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The 4 Main Factions Of The House Democratic Caucus
[ad_1] SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images It’s easy for one party to look unified when members of the other party constantly appear to be at each other’s throats. As stories of fissures among Republicans have made front-page news since the party narrowly took control of the House of Representatives, House Democrats have looked…
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Who Is Nikki Haley, Trump’s First Major Challenger?
[ad_1] Transcript Michael Tabb: This is Nikki Haley. She’s the former governor of South Carolina and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under former President Donald Trump. Now she’s challenging Trump in the GOP primary for president. Haley is the daughter of Indian Sikh immigrants, and she’s one of the highest-profile women of color in…
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Nikki Haley Is Taking On Trump
[ad_1] PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY SCHERER / GETTY IMAGES Former President Donald Trump is no longer the only candidate in the 2024 Republican primary. On Tuesday Nikki Haley announced that she’s running for president too. Haley was the United Nations ambassador under Trump and a governor of South Carolina — and now, she’s the second…
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More Americans Are Choosing To Stay Single
[ad_1] Robert Voets / CBS via Getty Images Looking for a last-minute Valentine’s Day reservation? It might be easier to get one this year than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic — and not just because some people are still avoiding dining indoors. A new survey from the American Enterprise Institute’s Survey Center on American…
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2 Ways This Debt Ceiling Debate Ends
[ad_1] House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and former Speaker John Boehner both face or faced contentious negotiations over the debt ceiling, but as the leaders of two very different Republican caucuses. Al Drago / CQ Roll Call Political battles in Washington sometimes feature the hallmarks of a bad sequel that uses the same narrative threads as…
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Biden Says He Doesn’t Believe The Polls. He Should.
[ad_1] In Part 1 of this week’s FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast, the crew asks whether President Biden’s recent dismissal of the polls is a “good or bad use of polling.” [ad_2]
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Will UFOs Push U.S. China Relations To The Brink?
[ad_1] In Part 2 of this week’s FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast, the crew looks at changing public opinion on China and how it could shape American politics. [ad_2]
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Will GOP Elites Rally Around A Trump Alternative In 2024?
[ad_1] In Part 3 of this week’s FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast, the crew wonders whether the Republican Party can coalesce around an alternative to former President Donald Trump for the 2024 elections. [ad_2]
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Politics Podcast: American Opinion Of China Has Plummeted
[ad_1] The U.S. shot down at least three unidentified flying objects over the weekend. We’re still waiting to find out what the deal is, but this focus on slow moving objects in U.S. airspace was kicked off by a Chinese spy balloon that the U.S. shot down earlier this month. Tensions between the U.S. and…
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Biden’s Cabinet Members Seem To Really Like Their Jobs
[ad_1] Ron Klain (left), President Biden’s now-former chief of staff, is only the second departure from Biden’s Cabinet. MANDEL NGAN / AFP via Getty Images Being a member of the presidential Cabinet can be a high-stress job, no matter who is sitting in the Oval Office. So it makes sense that just over two years…