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The Uber app displays cars available to make a pickup around Capitol Hill in May 2015

Pols deride Uber. They also ride Uber. A lot, documents show.

Culture

Congress fumes against the data and the practices of the car-sharing service. But a new report shows they also are big customers. More than 7,600 times in the last election cycle. A chart breaks it down, pol by pol.

The Death of American Liberalism?

The World

Mr. Franken Goes to Washington

Global Politics
The World

Franken Wins Minnesota Senate Race. Finally.

Global Politics
The World

Al Franken and Norm Coleman Face Off in Minnesota

Global Politics
The World

Franken wins? Not so fast.

Conflict & Justice

It ain’t over till it’s over. A day before the 111th Congress convenes, Republican senators are claiming that they will block any attempts to seat Democrat Al Franken, who currently holds a slim lead over Republican incumbent Norm Coleman.

The World

Two votes separate candidates in Minnesota senate race

Global Politics

The disputed Minnesota Senate race is now closer that it’s ever been. Tom Scheck, a reporter with Minnesota Public Radio, joins The Takeaway with the latest.

The World

Minnesota: the race that wouldn’t end

Global Politics

The punishing recount between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken was supposed to end today, but 130 lost ballots in Minneapolis that could sway the outcome must be found first.

The World

Minnesota’s Senate race has no immediate end in sight

Global Politics

The Takeaway talks to Tom Scheck of Minnesota Public Radio as the 2008 manual re-count (for the Coleman – Franken election) of more than 2.9 million votes heads into its final days.

The World

AP calls Minnesota Senate race: Norm Coleman (R) defeats Al Franken (D)

Global Politics

JOHN HOCKENBERRY: This is The Takeaway. I’m John Hockenberry. And the squeaker in Minnesota has finally squeaked. Norm Coleman has been announced as the Republican senator reelected in Minneapolis. No punch line for Al Franken, who was down to just a few hundred folks there during the counting, which went into the wee hours of […]