
In a press conference in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump last week, Elon Musk, the tech billionaire and the president's senior adviser, was asked whether the administration's sweeping cuts to government programs reflected the will of the voters. Musk insisted that the American people had "voted for major reform" and that the administration was simply delivering on that "mandate."
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538 has forecasted a lot of elections in its day, from the worlds of politics to sports to entertainment. But without a doubt, the Oscars are the most fun (probably because they're also the lowest-stakes). On Sunday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will give out its coveted annual awards, and, much like the 2024 presidential election, it's a very tough contest to predict. There's genuine suspense over who will win major categories like Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Actor, meaning that even the people who have paid attention to every twist and turn of awards season don't know what's going to happen.
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What happens when one of the world's largest repositories of free information becomes unreliable?
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