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There’s a fierce debate about whether it’s ethical for mental health professionals to diagnose politicians they haven’t personally examined.
The Department of Defence and the CIA have big seats in the editing suite.
It turns out a unified government isn’t enough to get bills passed.
Troupes of women in flowing red capes are turning up all over the US to remind us that reproductive rights are under threat.
Andrew Johnson’s plan to win the loyalty of former Confederate leaders doomed his presidency to historical ignominy.
On Monday, the US Supreme Court announced that it would hear a case on gerrymandering in Wisconsin. We dive into the research on this controversial practice.
At the Versailles court, a well-directed glance could decide a person’s fate. Imagine if Donald Trump were so subtle.
The rule of law can take on different meanings depending whom you ask and where you are – but in the US it pretty much means one thing.
Russia is dangerous, the president lied, and now it’s up to the special counsel.
Angry outbursts may have derailed any other politician – but not Trump.
The US president’s use of Twitter usually appears bonkers. But was there method to his madness?
Russian media both hint toward the Russian regime’s prowess in influencing the US election, while simultaneously treating the accusation as baseless Western propaganda.
Jeff Sessions wants prosecutors to ‘charge and pursue the most serious, readily provable offense.’ That’s a step back to our failed experiment in mass incarceration.
A century after his birth, John F Kennedy’s celebrity shines as brightly as ever.
The investigation is likely to end in one of two ways: the end of Donald Trump’s presidency, or the beginning of his second term.
The US president’s sharing of sensitive information with the Russian foreign minister is not only inept, it shows an alarming lack of understanding of Russia’s role in the Syrian conflict.
And the president could learn plenty from the fate of a complacent Richard Nixon.
Having campaigned on a promise to focus on problems at home, Donald Trump is realising how important the US’s global supremacy is.
Democrat Jon Ossoff will face Republican Karen Handel in a runoff on June 20.
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Assistant Professor, Miller Center, University of Virginia, and US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of American Politics, De Montfort University
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Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor of American Studies, University College Dublin
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VC Fellow, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, University of Birmingham
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
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Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Reader in US History, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Lead Academic Teacher - Politics & Social Science (Swinburne Online), Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Management, University of Essex
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Professor of Economics and Finance. Director of the Betting Research Unit and the Political Forecasting Unit at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University
