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The “witch” rocketed to fame when he called 99 out of 100 states’ election results in 2008 and 2012. But he has a warning for founders like himself.

From Nate Silver: Here's the scandal. In March 2020, a group of scientists — in particular, Kristian G. Andersen the of The Scripps Research Institute, Andrew Rambaut of The University of Edinburgh, Edward C. Holmes of the University of Sydney, and Robert F. Garry of Tulane University — published a…

Buzzfeed, Vice, Gawker and Drudge Report are all traffic-war casualties, but they succeeded in shaking up the media landscape

Announcement comes after BuzzFeed last week said it was closing its news division.

Site founder Nate Silver is out at ABC News

The increased popularity of the Festival has boosted the local economy and led to greater scrutiny of horse racing

Citing a classified intelligence report provided to members of Congress, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that the Energy Department has now concluded with “low confidence” that the COVID-19 pandemic most likely began after an unintentional laboratory leak in China.

It was arguably the most consequential "October Surprise" in the history of American presidential elections. In the waning days of the 2016 race, with polls showing Hillary Clinton clinging to a lead over Donald Trump, two last-minute stories broke that rekindled on-the-fence voters' ethical doubts about Democrat Clinton and quashed…

Pollsters indulged in breezy self-congratulation in the aftermath of the 2022 midterm elections. Pre-election polls, they declared, did well overall in signaling outcomes of high-profile U.S. Senate and gubernatorial races.

Defeat of election denying Jair Bolsonaro reminds us that madness comes ... and goes.

Over time, betting has been a better predictor than polls, pundits, statistical models, and everything else.