EPA/Jim Lo Scalzo
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.
EPA/Erik S. Lesser
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.
EPA/Larry W. Smith
Speaking to The Atlantic, the president didn’t leave anything out – except the bit where thousands died and millions lost their homes.
EPA/Jim Lo Scalzo
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.
EPA/Tannen Maury
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.
Fired up, ready to go.
EPA/Jason Szenes
Hillary Clinton epitomises women’s shifting place in the American polity – and her struggles to win over younger women reflect that.
A young Bernie Sanders supporter wears his heart on his sleeve.
Reuters/Jim Young
Our global newsroom responds to the Super Tuesday primary results in the race for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees.
They sure did.
EPA/J Pat Carter
One outsider movement candidate ran riot, while another seemingly crumpled.
“There must be some Americans around here somewhere.”
EPA/Facundo Arrizabalaga
If more Democrats living abroad had voted in 2000, Al Gore might have become president.
The world is watching.
EPA/Gary Coronado
It’s easy to dismiss the Republican contest as a parochial brawl, but one of its belligerents could be the world’s most powerful person.
Dark times for the Republican party.
EPA/Pete Marovich
Donald Trump could be the next president of the United States. Wanna bet?
Members of the Ku Klux Klan rally on the steps of South Carolina’s statehouse.
Reuters/Chris Keane
The votes in South Carolina’s presidential primaries are once again expected to fall along racial lines.
Sometimes down, never out.
Reuters/Ethan Miller
Every time Las Vegas looks like it’s about to die, it demolishes itself and rebuilds as something bigger and better.
Neither here nor there.
Reuters/Tony Gentile
When Pope Francis issued his unexpected on the Republican frontrunner, he did little to make the choice facing American Catholics any easier.