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1398 episodes transcribedPollsters and pundits warned there would be a “red wave” of Republican victories on Election Day, but the results tell a different story. We share som...
Election Day has wrapped, but now the wait begins as votes are counted and results pour in from across the country. We walk through what we know so fa...
Today is Election Day. And Shaniqua McClendon, Crooked’s political director, explains what you need to know if you’re voting today – from what to brin...
Elon Musk, who recently acquired Twitter for $44 billion, laid off about half of the company’s staff on Friday. The move also impacted teams that mode...
In the run-up to the midterm elections, Republicans have made crime a central issue in their attacks against Democrats. But the fear tactics aren’t ba...
President Biden on Wednesday made his closing argument to voters ahead of Election Day. In a speech delivered near Capitol Hill, where violent extremi...
As Democrats make their final push on the campaign trail ahead of Election Day, election deniers are making their presence known in person. In Florida...
The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday over two cases that will decide the fate of affirmative action at American colleges and universities. Jay Wil...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s 82-year-old husband, Paul Pelosi, was attacked in their San Francisco home early Friday morning. The alleged assailant wa...
Brazilians will vote for their next president on Sunday — an election that could be the most decisive in that country’s democratic history. The choice...
Pennsylvania Senate candidates John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz met on Tuesday for one of the most highly anticipated debates of this midterm election cyc...
Arizona election officials have referred at least six cases of alleged voter intimidation at ballot drop-off boxes to the Justice Department. The comp...
There’s growing concern among Western countries that Russia could be planning a false flag operation in Ukraine – by deploying a so-called “dirty bomb...
A federal appeals court has temporarily put a hold on the Biden administration’s student debt forgiveness plan. The challenge comes from six Republica...
Liz Truss abruptly resigned as Britain’s prime minister on Thursday, after just 45 days in office — making her the shortest-serving prime minister in...
In August, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the arrests of several people accused of illegally voting in the 2020 election. But newly released...
President Biden promised to codify abortion access into federal law next year if voters elect more Democrats to the Senate and maintain their majority...
Another deadly round of Russian attacks hit Ukraine’s capital Kyiv early Monday morning – this time, from so-called "kamikaze" drones believed to be m...
It’s been one month since women began burning their hijabs and leading daily protests in the streets of Iran over the killing of Mahsa Amini. In that...
The House select committee investigating the January 6th insurrection held its latest — and potentially last — public hearing on Thursday, and voted t...
