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Back to SearchNov. 4, 2022: Inside Oprah's big Senate endorsement
Episode 1479
Oprah Winfrey endorsed Democrat John Fetterman in the ultratight Pennsylvania Senate race during a virtual GOTV event Thursday night. More than just…
3 years, 5 months ago
Nov. 2, 2022: Breaking down 2022’s closing arguments
Episode 1477
There are just six days left in this chaotic midterm, which means campaigns around the country are readying their final pitches for voters.
Candidate…
3 years, 5 months ago
Nov. 1, 2022: The troubling future of political violence in America
Episode 1476
Even though it was Halloween, two political extremists were unmasked yesterday, one on each coast.
What they said tells us a lot about the future of p…
3 years, 5 months ago
Oct. 31, 2022: The next big precedent SCOTUS is set to overturn
Episode 1475
Another landmark Supreme Court decision from the 1970s is likely to fall.
This morning, SCOTUS will hear oral arguments in two cases challenging the u…
3 years, 5 months ago
Oct. 28, 2022: Biden and Trump step into a Pennsylvania proxy war
Episode 1474
For months, President Joe Biden and Donald Trump have been shadow-boxing on the campaign trail — zig-zagging across the country on parallel paths tha…
3 years, 5 months ago
Oct. 27, 2022: Forecast: All GOP on the Western front
Episode 1473
Senior campaigns and elections editor Steve Shepard is out with the latest update of POLITICO’s 2022 forecast.
Let’s begin with the headline: Five rac…
3 years, 5 months ago
Oct. 26, 2022: How much will John Fetterman’s rocky night matter?
Episode 1472
Let’s state the obvious: John Fetterman struggled to effectively communicate during his one and only Senate debate with Mehmet Oz Tuesday in Harrisbu…
3 years, 5 months ago
Oct. 25, 2022: Inside the Democratic divisions on Ukraine
Episode 1471
“For some of Ukraine’s most ardent backers, even talking about diplomacy amounts to appeasement,” Gideon Rachman, the chief foreign affairs columnist…
3 years, 5 months ago
Oct. 24, 2022: What's at stake during debate week
Episode 1470
15 days left until Election Day. … 7,501,492 early votes already cast as of 10:20 p.m. Sunday, per the United States Elections Project.
And Playbook e…
3 years, 5 months ago
Oct. 21, 2022: Where Democrats can find some good news
Episode 1469
Our colleague Natalie Allison got her hands on some new polling data out of Nevada that shows the closely watched race between Democratic Sen. Cather…
3 years, 5 months ago