Matt Gagnon and Harvey discussed the impact of independent candidate Rick Bennett on the Maine gubernatorial race. Harvey noted the variability in votes Bennett could draw from different opponents. Matt highlighted Maine’s history with independent candidates, citing examples like Terry Hayes (6% in 2018) and Elliot Cutler (35% in 2010). He argued Bennett could start with 10% and potentially reach 30% if both parties nominate strident candidates. They also touched on Andrew Cuomo’s decision to stay in the New York City mayoral race, despite the Democratic primary loss, and the potential impact on the general election.
Days of downpours have begun in Hawaii. The Southwest will soon bake with day after day of record 100-degree-plus (38 Celsius-plus) heat. Two storms will dump snow by the foot over northern Great Lakes states. And the dreaded polar vortex will again invade the Midwest and East with soul-crushing Arctic chill. This forecast of extremes comes as weather whiplash has already hit much of the East.
An inflation gauge closely monitored by the Federal Reserve moved higher in January in the latest sign that prices were persistently elevated even before the Iran war caused spikes in oil and gas costs.
A man with a rifle who crashed into a large Michigan synagogue in what federal officials are saying was an attack had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike in his native Lebanon last week, an official said Friday.
House lawmakers were digging into Jeffrey Epstein's sprawling financial portfolio on Wednesday as a committee deposed his former accountant and tried to understand his connections to some of the world's wealthiest men.
