CNN Is Using an Election Polling Tool That Anyone Can Rig

The network is giving Kalshi, a volatile and easily gamed prediction market, authority it once reserved for actual polling.
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Lawmaker calls for accountability over timing of fellow House Democrat’s retirement: ‘Election subversion is wrong’

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez said Sunday that “election subversion is wrong no matter who’s doing it,” as she criticized Democratic Rep. Chuy García over the timing of his decision to retire, which ...
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‘Blackmail’: Indiana Senate Republicans say no to redistricting despite Trump’s primary threats

The Indiana Senate voted Tuesday to adjourn until January as its Republican supermajority continues to resist pressure from President Donald Trump to redraw the state’s congressional lines. Gov. Mike ...

Anger is a defining character trait for both parties, new study shows

An updated Pew study shows that, with the change in administrations and party power in Congress, Democrats are now at record ...
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‘Oh my God, this is our Tanzania’: CNN investigation shows police fatally shooting protesters, signs of mass graves

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains disturbing images. In the chaotic aftermath of Tanzania’s disputed presidential election last month, police and gun-wielding men on patrol shot at groups of ...
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The Direct-to-Consumer Playbook

What happens when politicians can get their message out without the press. Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Over the past two decades, as American voters have migrated online, each election cycle ...
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John Kerry Fast Facts

Here’s a look at the life of former Secretary of State John Kerry. Personal Birth date: December 11, 1943 Birth place: Aurora, Colorado Birth name: John Forbes Kerry Father: Richard Kerry, a Foreign ...
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Hamid Karzai Fast Facts

Here is a look at the life of Hamid Karzai, the former president of Afghanistan. Personal Birth date: December 24, 1957 Birth place: Kandahar, Afghanistan Father: Abdul Ahad Karzai, politician Mother: ...
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Federal court bars Texas from using new Republican-friendly US House map in midterms

A federal court Tuesday blocked Texas from using its newly drawn congressional map in next year’s midterms, ruling that the map is likely an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The ruling is a major ...
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Tom Vilsack Fast Facts

Here’s a look at the life of former US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. Personal Birth date: December 13, 1950 Birth place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Full name: Thomas James Vilsack Father: Bud ...
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Chile’s presidential race headed to tense runoff between communist and hard-right candidates

Chile is headed to a tense presidential runoff after a closely fought first-round vote Sunday set up a showdown between a member of the Communist Party and an ultraconservative veteran politician, ...