New York Governor Kathy Hochul became the first woman ever elected to the role Tuesday, turning away a challenge from Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin. The race was one of the closest in the Empire State in recent history, but in the end, Democrats extended their 20-year statewide winning streak. Capitol Correspondent Karen DeWitt was at Hochul’s victory party in Manhattan.
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With the Summer Olympics in Paris upon us, reporter Rose Eveleth is looking back on the long history sexual division in elite sports. Eveleth’s...
On Election Day, Democrats held off Republicans enough to avoid a “red wave” election. But defying expectations of an Obama midterm-like shellacking doesn’t mean...