Trump and Obama have one surprising thing in common – the words they use
Eloquent Obama and bombastic Trump certainly have different speaking styles. But a big data analysis of their speeches also shows a surprising commonality.
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Kris Kobach and Kansas’ SAFE Act
As Kansas' secretary of state, Kobach drafted the nation's most restrictive voter ID law.
Senate GOP opens health care debate. Now what?
Mitch McConnell gets a win, and the Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare will be debated in the Senate.
Mitch McConnell, the president’s man in the Senate
Why would McConnell push a vote to repeal Obamacare when he knows it won't pass? It's not as crazy as it sounds.
Why some are applauding Donald Trump Jr’s ‘win at all costs’ attitude
Yes, American politics is getting uglier. Here's why.
Did Sessions and Trump conspire to obstruct justice?
Did the attorney general help create a false story on why Comey was fired? Sessions' testimony to Congress provides no answers.
Why Montana just elected Greg Gianforte, a man charged with assault, to Congress
The race pitted a singing cowboy against a millionaire software entrepreneur – and it got ugly at the end.
Ivanka Trump’s deeply political tome
'Women Who Work' attempts to present itself as an apolitical work. But no narratives ever are – and it's especially the case for those that anxiously seek to appear that way.
Republicans fumble ACA repeal: Expert reaction
Trump cuts bait, Ryan loses his nerve – and the Obamacare repeal goes down without a vote. What's next for Congress and the GOP?
How our morals might politically polarize just about anything
Our morals compel us toward helping our team win. This can turn even otherwise innocuous decisions into 'us vs. them.'
Trump’s address to Congress: Expert reaction
Three scholars grade Trump's first address to Congress. How did he do on Obamacare? What would his 'merit-based' immigration proposal mean? And can he play nice with others
The Democratic Party is facing a demographic crisis
As America becomes more diverse, many think it will also become more progressive. But one analysis of demographic trends points to gains for Republicans.
How Democrats can help Trump make the ACA’s replacement ‘terrific’
A 2010 law that requires the executive branch to set goals and an obscure Senate rule may be the Democrats' best chance to influence GOP plans to repeal and replace Obamacare.
An original Republican tax plan offers Trump a radical tool for corporate tax reform
The GOP has a proposal on the table that could send shockwaves through the tax avoidance industry.
Winning over Congress’ key members would spell legislative victory for President Trump
An analysis of more than 30 years of congressional voting reveals that a few key members of Congress determine whether a president will achieve their agenda. Who are they, and can Trump win them over?
What Theresa May could teach America’s next president about leading a divided country
Will it be possible to put America's political life back together after the election? Britain after 'Brexit' offers a case study.
Trump’s Republican convention was farcical, vacuous and terrifying
Even by the standards of the Trump campaign, the Republican jamboree in Cleveland was a sorry spectacle.
In acceptance speech, Trump embraces role as hero of the forgotten
Trump appeared surprisingly presidential. According to a scholar of American political rhetoric, there were echoes of Roosevelt, Eisenhower and Reagan.
Politics serves as therapy when Trump takes the stage
Donald Trump runs his campaign like reality television – high on emotion, low on substance. But that is the key to his appeal to many disenfranchised Americans.
What anti-Trump activists can learn from Chicago ‘68
RNC protests in Cleveland have been peaceful, but are they effective? A historian explains what happened at the DNC in 1968 and why activists may want to reconsider their tactics.
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