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[ad_1] It’s hard to remember now that it’s over, but the war in Afghanistan was overwhelmingly popular when it began.  Merely a week after Sept. 11, then-president George W. Bush signed a joint resolution from Congress authorizing the use of force against those responsible, and the U.S. and British, with international support, began bombing Taliban…

[ad_1] If a kid isn’t keeping up with peers academically, summer school seems like a no-brainer. Instead of forgetting what they learned during the school year while they’re on vacation for two months, they’re catching up and getting ahead. Which is why it was a surprise when a Rand Corporation study of summer school programs…

[ad_1] It was a night of firsts: the first midterm primary of the year, in Texas, and President Biden’s first official State of the Union address. The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast crew discussed the key takeaways in Biden’s optimistic speech and analyzed the outcomes of the Texas primaries as results came in. You can listen to…

[ad_1] On Feb. 25, shortly after President Biden’s Supreme Court nominee became public, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham tweeted that he expects a “respectful but interesting” hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.  If history is any guide, Graham’s right about it being interesting — but likely wrong about it being respectful.  Biden’s nominee is Ketanji Brown…

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[ad_1] This year’s State of the Union will be — believe it or not — the first since the beginning of the pandemic in the United States. And unlike last year’s speech (which was technically a speech to a joint session of Congress, not a State of the Union), attendance will not be capped this year…

[ad_1] In Part I of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses how Russia’s attack on Ukraine will affect U.S. politics. Specifically, they explore how the handling of this crisis will reflect on President Biden and the Republican divide on Russian President Vladimir Putin. [ad_2]

[ad_1] In Part III of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, Galen Druke interviews Russian/Eurasian policy expert Samuel Charap, a senior political scientist with the Rand Corporation. Charap analyzes the ongoing war in Ukraine and the difficulties of reaching a compromise to satisfy Western, Ukrainian and Russian interests. [ad_2]

[ad_1] In Part II of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, senior writer Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux chats with Galen Druke about Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s nomination to replace Justice Stephen Breyer, and how she could shake up the U.S. Supreme Court. [ad_2]