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Oct 30, 2017

The Day That The Russia Investigation Got Really Real

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Oct 30, 2017

Which Reactions To The Manafort Indictment Matter Most

With special counsel Robert Mueller’s decision to charge President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and Rick Gates, who worked with Manafort, we have entered a new phase of the controversy over whether Trump or members of his 2016 campaign team improperly colluded with Russian officials. Trump associates now understand that they could face criminal […]

Oct 30, 2017

Trumpism Works Better Without Trump

UPDATE (Jan. 16, 2:24 p.m.): Kentucky last week became the first state, with the Trump administration’s blessing, to take Medicaid benefits away from people who are working-age and not-disabled but don’t have jobs. This was an initiative of Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, who FiveThirtyEight wrote a long feature about in October. As the article below […]

Oct 27, 2017

Everyone Agrees That Weed Is Great — Except Politicians

Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Today’s theme song: “Benson” from the television show “Benson” in honor of the show’s star, Robert Guillaume, who passed away earlier this week at the age of 89. Poll of the week A Gallup poll released Wednesday found that a record high 64 percent of Americans favor legalizing […]

Oct 26, 2017

What The GOP Budget Taught Us About The Party’s Tax Reform Plans

After a month of wrangling, Republicans in the House narrowly passed a budget resolution on Thursday that has no direct policy effects. Like all other budget resolutions of this kind, it doesn’t even go to the president for a signature. But Thursday’s budget resolution, which was also approved by the Senate last week, really matters. […]