Your political leanings go a long way to determine whether you think it’s a good or bad idea to take down misinformation.
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One person’s content moderation is another’s censorship when it comes to Democrats’ and Republicans’ views on handling misinformation.
President Biden meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on arriving in Tel Aviv on Oct. 18.
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Until 1906, no US president had ever traveled abroad in office. Then Teddy Roosevelt demonstrated the power of showing up.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy debate the finer points.
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With Donald Trump absent again, Republican presidential hopefuls took potshots at each other but agreed that Bidenomics isn’t cutting it.
Past as prologue: October could bring yet another government shutdown.
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Shutting down the government won’t help reduce the deficit. Here’s what would.
Does Donald Trump believe every word he says? Plenty of others do.
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When sincerity counts as honesty, accuracy no longer matters.
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Term limits for presidents were only written into the Constitution after the second world war. And members of Congress can still serve as long as they wish.
President Joe Biden eats an ice cream cone at a Baskin-Robbins in Portland, Ore., in October 2022.
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When politicians talk more about their personal lives and less about politics, it makes people from the opposing side of the political line see them as people and like them more.
Politicians all over the spectrum have long tried to appeal to religious voters. What about atheists, agnostics and nothing-in-particulars?
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Nonreligious voters are poised to make an impact, but sweeping statements about the ‘nones’ don’t tell the full story.
2024 Republican presidential primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks at CPAC-DC, an annual gathering of conservative donors and political activists in the Washington DC area.
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Republican rising star Vivek Ramaswamy had a bump in the polls after a recent television debate.
Attorney General Merrick Garland announces on Aug. 11, 2023, that he has appointed a special counsel to handle the investigations into Hunter Biden.
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Special counsels can help presidential administrations avoid the perception of bias, but they are not as independent as the independent counsels of the past.
Mitch McConnell, Diane Feinstein and Joe Biden are all over 80 years old, joining a number of politicians who are staying in office well past their 70s.
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While there are minimum age requirements for people who want to hold political office in the US, there are no limits on when someone must retire.
Republican candidates for president at a US television debate.
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Donald Trump’s decision not to take part in the first TV debate for Republicans who want to be the next presidents seems to have reaped rewards for him.
Former President Donald Trump is under legal scrutiny.
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Scholarly experts explain many aspects and angles of the criminal cases involving former president Donald Trump.
U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney speaks during a press conference in December 2022, calling to affirm the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.
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Women’s rights groups and politicians have pushed, ultimately unsuccessfully, for the Equal Rights Amendment to become part of the Constitution for the past several decades.
Donald Trump, left, and Harry Truman: Two former presidents who had different ideas about nationalism and patriotism.
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Nationalism and patriotism are sometimes treated as synonyms, but they have very different meanings.
Hunter Biden embraces his father, President Joe Biden, and his stepmother, Jill, at Biden’s 2021 inauguration.
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Presidents have family drama, like all other people. Hunter Biden is simply the latest example of a family member who has brought negative attention to a president’s administration.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr at an anti-vaccine and mask march in Washington, DC.
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COVID truthers use four enticing promises to gain a loyal following.
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The Treasury has been taking extraordinary measures to delay a default, but these measures could fail as early as June 1.
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, talks with Chinese president Xi Jinping from his office in Kyiv.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
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If elected, Biden would be the oldest person to occupy the White House. But he’s by far the most popular candidate the Democrats have.