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GOP primary voters view Trump as a strong leader. Will general election voters see things the same way?
Presidential candidates are using voter anger to fuel more divisions and discord rather than to start a conversation about the collapse of collective bargaining.
If you take Donald Trump at his word, what would his foreign policy look like?
If you want to see how dangerous a candidate Ted Cruz is, just take a look at the company he keeps.
It is impossible to know for sure what a Trump presidency would be like. But there are sensible reasons to suspect it could be disastrous – not only for the US but also for Australia.
The US’s long history of inventive campaign soundtracks seems lost on this year’s contenders.
In times of trouble, the Republicans have held together by refusing to attack each other. That’s all gone out of the window.
In an act of defiance, Obama has nominated his choice for the Supreme Court. Perhaps he can learn from Reagan’s spectacular 1987 failure.
A brokered convention just got more likely for the Republicans.
Donald Trump saw off one contender, but Ted Cruz and John Kasich fight on. Where will it end?
He was a former Democrat, a business tycoon and a media star. The story of Wendell Willkie, the Republicans’ surprise candidate in the 1940 election and how he disrupted the GOP.
Could the Republicans’ biggest nightmare finally be about to come true?
A new study on inequality analyzes the impact of fiscal policy, dramatically altering the standard view of rich and poor in America. It may also change how voters and candidates think about the issue.
Donald Trump is the perfect candidate for an unregulated, competition-driven political news media.
The US’s seventh president was a populist the establishment tried to lock out of the White House. Sound familiar?
Primaries are the ultimate American invention. Unfortunately, they are a terrible invention – they actually destroy the political system.
Trump’s momentum is unchecked by establishment critics, Sanders surprises in Michigan and other key takeaways from the voting on March 8.
The media and political establishment have been ready to write off Bernie Sanders for some time. Not so fast.
A retired major general and judge advocate considers the legalities of Trump’s bombastic anti-ISIS talk.
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