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He Spent a Month Investigating How Susan Collins Keeps Beating Democrats. Here’s What He Found.

Slate's Jim Newell talks about his opus on one senator's seemingly inexplicable success.

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Jun 16 • 6:04 PM EDT • Politics • slate.com
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Secretary Collins: Veterans are a business advantage

VA Secretary Doug Collins told employers at the Disney Veterans Institute Summit to put Veterans at the center of how they think, hire and operate.

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Jun 16 • 9:30 AM EDT • Business • news.va.gov
Nearly half a billion dollars in ads projected in Maine election

Most of the spending will target the crucial U.S. Senate race between Democrat Graham Platner and Republican Susan Collins, according to AdImpact.

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Jun 15 • 3:38 PM EDT • Politics • mainepublic.org
Trump's endorsement of Mike Collins for US Senate creates ‘Georgia politics Jenga game’

Georgia Republicans are weighing in on President Donald Trump's 11th-hour endorsement of U.S. Senate candidate, current U.S. Rep. Mike Collins.

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Jun 15 • 8:45 AM EDT • Politics • wabe.org
Opinion | Your Summer 2026 Politics Quiz Is Here

Ease into the summer with the latest Gail Collins politics quiz.

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Jun 15 • 5:04 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
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Trump endorses Rep. Mike Collins in Georgia Senate runoff
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Jun 14 • 11:37 AM EDT • Politics • cbsnews.com
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Trump endorses Rep. Mike Collins ahead of GOP Senate runoff in Georgia

President Donald Trump on Sunday waded into the Georgia Republican primary for Senate, endorsing Rep. Mike Collins just days before the congressman faces off against Derek Dooley in a runoff election.

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Jun 14 • 10:20 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Trump endorses Collins in Georgia Senate runoff. It's his latest 'MAGA' pick in Republican primaries

Days before the U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia, President Donald Trump has made an endorsement

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Jun 14 • 8:33 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Trump endorses Mike Collins in runoff, shaking up Georgia’s U.S. Senate race

The decision is a blow to Derek Dooley, the Republican who is backed by Gov. Brian Kemp. Trump's decision will test GOP loyalties in the runoff in June.

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Jun 14 • 7:17 AM EDT • Politics • ajc.com
President Trump Endorses Mike Collins in Georgia Senate Runoff

Mr. Trump backed Mr. Collins over Derek Dooley, a former football coach who is supported by Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican whose relationship with the president is strained.

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Jun 14 • 2:38 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
The Politics Hour: The final countdown to the D.C. primary and Virginia lawmakers stall over the budget

WAMU's Alex Koma and Washington Informer's Sam P.K. Collins get us ready for the D.C. primaries. Plus, Virginia Delegate Vivian Watts weighs in the data center tax breaks stalling budget negotiations.

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Jun 11 • 4:58 PM EDT • Politics • wamu.org
Parade politics: Collins and Wu-backed challenger Gayle mount-up for summer contest

The contest for First Suffolk Senate got more interesting last week when Mayor Wu back a challenger to Sen. Nick Collins.

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Jun 11 • 8:07 AM EDT • Politics • dotnews.com
Republicans fear of 'fatal mistake' in must-win Platner race

The NRSC warns Republicans that scandal-plagued Democrat Graham Platner remains a credible threat to Sen. Susan Collins in Maine's pivotal Senate race.

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Jun 10 • 3:07 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Trump weighs in on Maine's U.S. Senate race

While Trump attacked Platner, he said that Sen. Susan Collins is "a respected person."

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Jun 10 • 1:49 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Defying Trump ended some Republicans' careers. It could help Susan Collins

She is the rare Republican who sometimes can boost her own popularity back home by keeping her distance from President Donald Trump, and she has perfected that delicate dance even as his tightening grip on the party has cost two of her Senate Republican colleagues their reelection.

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Jun 10 • 12:59 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
The Londoner Pub expanding to Arlington, near entertainment district

The Tate family moved to North Texas from England and opened their first pub in Dallas in the early 1990s on Greenville Avenue. They now own The Londoner, which has locations in Addison, Colleyville, and Dallas, showing European soccer. Their newest pub is opening on Collins Street in Arlington, Saturday, June 13. The Dallas location opened in 2022, just days…

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Jun 10 • 8:02 AM EDT • Entertainment • nbcdfw.com
Defying Trump could help Susan Collins win reelection in Maine

Collins has managed to stay close enough to benefit politically while maintaining an independent streak. This strategy has helped her survive Trump's frequent personal attacks and his primary endorsements of opponents3.

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Jun 10 • 7:26 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Defying Trump ended some Republicans' careers. It could help Susan Collins win reelection in Maine

Maine Sen. Susan Collins often boosts her popularity by keeping her distance from President Donald Trump

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Jun 10 • 5:06 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Top takeaways from the primary elections in Maine and South Carolina: 'Movement about us'

Graham Platner cruises to Maine Democratic Senate nomination despite mounting controversies, setting up a key midterm battle against Sen. Susan Collins.

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Jun 10 • 1:37 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Graham Platner tears into Republicans after clinching Susan Collins matchup in Maine, and other primary night takeaways

Graham Platner was all but certain to win Maine’s Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday. But the progressive populist Platner was on course to earn about three-fourths of primary voters’ support — effectively ending any question about whether Maine Democrats wanted him to be their standard-bearer against Republican Sen. Susan Collins in one of the nation’s marquee races in November.

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Jun 9 • 11:39 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Platner wins Maine primary to challenge Collins

Voters also headed to the polls in primary elections in Nevada, North Dakota, and South Carolina ahead of the midterms.

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Jun 9 • 9:55 PM EDT • Politics • bbc.com
Graham Platner shrugs off scandals to win Maine Democratic Senate primary

Platner, whose campaign was hit by series of negative headlines, to face Susan Collins in key midterm contest

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Jun 9 • 9:27 PM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Platner Wins Maine Senate Primary After a Turbulent Stretch of His Bid

Graham Platner has faced new scrutiny over his personal history, but his Democratic primary victory sets up a high-stakes race against Senator Susan Collins, a Republican.

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Jun 9 • 9:26 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Graham Platner wins Democratic nomination to challenge Susan Collins in November

U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner on Tuesday secured the Democratic nomination on Tuesday, withstanding a withering blitz of unflattering revelations and ongoing attempts by Republicans and some Democratic operatives to weaken his candidacy.

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Jun 9 • 9:25 PM EDT • Politics • mainepublic.org
Platner to frame overtly negative campaign against Collins

A speech he intends to deliver Tuesday night when he accepts the Democratic nomination, obtained by The Post, suggests the Maine Senate candidate wants to make the election a referendum on President Trump.

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Jun 9 • 7:35 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Platner seeks the Democratic Senate nomination to set up critical Maine race with Collins

Graham Platner is seeking to make a Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate official in advance of one of the most anticipated contests of the year.

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Jun 9 • 12:08 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Sen Collins slams Bernie-backed Graham Platner as too far-left for Maine voters

Sen. Susan Collins calls Democratic challenger Graham Platner too extreme for Maine voters, while Platner charges Collins is the "radical" candidate.

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Jun 9 • 10:56 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
These teens have the weight of the world on their shoulders. Mental health is taking a nosedive

"Everyone is going through something," one California teen said about the prevalence of mental health concerns among his peers.

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Jun 9 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • calmatters.org
Can Democrats take the Senate? Maine voters may provide a clue

Democrat Graham Platner appears likely to become the party's nominee against Sen. Susan Collins. Platner has been accused of engaging in volatile behavior with women, among other controversies.

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Jun 9 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
Will Platner Scandals Dampen Democratic Vote? What to Watch in Tuesday’s Primaries.

Any indication of tepid support for Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine, will be seen as a warning sign about his chances against Senator Susan Collins, the Republican incumbent.

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Jun 9 • 5:02 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
René Garcia endorses Jay Collins for Governor

‘I believe he’s the strongest Republican to win in November.’

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Jun 8 • 12:48 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Graham Platner gets a lift from friendly Maine crowd

The Democratic primary is still seen as Platner's to win, but he is facing questions about his past that could make it difficult to defeat longtime incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins.

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Jun 8 • 10:28 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Jay Collins to pitch senior protection programs in Monday news conference

Collins has his work cut out for him in the gubernatorial Republican nomination for the Primary Election.

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Jun 7 • 7:00 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
'You can't pull a Biden': Jay Collins keeps pressing for Byron Donalds debate as time runs short in Governor's race

Host Maria Bartiromo said she was showcasing the 'under the radar' fight for the GOP nomination.

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Jun 7 • 11:25 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Trump Looms Over Pivotal Republican Senate Runoff in Georgia

The president has not yet endorsed Representative Mike Collins or Derek Dooley, a former football coach, in the race to challenge the Democratic senator, Jon Ossoff.

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Jun 7 • 5:02 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Collins’s vote, Platner’s service inject Iraq War politics into key Senate race

Veteran Graham Platner is attacking Republican Sen. Susan Collins's vote to authorize the war in his campaign to unseat her.

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Jun 7 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Byron Donalds calls for GOP to 'unite' as primary opponents call for debates

The biggest debate among Republicans seeking to succeed Ron DeSantis is whether to debate or not.

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Jun 6 • 9:30 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Things to do in the Loveland area on Saturday: Nearly every NoCo community has a festival happening

Nearly every town in Northern Colorado has a festival happening on Saturday, including Bluegrass & Brews Festival and the Colorado Medieval Festival in Loveland, Berthoud Day, Johnstown BBQ Day, Fort Collins Pride 2026 and FoCo EcoFest…

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Jun 6 • 9:02 AM EDT • Entertainment • reporterherald.com
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Graham Platner says his past has been ‘weaponized’ at rally in Maine

Supporters brush off negative stories about the Democratic Senate candidate and rebut suggestions that he is the wrong person to take on GOP Sen. Susan Collins.

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Jun 5 • 9:33 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Who is Lyndsey Fifield, Graham Platner's ex-girlfriend?

Lyndsey Fifield made most explosive claims about Platner in Thursday's New York Times story.

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Jun 5 • 1:12 PM EDT • Politics • pressherald.com
Graham Platner to hold rally as scandals shake up campaign

Platner, an oyster farmer and progressive activist, is key to the Democrats' hopes to take back the U.S. Senate this year as the party needs him to defeat longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins.

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Jun 5 • 6:49 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Four Senate Republicans again unite with Dems to block Trump's SAVE America Act

Four Senate Republicans joined Democrats to kill the SAVE Act voter ID amendment for a second time, blocking it from the budget reconciliation package.

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Jun 4 • 7:03 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
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Ex-Trump WH aide: they were terrified of CNN’s Kaitlan Collins
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Jun 3 • 10:50 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Wu, a Collins foe, endorses his Senate challenger Latoya Gayle

Michelle Wu and Nick Collins have bitterly clashed the past two years over his vocal opposition to her property tax legislation.

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Jun 3 • 10:30 AM EDT • Politics • bostonglobe.com
WATCH: Schumer met says he with Platner after report on explicit texts, 'we're going to beat’ Collins
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Jun 2 • 4:17 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Jon Ossoff and Keisha Lance Bottoms show off head start in Georgia as Republicans battle in runoff

Democratic Sen_ Jon Ossoff of Georgia is criticizing his potential election rivals, Rep_ Mike Collins and former coach Derek Dooley, calling them "Trump puppets."

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May 31 • 9:13 PM EDT • Politics • news4jax.com
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Graham Platner’s extramarital sexting further complicates Democratic hopes of winning back Senate

Democrats already facing a difficult path to recapture control of the US Senate are grappling with the latest revelations about Graham Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee set to face Sen. Susan Collins in a must-win race for the party.

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May 31 • 9:10 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
UW’s Collins receives posthumous national award for aquatic science excellence

University of Wyoming faculty member Sarah Collins, who passed away in October following a courageous battle with cancer, has been honored posthumously by the Association for the Sciences of Limnology

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May 30 • 7:00 AM EDT • Science • wyomingnews.com
Despite inflammatory comments, Platner holds 9-point lead over Collins in new poll

Democrat Graham Platner leads Republican Sen. Susan Collins in a new Maine Senate poll despite controversies over inflammatory online posts and a tattoo.

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May 28 • 11:27 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Poll: Vote for Blue FCU's top girls athlete from spring sports

Vote for your top girls athlete from Fort Collins-area spring sports, with nominees from Windsor, Timnath, Rocky Mountain and Fossil Ridge.

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May 28 • 7:31 AM EDT • Sports • coloradoan.com
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Platner leads Collins in UNH poll

Broken down by party, 91% of Democrats would vote for Platner and 87% for Collins. Independents are divided, with 47% choosing Collins and 44% Platner, the pollsters noted.

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May 27 • 1:54 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Platner stands by ad slamming Red Sox over private equity

Platner has since been all too eager to capitalize on the ad's removal, using it to push his populist message as he campaigns to unseat longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine.

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May 27 • 7:39 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Texans, WR Nico Collins Agree to Revised Contract

Houston’s star WR is getting $17 million in new guarantees!

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May 26 • 6:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Jay Collins on Ron DeSantis: 'I'm grateful for his support'

But there's still no formal endorsement.

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May 26 • 3:45 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
UW’s Collins Receives Posthumous National Award for Aquatic Science Ex

University of Wyoming faculty member Sarah Collins, who passed away in October following a courageous battle with cancer, has been honored posthumously by the Association for the Sciences of Limnology

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May 26 • 11:53 AM EDT • Science • uwyo.edu
Holding the Veterans Affairs Secretary Accountable for the Severely Damaged Veterans’ Health Care System | American Postal Workers Union

In February 2025, representatives from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) began working with the newly appointed Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins to identify alleged wasteful contracts and improve VA operations. DOGE cancelled hundreds of VA contracts and carried out thousands of staffing reductions, including the dismissal of probationary employees, under […]

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May 26 • 10:39 AM EDT • Health • apwu.org
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Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner embraces democratic socialism at Bernie Sanders rally in Portland

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner embraces democratic socialism at a Bernie Sanders rally, condemning U.S. support for Israel and Sen. Collins.

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May 25 • 10:28 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Everything We Know About <i>Emily In Paris</i> Season 6

Emily In Paris Season 6 is the end of an era. We've rounded up everything you need to know about the Lily Collins-led Netflix final season.

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May 25 • 2:56 PM EDT • Entertainment • refinery29.com
Bond breakout? Big effects of bad data. Immigration and thermostatic politics & dad-chat is coming for dad-books.

Thank you for opening your Chartbook email. Anna Airy, A Shell Forge at a National Projectile Factory, Hackney Marshes, London, 1918 Bond breakout - John Authers Across the developed markets, bond markets are staging a slow-motion car wreck. Looking at the drastic moves in the US, Japan, the UK and France, Barclays’ Ajay Rajadhyaksha commented: “Last week, long bonds broke. Not in one country. In all of them. Simultaneously. Four countries. Four different political systems. Four different central banks. But the same trade — “get me out of duration!”” Each country has its own contributing political problems, but the uniformity of the shift out of long-term bonds with high duration makes clear that something broader is afoot. For Rajadhyaksha, it is “simple and uncomfortable.” The developed​ world “has too much debt, too little fiscal discipline, and no political appetite for fixing either.” If there’s a trigger, it has been the Iran war and the resulting shock to oil supply. Source: Bloomberg G7 countries are now borrowing at rates that were enjoyed by EM in the early 2020s For contributing subscribers only. Subscribe Trade between China and Russia has grown in recent years For contributing subscribers only. Subscribe Big effects of bad data A decade ago nearly nine in ten Americans, when approached, agreed to fill out the Current Population Survey, which is administered to about 60,000 households each month and asks about, among other things, employment. Fewer than seven in ten do so now (see chart 1). For the Consumer Expenditure Survey, which tries to capture 3,700 households monthly, the response rate is down from 68% to 40%. … When the information becomes less reliable, investment decisions get more difficult to make. Some may be delayed, creating a potential drag on the economy. A new working paper by Nicholas Bloom of Stanford University, Erica Groshen, former head of the Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) now at Cornell University, and Duncan Hobbs and Michael Strain of the American Enterprise Institute, a think-tank, hazards an estimate. Preserving trust in “the integrity and quality of official statistics”, the authors claim, generates economic benefits of about $25 for every $1 spent on the BLS, the agency with an annual budget of $700m that is responsible for many of these data. To arrive at their conclusion the quartet analysed an ignoble episode in the BLS’s recent history. On August 1st 2025 Donald Trump sacked Erika McEntarfer, appointed as the agency’s commissioner by his predecessor, Joe Biden. The president alleged, without evidence, that the BLS’s steep downward revision to recent jobs numbers had been “RIGGED in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad”. In fact, it was the wanton dismissal that looked bad in the eyes of many observers. In the following seven days there was a 50% leap, relative to the week before, in the average value of the index of Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU), which tracks the number of articles mentioning such uncertainty that are published daily in American newspapers. This was a discernible jump even when compared to the chaos caused by Mr Trump’s trade war in April 2025 and his real one in Iran in the past two months (see chart 2). Based on Mr Bloom’s earlier study with other colleagues of the EPU’s impact on business investment, industrial production and employment, the authors estimate that the jump reduced American GDP by over $100bn (0.3%) and non-farm payrolls by 168,000 (0.1%). Source: The Economist Immigration and thermostatic politics (Sarah O’Connor in the FT) A strange thing happened a year and a half ago. No sooner had Americans elected Donald Trump as president on an explicitly anti-immigration platform than US public opinion began to swing much more favourably towards immigration. … to political scientists who study “thermostatic” politics, this development is no surprise at all. Public opinion often moves against the prevailing party, especially if they are perceived to have gone “too far” in one direction. The phenomenon was first explored in the 1990s with reference to fiscal policy, but in recent years it has been particularly evident in the realm of immigration policy. While these swings in opinion polls can make it seem as if people don’t know their own minds, they can be a useful democratic check on governments by sending bright flashing warning lights when policies stray too far from the public’s comfort zone. The problem comes when politicians misinterpret those signals. When people tell pollsters they want less immigration, or think it is bad for the country overall (or the converse), they are often expressing an opinion about how things appear to be going in that moment relative to their preferences, rather than a deep shift in their underlying views. According to Alexander Kustov, a political scientist, most Americans’ views are quite stable and moderate: they support immigration that is controlled and in the national interest, and oppose flows that are disorderly or under-enforced. In the US, he argues the Trump administration over-interpreted dissatisfaction with high immigration under Joe Biden, and implemented policies that went too far for many voters. “People don’t necessarily change their idea about their ideal immigration policy, but they can react to what the government is currently doing,” he told me. “A lot of people are not happy with what the Trump administration are doing — right now we’re not talking about border enforcement, we’re talking about people not just getting harassed, but killed.” But similarly, he added, pro-immigration advocates would be making a mistake to interpret the recent, more favourable swing towards immigration as a deep-seated ideological shift in attitudes. The recent history of UK immigration policy offers another cautionary tale. After the 2016 Brexit referendum, public concern about immigration fell. This was partly because net migration statistics declined, but also because people felt a sense of catharsis and control, says Sunder Katwala, director of British Future, a think-tank. By 2019, the public ranked immigration as only the ninth biggest issue of concern, according to Ipsos polling. But when the Conservative government liberalised visa routes for students and care workers between 2019 and 2022, that helped net migration to surge. And so, too, did public concern. Today’s Labour government has implemented another sharply restrictive turn in immigration policy. As Kustov and researcher Caitlyn Yates argue, thermostatic public opinion should be a useful check on politicians. Instead it seems to have helped to magnify the pendulum swing in the UK. The government over-interprets and overreacts to a change in public opinion, which reacts in turn, prompting a sudden swing the other way. Source: Financial Times HEY READERS, THANK YOU for opening the Chartbook email. I hope it brightens your day. I enjoy putting out the newsletter, but tbh, what keeps this flow going is the generosity of those readers who clicked the subscription button. If you are persuaded to click, please consider the annual subscription of $50. It is both better value for you and a much better deal for me, as it involves only one credit card charge. Why feed the payments companies if we don’t have to. Subscribe Anna Airy, Shop for Machining 15-Inch Shells: Singer Manufacturing Company, Clydebank, Glasgow, 1918 Racing for a vaccine … we have been here before! The deadly Ebola outbreak in two African countries driven by a virus species with no vaccine has triggered an urgent search for a potential jab, in a test of troubled global efforts to avert threats posed by emerging diseases. A World Health Organization advisory group is due to would meet on Tuesday to recommend candidate jabs to prioritise for clinical trials, the global health body said. It will assess data including an analysis by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (Cepi), which was set up after failures in the international response to a previous Ebola crisis. The latest Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has infected hundreds of people and killed more than 80, health authorities say. Cepi’s reaction will be a crucial indicator of its progress towards its wider goal of producing vaccines for pandemic threats in just 100 days, despite steep cuts to international health funding. “If there was ever a time that we could show the world why Cepi is needed and show the world why the 100-day mission is needed, it’s now,” Nicole Lurie, the organisation’s executive director for preparedness and response, told the FT. “We’re happy to accept that responsibility, but obviously we need help from partners — particularly financial help in the long run.” DR Congo and Uganda would make the final decision on whether to press ahead with any vaccine candidates endorsed for clinical trials by the WHO experts, the global health body said. “Other ethical and community acceptability issues will be considered,” said the WHO, which declared the latest outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday. “This will be important to make sure that the trial, if it happens, will be adequately communicated to the population.” Lurie said Cepi had provided information from a survey of research teams and companies working on drugs that might be effective against the Bundibugyo virus behind the outbreak. The organisation hoped soon to announce partners in the quest for a jab, she added, although she declined to give a timescale for when one might be developed. Cepi’s Nicole Laurie said global health bodies were ‘getting some live-fire drills’ with hantavirus and the latest Ebola outbreak. The hunt for a vaccine should be helped by scientific advances including the use of artificial intelligence to find drugs active against viruses, Lurie said. Existing jabs against the Zaire Ebola virus responsible for many previous outbreaks might provide a basis for tackling the Bundibugyo species, she added. “We’ll see how far and how fast we can get,” Lurie said, adding that Cepi had done preliminary work recently on a possible jab for the rat-borne hantavirus responsible for a recent fatal outbreak on a cruise ship. “Both with hantavirus and now with Ebola, [we] are getting some live-fire drills.” Source: Michael Peel in the Financial Times Dad-chat is coming for dad-books. (By Pamela Paul and Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg in the WSJ) They were the go-to gifts for Father’s Day: a book about some little-known chapter of World War II, the sweeping narrative of a shipwreck, perhaps the latest presidential biography. These days, dad books are a dying breed. Nonfiction book sales have been in decline for the past four years, and are now the most challenged segment of the print book market. Publishers say certain types of books still fare well—including celebrity memoirs and religious titles. But in recent years, print sales in such categories as biography, current affairs and business and economics—what publishers refer to as “serious nonfiction” and which tend to resonate especially with men—have fallen considerably. Sales of nonfiction print titles were down nearly 8% through May 9 this year, and sales of books about politics and current affairs were down 19%, according to book tracker Circana BookScan. Publishing has long been subject to cyclical changes, with trends in format and genre taking over bookshelves in grand sweeps. (Remember the adult coloring-book craze? Or the stratospheric rise of romantasy?) But many in publishing believe the decline in serious nonfiction is more existential. “The trend couldn’t be clearer,” said Jonathan Karp, the former chief executive of Simon & Schuster and publisher of the new Simon Six imprint. “This is a sea change and people should wake up and realize we’re living in a new world.” One culprit for the shift: a new media diet for fans of more serious nonfiction. … Sixty-two percent of men and 54% of women consumed a podcast in the prior month, according to a recent survey by Edison Research at SSRS, up from 46% and 39%, respectively, in 2023. “When we have internal meetings to talk about this problem, it always comes around to podcasts,” said Jonathan Burnham, president and publisher of the Harper Group at HarperCollins Publishers. “The man who wants to read American history is now tuning into one of the many good podcasts about history that lends the quiet attention to a serious subject he’s looking for. It makes the idea of sitting down with a 700-page Ron Chernow book less appealing. You’ve scratched that itch.” Source: Wall Street Journal Remarkable report by Novara from the nationalist rally in London in mid May. Anna Airy, Leopard Moth and Plums, 1915 If you’ve scrolled this far, you know you want to click: Subscribe

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As Collins and Platner make their pitch to voters, sports become part of the game

It's hard to watch sports these days without campaign ads of all stripes taking up a lot of space.

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May 22 • 7:52 PM EDT • Sports • pressherald.com
Collins pushes back on Trump’s plan to cut health research funding - Live Updates

The Maine Republican appropriator called a proposed cut of 10 percent to the National Institutes of Health’s budget “inexplicable.”

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May 21 • 2:35 PM EDT • Health • politico.com
Susan Collins brings federal dollars to Maine. She's hoping that's worth it to voters

As Maine's Senate matchup is all but set, incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins urges voters to pick her over Democrat Graham Platner because she can fund state priorities due to her seniority.

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May 21 • 8:47 AM EDT • Politics • npr.org
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Phil Collins makes rare public appearance amid health struggles
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May 21 • 12:57 AM EDT • Health • wthr.com
GOP Rep on $1.8B fund: ‘Going to fight hard against it’
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New website puts Platner on notice by amplifying scandals: 'One red flag after another'

Collins-aligned fundraising committee is compiling "red flags" from Democratic opponent Graham Platner's past ahead of Maine's 2025 Senate general election.

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May 20 • 5:51 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Platner leads Collins in new poll of Maine Senate race

When broken down by congressional district, Collins leads Platner in the 2nd District 45% to 41%, while in the 1st District, Platner leads Collins 56% to 36%, the poll shows.

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May 20 • 1:36 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Phil Collins makes rare appearance at King Charles' charity event

Phil Collins made a rare public appearance at Buckingham Palace for King Charles III's charity amid ongoing health issues.

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May 20 • 8:25 AM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
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Republicans Collins, Dooley Advance to Primary Runoff in Hopes of Facing US Senator Ossoff in November

By David Morgan May 19 (Reuters) - A hardline Republican congressman ⁠and ⁠a former college football coach ⁠who has never held elective office advanced to a runoff on Tuesday in Georgia's U.S. Senate Republican primary election, extending a messy intra-party battle to determine ‌who will face ...

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May 19 • 11:50 PM EDT • Politics • usnews.com
Phil Collins makes rare public appearance months after revealing devastating health issues

Phil Collins made a rare public appearance in London over the weekend with his ex-wife, Jill Collins, along with Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster. The former Genesis drummer will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in November.

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May 19 • 5:10 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Vote for Blue FCU's Fort Collins-area Boys Athlete of Week (May 18)

Vote for Blue FCU's Boys Athlete of the Week, with nominees from Wellington baseball, Heritage Christian track and Fort Collins baseball/track.

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May 18 • 6:30 PM EDT • Sports • coloradoan.com
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Video: Graham Platner: ‘We Need a Political Revolution’

Graham Platner, a Democrat, is hoping to defeat Susan Collins in Maine’s Senate race this fall. On “The Interview,” he talks about why the country needs to find a way to rebuild the political system.

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May 18 • 5:59 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Georgia Republicans scramble to pick a candidate to take on Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff

Georgia Republican Rep. Mike Collins is positioning himself as a strong supporter of Donald Trump in his bid to challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff | 97.3 The Sky

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May 18 • 10:10 AM EDT • Politics • audacy.com
Georgia Republicans scramble to pick a candidate to take on Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff

Georgia Republican Rep. Mike Collins is positioning himself as a strong supporter of Donald Trump in his bid to challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff | WWJ Newsradio 950

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May 18 • 10:10 AM EDT • Politics • audacy.com
Georgia Republicans scramble to pick a candidate to take on Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff

Georgia Republican Rep. Mike Collins is positioning himself as a strong supporter of Donald Trump in his bid to challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff | News-Talk 1380 WAOK

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May 18 • 10:10 AM EDT • Politics • audacy.com
How Jason Collins’ coming out essay became the ‘perfect story’ for Sports Illustrated

In the days since Collins' death this week, those who helped make the article happen have been reflecting on its importance 13 years later.

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May 16 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
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Graham Platner’s Plan to Dethrone Susan Collins

The presumptive Democratic Senate nominee from Maine enters the general election fray.

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May 16 • 5:15 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Why ‘Rivals’ Recast Helen With Hayley Atwell

'We wanted to look at that character and make more of her and use her to dig more into Rupert's past,' exec producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins says.

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May 14 • 11:46 AM EDT • Entertainment • cbs19news.com
‘Inside the NBA’ on Jason Collins’ death: ‘It was a terrible day for the NBA’

Barkley also believes there are still several gay players in many North American sports who have yet to come out due to societal pressure.

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May 13 • 10:08 PM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
The fall of an MLB superstar, plus a sad day in the NBA

The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! Consider basket weaving today. Inside: ⚾ Yasiel Puig’s tough reality 🥅 Sabres grit out a win 💔 RIP, Jason Collins and Brandon Clarke There was a brief period where Yasiel Puig was probably MLB’s most talented player. His story was inspirational, that of a talented Cuban player defecting to the United States. He put together an unforgettable debut season, where pundits wondered if he should be an All-Star in his rookie...

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May 13 • 6:06 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
Jason Collins, NBA's first openly gay player, dies at 47

The NBA's first openly gay player, Jason Collins, died at 47 on Tuesday, May 12. His family revealed his cause of death in a heartbreaking statement

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May 13 • 5:49 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Jason Collins made NBA and sports history in coming out

With three words, Jason Collins changed everything.

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May 12 • 9:21 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Jason Collins, NBA's first openly gay player, dies of brain cancer at 47

Collins announced his diagnosis of stage 4 glioblastoma in December

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May 12 • 7:18 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Jason Collins, NBA's first openly gay player, dies at 47 of brain tumor

Collins spent 13 years as a player in the league for six different franchises.

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May 12 • 7:00 PM EDT • Sports • ny1.com
Mitt Romney returns to political fundraising, backs Susan Collins at Salt Lake City event

Former Massachusetts governor and Utah Senator Mitt Romney made his first foray back into national politics since retiring.

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May 9 • 10:44 AM EDT • Politics • wgme.com
Mitt Romney makes his quiet return to national politics

Since retiring in early 2025, Mitt Romney avoided national politics — until his old friend Susan Collins needed help.

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May 8 • 4:44 PM EDT • Politics • politico.com
Sarah Longwell: Susan Collins may sit ‘on a throne of skulls of her enemies,’ but she’s facing an opponent unlike any before
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May 8 • 1:26 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Republican Sen. Susan Collins discloses her longtime tremor

Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins says she has long had a condition called an essential tremor. The condition causes trembling in Collins' hands, head and voice.

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May 8 • 7:22 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
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Northern Colorado eyed for a giant, $350M entertainment venue

Fort Collins and Greeley are among the municipalities being eyed by Colorado Springs-based Venu Holding Corp. for a new $350 million, 12,500-capacity entertainment venue, but other communities also are in the running.

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May 7 • 8:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • denverpost.com
Where might Venu build a $350M entertainment venue?

Fort Collins and Greeley are among the municipalities being eyed by Colorado Springs-based Venu Holding Corp. (NYSE American: VENU) for a new $350 million, 12,500-capacity entertainment venue, but other communities also are in the running.

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May 7 • 8:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • greeleytribune.com
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Where might Venu build a $350M entertainment venue?

Fort Collins and Greeley are among the municipalities being eyed by Colorado Springs-based Venu Holding Corp. (NYSE American: VENU) for a new $350 million, 12,500-capacity entertainment venue, but other communities also are in the running.

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Where might Venu build a $350M entertainment venue?

Fort Collins and Greeley are among the municipalities being eyed by Colorado Springs-based Venu Holding Corp. (NYSE American: VENU) for a new $350 million, 12,500-capacity entertainment venue, but other communities also are in the running.

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Where might Venu build a $350M entertainment venue?

Fort Collins and Greeley are among the municipalities being eyed by Colorado Springs-based Venu Holding Corp. (NYSE American: VENU) for a new $350 million, 12,500-capacity entertainment venue, but other communities also are in the running.

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May 7 • 6:16 PM EDT • Entertainment • bizwest.com
See all the Fort Collins-area high school spring sports playoff scores

See the postseason scores, playoff results for Fort Collins-area high school sports throughout spring championship season.

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May 7 • 6:15 PM EDT • Sports • coloradoan.com
Graham Platner and Susan Collins Duel in High-Stakes Maine Senate Race Ads

In strikingly different ads, Graham Platner argued that “Susan Collins’s charade is over” while Senator Collins highlighted the economic benefits she has brought to Maine.

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May 7 • 12:21 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Susan Collins Says She Has Long Had a Benign Tremor

The Republican senator from Maine, running for re-election at age 73 in one of this year’s top Senate races, made the disclosure after mounting online scrutiny on the left.

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May 6 • 9:57 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
GOP Sen, 73, Reveals Medical Condition After Health Concerns

Susan Collins shared details of her condition after speculation following the release of a campaign video.

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May 6 • 8:52 PM EDT • Health • thedailybeast.com
The Green Sports Alliance honors Jason Collins as the inaugural winner of the Bill Walton Global Champion Award

/PRNewswire/ -- Today, at the 2026 Green Sports Alliance Summit in Cleveland, Ohio, the first Bill Walton Global Champion Award was conferred to Jason Collins,...

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May 6 • 8:42 PM EDT • Sports • prnewswire.com
What to watch in CNN’s California governor debate

The top seven contenders in a crowded and highly competitive race to become California’s next governor will face off in a CNN debate Tuesday at 6 p.m. PT (9 p.m. ET). The debate, moderated by CNN anchors Kaitlan Collins and Elex Michaelson, comes at a pivotal time, with the first mail ballots currently being delivered to voters in the June 2 primary.

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May 5 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Check in with your representatives in Washington: Supreme Court decision, maternal health bill and more

In Congress, Athens-Clarke County is represented by Democratic Sens. Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock and Republican Rep. Mike Collins. Here is the latest from Washington, D.C.

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May 3 • 1:15 PM EDT • Health • redandblack.com
What the Maine Senate Race Feels Like on the Ground

The anti-establishment mood is palpable in the state, home to one of the country’s top Senate contests. But Senator Susan Collins has some strengths.

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May 1 • 5:32 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com