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There’s no guarantee that the bill will even make it onto the floor of the US House of Representatives.
A voter emerges from a voting booth in New Hampshire in January 2024.
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Scholars discuss aspects of protecting election integrity in the face of efforts to cast aspersions on voting results.
If you are what you eat, what does that mean for your politics?
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Polarization invades parts of Americans’ lives that really aren’t political, dividing society more deeply. That includes decisions about whether or not they like meatloaf or chili.
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In an uncertain world our natural instinct is to seek out answers that reassure, even when they don’t make sense.
George W Bush used the phrase “axis of evil” to define his foreign policy in a 2002 speech.
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So far, the revival of the ‘axis’ appears to be largely coming from Republicans, rather than the White House.
Henry Kissinger, whose death has just been announced.
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For every one of Kissinger’s brilliant moves, there was a bungling countermove.
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Former US secretary of state, Henry Kissinger has died, aged 100. His legacy, including his involvement in the Vietnam war, is long, complicated and divisive.
Netflix’s show ‘The Diplomat’ is one of the few with strong female leads in politics.
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Watching a woman character star in a fictional political TV drama can spark viewers, particularly women, to vote, campaign for a politician or find other ways to become involved in politics.
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When people are pervasively disinformed, the very foundations of democracy can end up on shaky ground.
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Labor still leads on two-party preferred, but is feeling the strain as cost of living pressures take hold.
Teachers striking in London, May 2023.
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The picket lines have brought surprising levels of success.
Donald Trump, left, and Joe Biden, both photographed on Nov. 2, 2023, are two of the three oldest men ever to serve as president.
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Many years beyond the average American retirement age, politicians vie for power and influence. Their constituents tend to prefer they step back and pass the torch to younger people.
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.