The death of Jean-Marie Le Pen, former leader of the party once known as the National Front, occurs at a time when the mainstreaming of far-right politics in France seems almost complete. Le Pen was, for most of his career, considered the devil in French politics. Yet today, his party,Continue Reading
This is a special end-of-meteorological-summer installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast. Galen Druke speaks with pollsters Kristen Soltis Anderson and David Byler in an episode made entirely of “good or bad use of polling” examples. They consider why GOP primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy polls differently depending on survey methodology, whatContinue Reading
January 5, 2025 6:00 pm ET It’s MMA, so anything can happen, Ali Abdelaziz acknowledged. But absent some fluke, he says the next UFC light heavyweight title fight is all but locked up. It’s been the consensus, anyway, that 205-pound champ Alex Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) will take onContinue Reading
WASHINGTON — After her Army son died in an armored vehicle rollover in Syria in May, Sheila Murphy says, she got no call or letter from President Donald Trump, even as she waited months for his condolences, wrote to him to say “some days I don’t want to live,” andContinue Reading
Elon Musk has backed a suggestion that King Charles III of the United Kingdom exercise his powers and dissolve Parliament, which would usher in a new general election and a new Parliament, but critics wasted no time in lambasting the suggestion. Why It Matters Musk has set his sights onContinue Reading
Trump’s comeback changed American politics for good and for the better. The year 2024 concluded as one of the most impactful, influential, and drama-laced political seasons in the history of elections in the United States. The American people witnessed incumbent President Joe Biden stepping aside amidst a coup from theContinue Reading
Democrats lost the White House, the House, and the Senate—but that’s apparently not enough cause for them to rejigger their playbook. Earlier this month, Representative Gerry Connolly bested New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to become the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee. It was a battle of establishment DemocraticContinue Reading
Welcome to the final From the Politics Desk newsletter of the year, where we look ahead to the major storylines that will shape Washington and beyond in 2025. (Check out our recap of the dynamics that defined 2024 here.) We’ll be back on Friday, Jan. 3. Sign up to receiveContinue Reading
Skip to Main Content Politics “The idea that he needs to be in photo ops with these other presidents is not his MO. His heroes in politics were Anwar Sadat and Mahatma Gandhi, not Bill Clinton or George W. Bush.” Former President Jimmy Carter, furthest right, in a group photoContinue Reading
As 2025 begins, the future of the world’s tropical forests hangs in the balance, shaped by a confluence of political, economic, and environmental forces. From the Amazon to Southeast Asia and the Congo Basin, these ecosystems play a critical role in stabilizing the planet’s climate, preserving biodiversity, and supporting millionsContinue Reading
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