Hillary Clinton has been deeply frustrated in her efforts to dismiss Bernie Sanders’ candidacy.
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Hillary Clinton’s ‘slow and steady push’ is hardly inspiring. But it shows she is playing the long game, already positioning herself as the centrist candidate for the election in November.
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The Republican insurgent’s latest foray into geopolitics was even more dangerous than it sounded.
Most of us agree inequality is a problem, but solutions and causes differ greatly depending on our partisan blinders.
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Americans tend to agree inequality is a problem, but Democrats and Republicans have very different ideas about what is causing it and how to solve it.
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It could be battle royale for the Republicans at the Ohio convention in July.
Malcolm Turnbull’s best election bet, from an economic standpoint, might be measures to improve confidence.
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Popular wisdom holds that conservatives manage the economy better than their progressive counterparts, but recent data from the US and Australia does not bear this out.
Donald Trump has been highly critical of trade liberalisation, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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Donald Trump will probably not become US president, but whoever succeeds Barack Obama will have a tough time undoing the damage Trump has done.
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It’s a searing response to the great American paradox – and the US climate of suspicion and fear.
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If you want to see how dangerous a candidate Ted Cruz is, just take a look at the company he keeps.
A Trump presidency may be the right time for Australia to distance itself from the US.
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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.
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The US’s long history of inventive campaign soundtracks seems lost on this year’s contenders.
Hackles raised at a Rubio rally.
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In times of trouble, the Republicans have held together by refusing to attack each other. That’s all gone out of the window.
Good luck, Merrick.
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In an act of defiance, Obama has nominated his choice for the Supreme Court. Perhaps he can learn from Reagan’s spectacular 1987 failure.
Meet me in Ohio.
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Donald Trump saw off one contender, but Ted Cruz and John Kasich fight on. Where will it end?
He’s off, and he’s burning bridges.
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Speaking to The Atlantic, the president didn’t leave anything out – except the bit where thousands died and millions lost their homes.
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Donald Trump is the perfect candidate for an unregulated, competition-driven political news media.
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The US’s seventh president was a populist the establishment tried to lock out of the White House. Sound familiar?
Donald Trump is masterfully exploiting America’s system of choosing its presidential candidates.
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Primaries are the ultimate American invention. Unfortunately, they are a terrible invention – they actually destroy the political system.
Berning down the house.
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The media and political establishment have been ready to write off Bernie Sanders for some time. Not so fast.
A troubled town.
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A lead poisoning crisis caused by corroded pipes has made Flint, Michigan a symbol of American inequality.
Donald Trump has risen to probable nominee status through an extraordinary ability to tap into the deep fears and anxieties of millions of Americans.
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The impact of a Trump presidency is basically unknown. No serious candidate in the post-second world war period has been so unclear in their attitude to foreign policy.