Liz Cheney And Lisa Murkowski Could Lose To Election Deniers

Two establishment Republicans who stood up to former President Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud are facing the voters on Aug. 16. Can they beat their Trump-backed opponents? Transcript Nathaniel Rakich: Two of the most high-profile Republicans who have stood up to former President Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud...

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Politics Podcast: Why Have Democrats’ Odds Of Winning The Senate Improved?

In the past week, Democrats’ odds of keeping control of the Senate after the midterms have ticked up to around 60 percent, according to our Deluxe forecast model. In this installment of “Model Talk” on the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, Nate Silver and Galen Druke discuss the news events and polling that have contributed to this change. They also...

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Are Democrats Really Going To Win In Ohio And Wisconsin?

In recent weeks, Democrats’ odds of keeping control of the Senate after the 2022 midterms have ticked up to sixty percent, according to our deluxe forecast model. In this installment of “Model Talk,” Nate Silver and Galen Druke discuss the news events and polling that have contributed to that change. They also ask whether we should be skeptical of polls...

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Mandela Barnes May Be Democrats’ Best Hope For Flipping A Senate Seat

One of the most competitive Senate races in November will be in Wisconsin, where Mandela Barnes, a progressive Democratic candidate, is running against the GOP incumbent, Sen. Ron Johnson. Can Barnes win in a state that Donald Trump won in 2016 and barely lost in 2020? Transcript MICHAEL TABB: This is Mandela Barnes, currently the lieutenant...

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The Mariners Will Go As Far As Their Young Talent Takes Them

MLB The Mariners Will Go As Far As Their Young Talent Takes Them By Alex Kirshner Aug. 15, 2022, at 9:37 AM Julio Rodríguez...

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Will Cheney And Murkowski Survive Their Trump-Backed Primary Challenges?

2022 Election Will Cheney And Murkowski Survive Their Trump-Backed Primary Challenges? And 4 other elections to watch in Alaska and Wyoming. By Nathaniel Rakich Aug. 15, 2022, at 6:00 AM ...

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The Mystics Are Finally Ready To Run Back Their 2019 Title

WNBA The Mystics Are Finally Ready To Run Back Their 2019 Title Injuries and the pandemic knocked the team off schedule. Now they're winning again, with a new formula for success. By Dorothy J. Gentry Aug. 12, 2022, at 9:00...

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Will This Be An Asterisk* Election?

2022 Election Will This Be An Asterisk* Election? *It takes something unusual for the president’s party to do well in the midterms. By Nate Silver Aug. 12, 2022, at 8:18 AM ...

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Can You Escape The Casino?

The Riddler Can You Escape The Casino? By Zach Wissner-Gross Aug. 12, 2022, at 8:00 AM Illustration by Guillaume Kurkdjian ...

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From Mueller To Mar-a-Lago, Americans Remain Divided On Trump’s Legal Jeopardy

Donald Trump From Mueller To Mar-a-Lago, Americans Remain Divided On Trump’s Legal Jeopardy By Zoha Qamar Aug. 12, 2022, at 6:00 AM PHOTO...

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