Trump has a wafer-thin lead in polling averages in Pennsylvania, which will be all-important in deciding the next US president.
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The question is how many inactive voters will come out.
From the 19th to 20th century, Native children were physically removed from their homes and put into boarding schools. A scholar asks if that was genocide.
Donald Trump won North Carolina in 2016 and 2020, but that doesn’t mean he can win again in 2024. Such is the nature of elections in a purple state.
With just a few weeks until the presidential election, the polls have both sides in a dead heat – so now the result may hinge on who comes out to vote.
These relative political newcomers have slim records on many issues, but an expert’s resume check shows Trump and Vance both have used their short times in office to oppose or roll back LGBTQ rights.
For decades, presidential candidates from both major parties have committed to cleaning up and protecting the Great Lakes. Here’s why.
President Biden has months left before he hands over to the new president in January 2025, but he still has his mind on Ukraine.
As the ground war in Lebanon heats up, how did it happen and where might it all end up?
The US is ruling out a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, but Israel has other options for retaliation. One thing is clear: a regional war is no longer imminent, it is here.
Polls help set the public’s expectations in a presidential race. In 2020, presidential polls overall were the worst in 40 years. No misfire was more striking than CNN’s. Will CNN do better in 2024?
Vice President Kamala Harris has strongly supported clean energy investments, while Donald Trump has railed against them. But transformative shifts in the energy landscape already are well underway.
Immigration remains a significant issue for many voters, but is Kamala Harris about to try anything different to her predecessor?
Allowing immigrants to settle in the US isn’t just an act of compassion. It’s also been a significant factor in the country’s economic growth, a point both candidates seem hesitant to make.
South Africa is arguably best placed to meet the demands on permanent security council members and can play a constructive role in pushing the African agenda.
The leaders of the US, Japan, India and Autralia will again meet this weekend, but it remains to be seen if the grouping can move beyond rhetoric and into action.
Working-class and poor Black Detroiters tend to vote inconsistently in presidential elections, but they could be key to winning the swing state of Michigan in 2024.
Both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are spending an awful lot of time in Pennsylvania. Why? Because Pennsylvania voters hold one set of keys to the White House.
On Monday, Anthony Albanese, made the message to voters full of angst over the cost of living is that the PM doesn’t want to be out of the country more than he has to be by going to the quad.
President Gerald Ford’s pardon of former President Richard Nixon 50 years ago is seen as a damaging precedent establishing presidential impunity. Now, the Supreme Court has affirmed that impunity.
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