A Landslide Victory for Democrats
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A Landslide Victory for Democrats

B2Upper-intermediateNovember 4, 202634 min
  • Politics

On Tuesday night, the blue wave that polls predicted landed with extraordinary force across the United States as Democrats flipped control of both the House and the Senate. Nate Cohn, Lisa Lerer and Shane Goldmacher of The New York Times discuss an extraordinary shift in power and a new era of American politics. Guest: Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst for The New York Times.Lisa Lerer, a national political correspondent for The New York Times.Shane Goldmacher, a national political correspondent for The New York Times. Background reading: Democrats seized control of...

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I'm Peter Baker. I'm chief White House correspondent for The New York Times. I've covered the President of the United States and I've covered every president since 1996. The pressure on an independent press today feels greater than any time I've seen it in four decades as a journalist. All that pressure, though, is just a reminder of why journalism matters.

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Our job is to bring home facts, help our readers understand what's happening, regardless of what the consequences may be to us. And if they punish us, so be it. We will still go out there and report as honestly and aggressively and fairly and truthfully as we can. I mean, look, if The New York Times were not at the White House asking the hard questions,

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