Which Taylor Swift Album Is The Most Popular?

Polling Which Taylor Swift Album Is The Most Popular? We don’t actually know — and that can teach us something about polling. By Nathaniel Rakich Mar. 24, 2023, at 6:00 AM PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY FIVETHIRTYEIGHT / GETTY IMAGES Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. The oldest poll I could find on Taylor Swift was…

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Will Voters Care If Trump Gets Indicted?

All eyes have been on the Manhattan district attorney’s office this week to see whether Donald Trump will become the first former American president to be indicted on criminal charges. It appears unlikely that an indictment will come this week. And even if the grand jury were to indict, the charges wouldn’t be unsealed until…

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Two Harvard Grads Saw Big Profits in African Education. Children Paid the Price.

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In the early days of the era of Silicon Valley disruption, two Harvard University graduates dreamed up a bold experiment in education. Shannon May, who studied education development in rural China, and her husband, Jay Kimmelman, an education software developer, spied an untapped opportunity for some of the moving-fast-and-breaking-things going on all around them. “In…

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Why Is Biden Moving To The Political Center?

Transcript Nathaniel Rakich: Joe Biden is racing toward the political center. First, reports surfaced that his administration may resume detaining immigrant families who cross the border illegally. Then he came out in favor of blocking a Washington, D.C., law that would have reduced the penalties for certain crimes. Finally, he approved a massive new oil…

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What We Know About Trump’s Legal Troubles

Donald Trump What We Know About Trump’s Legal Troubles By Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux Mar. 22, 2023, at 12:57 PM PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY SCHERER / GETTY IMAGES Despite a near-constant swirl of legal problems, former President Donald Trump has managed to avoid indictment so far. But one prosecutor seems poised to take the plunge and become…

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The Many Lives and Deaths of Iraq, as Witnessed by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

Amidst massive protests around the United States and the world, on March 19, 2003, the U.S. began its invasion of Iraq. This week on Intercepted, Jeremy Scahill, Murtaza Hussain, and Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad discuss the long-lasting impact of the war on Iraq and its people. Throughout the 20 years since the invasion, Iraq was…

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What Happens If Trump Is Indicted?

2024 Election What Happens If Trump Is Indicted? A FiveThirtyEight Chat Mar. 21, 2023, at 1:16 PM Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. nrakich (Nathaniel Rakich, senior elections analyst): On Saturday, former President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social (a social media site he created when he was kicked…

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Politics Podcast: The 2000s Called, They Want Their Politics Back

FiveThirtyEight   More: Apple Podcasts | ESPN App | RSS | Amazon Music | Spotify In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew looks back at two of the most notable American political decisions of the 21st century: the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the bailout of American banks during the 2007-’08 financial…

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The Pentagon's Obsession With Secrecy Protected a Marine Accused of Sexual Assault

When a low-profile U.S. military base in Syria came under rocket attack last week, a U.S. Central Command spokesperson accused the assailants of endangering civilians and undermining “the hard-earned stability and security of Syria and the region.” But exclusive records obtained by The Intercept suggest that U.S. personnel at Mission Support Site Green Village in…

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