The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast team discusses the news that President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn is pleading guilty to lying to the FBI, and that Flynn is cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller and his team. Where does this leave Mueller’s investigation? And is Trump now in its crosshairs? The crew dives in. […]
On Monday, lawmakers returned to Washington and immediately confronted questions about how they’ve handled sexual harassment in their own ranks. Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux joins the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast to talk about why the workplace culture in Congress is conducive to misconduct and underreporting. The team also discusses the latest polling and the unknowns in Alabama’s upcoming […]
The Alabama special Senate election is a dead heat after more women accused Republican candidate Roy Moore of sexual misconduct. The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast team assesses attitudes among different voting groups in Alabama and discusses the candidates’ strategies thus far. The crew also looks at the pros and cons for Republicans of passing a tax […]
The wave of sexual misconduct accusations has reached the U.S. Senate. On Thursday, radio news host Leeann Tweeden accused Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota of groping and kissing her without her consent while they were on a USO tour in the Middle East. The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast team discusses what the accusations say about the […]
In the past week, several women have accused Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore of making inappropriate advances toward them while they were teenagers. Two of those instances allegedly included forced sexual contact. On this episode of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, our team discusses how the accusations have affected a race that Republicans were expected […]