On this Valentine’s Day installment of the 538 Politics podcast, Galen is joined by Daniel Cox and Kelsey Eyre Hammond of the Survey Center on American Life.

Economists agree they would raise prices, and Americans agree that would be bad.

The rise of misinformation online has helped fringe ideas go mainstream.

It's unclear how many violent criminals are among those ICE has arrested.

In this post-Super Bowl edition, the 538 crew talks about prop bets and the rapid rise of sports gambling, along with the offlining of key government datasets under President Trump and why it matters.

Most Republicans in Congress were elected in the Trump era.

He's quickly undoing Biden's orders, too.

Jeanna Smialek, Brussels bureau chief for The New York Times, joins the show to break down the view from Europe.

Sen. Gary Peters’s retirement makes this key contest even more unpredictable.

The Department of Government Efficiency could wind up hurting Trump politically.

On this installment of the 538 Politics podcast, Galen is joined by Rachael Bade, Politico’s Capitol Hill bureau chief and senior Washington columnist.

Today on the 538 Politics podcast, the crew breaks down these tariff orders and how Americans feel about them.

A look at the careers of Trump's nominees to lead government agencies.

The Office of Management and Budget issued a memo attacking DEI programs and putting trillions in government funding at risk. States sued, and the administration backtracked.

Polling shows Medicaid and other federal health programs are widely popular.

It depends on how polls ask the question.

Most modern presidents were more popular at the start of their terms.

An explanation of the methodology for 538's presidential approval average.

What do Americans want from Trump’s second term? The crew delves into this question, exploring thermostatic public opinion and Trump’s strategy of testing the waters on key issues.

The crew reacts to President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address, as well as Trump’s plans for issuing dozens of executive orders.

With just days remaining in President Joe Biden’s term, the crew reflects on the past four years and tries to determine how this administration will be remembered.

With one week remaining before President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, the nation is orienting itself towards his policy goals. Will they include the addition of new American territory?

What’s on the horizon for American politics in 2025? In this episode of the 538 Politics Podcast, the team dives into what lies ahead.

This is the second installment of the 538 Politics podcast mini-series, “Campaign Throwback.” This episode originally aired in May.

This is the first installment of the 538 Politics podcast mini-series, “Campaign Throwback.” This episode originally aired in May.

In the second part of our end-of-year series on the 538 Politics podcast, the crew builds a time capsule to capture the political essence of the year.

On this end-of-2024 installment of the 538 Politics podcast, the crew makes a yearbook and assigns superlatives.

Law professor and former federal prosecutor Jessica Roth joins the podcast to unpack the fate of the legal cases against Trump.