually Prevent It.
Republicans care a whole lot about election security these days. Fueled in part by the “Big Lie,” the baseless claim...
Why House Democrats Probably Won’t Pass Their Reparations Bill
In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight politics podcast, the crew talks about the politics of reparations for slavery after a...
Walter Mondale, Carter’s vice president, dies at 93
MINNEAPOLIS -- Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, a liberal icon who lost one of the most lopsided presidential elections...
Former Vice President Walter Mondale dies at 93
Heading into the 1976 election season, Mondale was expected to join a wide-open Democratic field in seeking the presidency. He...
Politics Podcast: Celebrity Candidates Are Here To Stay
The idea of the celebrity politician isn’t going away just because former President Trump is out of office. Caitlyn Jenner...
Five Questions The Political Media Is Wrestling With In Covering America’s ‘Uncivil War’
The political media has long been both powerful and controversial — no surprise, as it essentially plays the role of...
Maxine Waters: Jim Jordan was mistreating Dr. Fauci, panel
Waters told Jonathan Capehart, host of MSNBC's "The Sunday Show," that she saw Jordan as seeking to bully Fauci, adding:...
