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Why some are applauding Donald Trump Jr’s ‘win at all costs’ attitude
Yes, American politics is getting uglier. Here's why.
Revisiting the legacy of Jerry Falwell Sr. in Trump’s America
Falwell Sr. was a pastor who founded the Moral Majority, a conservative Christian political lobbying group. He changed the way American Christians think about their faith and politics.
What happens if Trump’s White House invokes executive privilege?
Laws that limit presidential power won't enforce themselves – Congress must act.
Why Montana just elected Greg Gianforte, a man charged with assault, to Congress
The race pitted a singing cowboy against a millionaire software entrepreneur – and it got ugly at the end.
Trump will likely win reelection in 2020
Liberals who are counting down the days until Election Day 2020 may need to revise their math. Getting rid of a sitting president isn't easy to do.
What Trump’s foreign aid cuts would mean for global democracy
U.S. democracy assistance is not perfect. But drastic cuts to that slice of the federal budget would sever a lifeline to pro-democracy activists around the world.
How Ayn Rand’s ‘elitism’ lives on in the Trump administration
Despite promises to rural working class, a philosopher argues, the Republican Party is still under the influence of the elitism of novelist Ayn Rand.
America’s evangelical Christian right isn’t the political force it once was
The religious right's leaders are old men, and the generation coming up behind them is something quite different.
How our morals might politically polarize just about anything
Our morals compel us toward helping our team win. This can turn even otherwise innocuous decisions into 'us vs. them.'
Tax and dividend: how conservatives can grow to love carbon pricing
Taxing carbon has always been a tricky political sell for conservatives. But a group of establishment US Republicans is touting the idea of a carbon "tax and dividend" as a way to break the deadlock.
An original Republican tax plan offers Trump a radical tool for corporate tax reform
The GOP has a proposal on the table that could send shockwaves through the tax avoidance industry.
Trump: where we might end up
As candidate, Trump promised protectionist trade policies and denigrated international agreements. Now, as president of the United States, how far can he go?
Trump: how we got here
The fall of the Berlin wall was supposed to usher in ‘the end of history’, an eternal age of capitalist economics and liberal-democratic politics. It hasn’t turned out that way.
How Trump could shock a divided nation back to life as collaborator-in-chief
Could Trump bring a new, unifying approach to negotiating to Washington? His outsider status may present an opportunity to mend fences, says an expert in governance.
What Trump’s election could mean for women: Fewer reproductive rights, new help for working families?
What will Donald Trump do for women as president? Republicans want to curb abortion rights, but Trump could break new ground and win female support by delivering on child care and paid family leave.
Raimond Gaita on Donald Trump’s America: a cloud cuckoo land devoid of fact, evidence and argument
Trump's demagoguery took political discourse in America to a place where it lost contact with reality.
House results: Republicans lose just a handful of seats, but party factions run deep
Democrats gained only a handful of House seats in this week's elections, leaving Republicans in the majority. But can the GOP shift from opposing President Obama to supporting President Trump?
Trump the demagogue looks set to rule
Whatever happens over the next four years it won’t be boring. Let’s hope we get through it.
What Theresa May could teach America’s next president about leading a divided country
Will it be possible to put America's political life back together after the election? Britain after 'Brexit' offers a case study.
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