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Jeff Stein

Jeff Stein

Former reporter on politics & policy

    Latest articles by Jeff Stein

    Alec Baldwin nails Donald Trump’s debate performance in SNL cold open
    Culture

    “We should be talking about the important issues like Rosie O’Donnell and how she’s a fat loser.”

    By Jeff Stein
    Watch Donald Trump defend some of his most controversial comments while testifying under oath
    Play
    Politics

    “It’s not like I’ve said anything that could be so bad.”

    By Jeff Stein
    4 winners and 3 losers from the last-minute compromise to avoid a government shutdown
    Politics

    A look at the people, dead and alive, who came out ahead in a flurry of congressional action.

    By Jeff Stein
    Congress just reached a last-minute deal to avoid a government shutdown over Flint lead contamination
    Politics

    Some good news for Flint may be much too little, too late from the city’s advocates.

    By Jeff Stein
    How Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump would tax the 1 percent, in one chart
    Politics

    The superrich would fork over billions more under Clinton’s plans, and billions less under Trump’s.

    By Javier Zarracina and Jeff Stein
    Hillary Clinton’s debate may have gotten young voters excited about her. Not a moment too soon.
    Politics

    “This is the best opportunity she’s had to reset her relationship with millennials,” one pollster said.

    By Jeff Stein
    11 of Donald Trump’s biggest whoppers in the first presidential debate
    Politics

    A few times the GOP presidential candidate struggled with the truth.

    By Jeff Stein
    Politics
    Donald Trump’s attack over Hillary Clinton’s emails shows just how confused the “email controversy” has becomeDonald Trump’s attack over Hillary Clinton’s emails shows just how confused the “email controversy” has become
    Politics

    Trump calls on Clinton to release emails he says she’s wrongfully deleted.

    By Jeff Stein
    Clinton’s real millennial problem: young Americans are less loyal to Democrats
    Politics

    There’s a political split between younger and older millennials — and we can pinpoint an approximate date.

    By Jeff Stein