Grading The Media’s Election Performance

The Takeaway

A New DOJ, Sans Sessions

Sessions is out. We explore the decision and what it could mean for the Mueller investigation and the future of the Trump Administration.

A Post-Midterm Look at the Nation’s Judicial Landscape

The midterms are changing the face of America’s courts, from the local level all the way up.

Gunman Opens Fire Killing 12 at California Bar 

The dead included the gunman and a sheriff’s sergeant who was the first officer inside the bar.

Medicaid Expansion was on the Ballot in Three States

Voters in Idaho, Nebraska, and Utah all approved ballot measures to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

Since 2016, Have We Learned Anything About Rural Voters?

Some states in the Midwest did experience a “blue wave” of their own.

Grading The Media’s Election Performance 

Did journalists get the midterm elections story right? 

Guests:

Erin Banco

Alicia Bannon

Claudia Bill-de la Peña

Tami Luhby

Sarah Smarsh

Stuart Gerson

Alex Pareene

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