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What happens when Elon Musk and a bunch of tech bros try to rip up the US government? Journalist Michael Lewis – the author of Moneyball and of The Big Short – talks to Nosheen Iqbal about his new book Blockers, which tr
An NPR senior political editor/correspondent tells us what he will be looking out for as results roll in on Election Day.
A cruise ship suspended operations suddenly, citing soaring fuel costs. Passengers, including Randy Cassingham, had to disembark in Cambodia. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Cassingham about the ordeal.
There are 435 seats in the House of Representatives, 35 in the Senate and 39 governorships up for grabs in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Jonathan Freedland is joined by Carrie Dann, of the Cook Political Report, to run th
Haitian community in Springfield demands dignity and better rights for immigrants as ICE crackdown ramps up Michaelle Louis’s feet and legs are aching. She can barely walk. Surrounded by corn fields and the distant hum o
Trump’s utter abuse of the power proves it. As the midterms approach, voters have not forgotten January 6 From betraying Ukraine and dispatching masked agents who killed Americans to deporting US citizens and pulling out
All 435 House seats, roughly a third of the Senate, and dozens of governorships. A plain-English guide to the stakes.
538 electors. 270 to win. Here's the machinery behind every presidential race — and why the popular vote and the outcome can diverge.
Margin of error, likely voters, and house effects — the fine print that separates signal from noise.
Six-year terms and three staggered classes mean the fight for the Senate is set years before a single vote is cast.
Hot take: the loudest voices in politics are paid to be certain, and certainty is exactly the wrong posture.
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The persuadable middle keeps shrinking. The ground war for who shows up is where campaigns are really won.
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