A scholar of political assassinations says the US just narrowly avoided plunging into wholesale violence and potential civil war when Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt.
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There have been a series of tipping points in the campaign so far, and this may well be the decisive one. It could turn Trump from a martyr to a saint in the eyes of his supporters.
Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and other presidents showed that getting limited information as president can have some benefits – but also risks.
Though largely unread, party platforms are a vital clue about which groups hold real power in the two major national parties and can help predict what the government will actually do.
Nearly 20% of House and Senate members are 70 or older, and only 6% are under 40. What explains Congress’ advanced age?
Pump prices are a big deal in a country still hooked on fossil fuels.
Politicians often are firmly committed to what they say they will do – until they announce otherwise.
Under normal circumstances, Trump’s criminal record and other aspects of his life, including financial history, would disqualify him from getting access to classified information.
Political ad transparency – who’s paying for ads and whether candidates stand behind them – is well-regulated for TV and radio. Online, not so much.
US vice president Kamala Harris is in the political spotlight as calls on Biden to drop out of the presidential race intensify.
Facing an uproar over use of a private fund to cover expenses, vice presidential candidate Sen. Richard Nixon invoked the family dog, Checkers, to salvage his political career in 1952.
From one perspective, Nevada’s political history is balanced. From another, it’s s pendulum swinging back and forth as people split their votes across party lines.
Has this been the most significant week for the US Supreme Court for a generation? We ask legal expert Colin Provost to explain.
The new British government has been in talks with both Democrats and Republicans for a while already.
If Joe Biden repeats his wobbly performance in an upcoming ABC TV interview, calls for him to withdraw from the race will intensify.
Labour’s Keir Starmer becomes the new UK prime minister after 14 years of Conservative rule.
Keir Starmer is ideologically more aligned with the Democrats. But history shows that isn’t the only key to good US-UK political relations.
Many people think the first lady is the only person who can persuade her husband to quit his bid for a second term.
All manifestos lack the kind of preventive mental health strategy that will stem the rising tide of mental illness.
The supreme court’s latest judgment gives a US president limited immunity from criminal prosecution for acts committed while in office.
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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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Teaching Fellow in US politics and international security, University of Portsmouth
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Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
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Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, York University, Canada
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Lecturer in International Studies and Politics, Ulster University; Queen's University Belfast
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
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Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Human Sciences and Culture, Flinders University
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Associate Lecturer, Department of Politics, University of York
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Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University - Newark
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Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin
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Director of Research, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney