The Democratic presidential primary might feel like a lifetime ago, but one important storyline in that race was health care — specifically single-payer health care, or the policy that the government should offer universal health insurance to everyone in the country. The nomination of now-President Biden, who opposed single-payer health care during the primary, has … Read more
Kelly said Mazars performed his work on Trump’s financial statements “in accordance with professional standards” but that it could no longer stand by the documents in light of James’ findings and his own investigation. Mazars’ conclusions applied to Trump’s financial statements for 2011 to 2020, Kelly said. Another accounting firm handled Trump’s 2021 financial statement, … Read more
Republicans and Democrats disagree on all manners of things. Surveys suggest they often don’t even like each other, and voting data shows they each commonly live among like-minded Americans. But in this installation of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, political scientists Yanna Krupnikov and John Barry Ryan suggest that focusing on the left/right divide in American … Read more
Political scientists Yanna Krupnikov and John Barry Ryan join the podcast to discuss their new book “The Other Divide.” They suggest that focusing on only the left/right divide in American politics is reductive. By doing so, we are missing another important divide, one that may actually run counter to the idea that America is hopelessly … Read more
Did you tune into (or are you currently watching) the opening ceremonies for the Winter Olympics Friday morning? Did you even realize the opening ceremonies were happening? If not, you’re not alone. Polling shows enthusiasm for the Games is muted, and while the Winter Games are typically not as popular As Summer Games in the … Read more
It’s only been about a month since we last checked which members of the US House of Representatives are retiring, but 10 more have already announced their intention to leave office. Eight of those outgoing members are also Democrats, which may indicate a lack of confidence in the party’s position in the 2022 midterm elections. … Read more
For more coverage of the January 6th attack, check out our collection of essays and reflections examining where we are as a country a year later, including what has changed – and not – since a violent crowd of Trump- Supporters stormed the US Capitol. Time and again, Republicans have downplayed the seriousness of what … Read more