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As lawmakers debate immigration policy in coming weeks, they should realize that giving immigrants who came to the US as children citizenship not only has broad political support but lifts the economy too.
What’s unique about this shutdown? It happened under a unified government – and that’s bad news for the GOP.
Jeff Flake called the US president’s lies and attacks on the media a danger to democracy, but it’s unlikely to change anyone’s mind.
Everything on the GOP wish list just became more daunting to achieve.
Republicans were able to push through a tax plan and a flurry of judicial nominees after the Senate curtailed use of the filibuster. It’s time to go all the way.
It began with a sex scandal. How else?
Doug Jones has won a tough battle to represent Alabama in the US Senate; meanwhile, the crucial byelection in Bennelong is neck-and-neck, with huge implications for the government if it loses.
It is possible for minors in all 50 states to get married. A scholar explains the long history of child marriage, mostly of young girls, in the US.
Sam Dastyari has given in to pressure from within his party and resigned from parliament, saying he had always acted with integrity.
Nigeria is on the verge of passing a law to criminalise rampant mob lynching. Other countries have tried to do this and failed.
The tax bill that just cleared the Senate contains sweeping changes to nearly every facet of American life.
Universities play a vital role in promoting economic growth, something the writers of the Republican tax plan have apparently forgotten.
The Sam Dastyari episode underscores the need for clear-cut rules to prevent those with links to foreign governments from using money to influence the political process.
Nick Xenophon Team senator Skye Kakoschke-Moore has resigned from parliament after being advised she is a British citizen via her mother.
Greens Jordon Steele-John on being an ‘accidental’ senator
New Greens senator Jordon Steele-John is the youngest person ever to sit in the Senate.
Michelle Grattan speaks with Deep Saini about the week in Australian politics.
Stephen Parry’s departure is feeding into the current tensions between the Nationals and the Liberals.
The government has been thrown into a fresh crisis, with Senate President Stephen Parry announcing he may be a British citizen.
Republicans rewriting the tax system have a rare opportunity to fix a major problem: most women-owned companies can’t take advantage of key provisions designed to help small businesses like theirs.
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