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When I work with young journalists trying to develop a grounding in ethics, I tell them the word is often misunderstood. “I don’t really have a rubber stamp to say something is or is not ethical,” I say, arguing instead that ethics is about reasoning and coming to justifiable conclusions in difficult cases.
Maggie Hassan defeated incumbent Kelly Ayotte for the U.S. Senate seat in New Hampshire, but was she right about Ayotte’s record on reproductive health?
Republican New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, who split with Donald Trump, accused her challenger, Gov. Maggie Hassan, of unwavering support of the Democratic nominee for president. We check out that claim.
The Republican senator from Pennsylvania said he voted in favor of the “No-Fly, No-Buy” legislation but that partisan politics killed it.
Maggie Hassan defeated incumbent Kelly Ayotte for the U.S. Senate seat in New Hampshire, but was she right about Ayotte’s record on reproductive health?
Ohio’s newly-elected Republican senator asserted that his challenger proved inept at drafting legislation in congress and overseeing Ohio’s economy. Is he onto something?
McGinty claimed that Toomey used his position on the committees to oppose consumer protection measures while owning over half a million dollars in stock in a bank that was engaged in controversial foreclosure methods.
Former Democratic Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh claimed his former opponent, Republican Rep. Todd Young, made college more expensive when he voted to index student loan rates to 10-year Treasury note yields.
When asked whether raising the minimum wage could help solve income inequality, Johnson said it would result in job losses. The Observatory finds this mostly true.
As of November 4, this model predicts that the most likely (modal) outcome of this election as 316 electoral votes for Clinton, with the Democratic candidate receiving 270 or more electoral votes in 88.3% of the 10,000 simulations.