Just how bad is the political environment for President Trump and Republicans? We’ll get a lot of evidence one way or the other on Tuesday, as Virginia and New Jersey hold gubernatorial elections and voters go to the polls all over the country for other local races and measures. The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast team discusses […]
Over the past month, allegations of serial sexual harassment by powerful men in media have roiled the industry. The allegations have also extended to significant figures in political journalism, including Mark Halperin, the former political director of ABC News and coauthor of the campaign chronicles “Game Change” and “Double Down.” Halperin has acknowledged that he […]
Welcome to The Lab, FiveThirtyEight’s basketball podcast. On this week’s show (Nov. 1, 2017), Neil, Chris and Kyle discuss the NBA’s recent changes to the player rest policy and San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich’s response. In September, NBA owners approved new rules that would let commissioner Adam Silver impose fines for resting healthy players. […]
Welcome to The Lab, FiveThirtyEight’s basketball podcast. On this week’s show (Nov. 1, 2017), Neil, Chris and Kyle discuss the NBA’s recent changes to the player rest policy and San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich’s response. In September, NBA owners approved new rules that would let commissioner Adam Silver impose fines for resting healthy players. […]
The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast crew discusses the first round of indictments as part of the special counsel’s investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and potential collusion with President Trump’s campaign. Paul Manafort, who served as chairman of Trump’s campaign, and Manafort’s business associate Rick Gates surrendered themselves to authorities on Monday. Documents were […]