A giant of the US political scene, John McCain had friends and enemies on all sides.
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A new book by a Christian thinker is challenging what it means to be an evangelical in Donald Trump’s America.
Sen. John McCain, who died Saturday, ended his career with growing repudiation by his party and the public for positions, from national defense to bipartisanship, that he had long embodied.
In this Speed Read, a political scientist from Ohio State University ponders an ideological shift in the May 8 gubernatorial primary.
The speaker of the House is the most visible and authoritative spokesperson for the majority party in the House. But their role goes beyond politics to everything from accounting to procurement.
On September 24, 2019, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House had launched a formal impeachment inquiry against the president. But as history shows, the outcome is anything but assured.
The winner of the special election will only serve for eight months, so what’s the big deal?
Current trends suggest that evangelicalism is out of step with younger Americans. But, a scholar says, evangelicalism has been here before.
The 12 months since Donald Trump unexpectedly took office have proffered constant shocks to the system in which the occupants of the White House remind us they are not playing by the rules.
Donald Trump’s base appears to remain loyal to him, even though he has so far failed to deliver on any of their key concerns.
What should America’s role in the world be? A lot of people have an answer, but few of them agree.
Eloquent Obama and bombastic Trump certainly have different speaking styles. But a big data analysis of their speeches also shows a surprising commonality.
As Kansas’ secretary of state, Kobach drafted the nation’s most restrictive voter ID law.
Mitch McConnell gets a win, and the Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare will be debated 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.
Yes, American politics is getting uglier. Here’s why.
Falwell Sr. was a pastor who founded the Moral Majority, a conservative Christian political lobbying group. He changed the way American Christians think about their faith and politics.
Laws that limit presidential power won’t enforce themselves – Congress must act.
The race pitted a singing cowboy against a millionaire software entrepreneur – and it got ugly at the end.
Liberals who are counting down the days until Election Day 2020 may need to revise their math. Getting rid of a sitting president isn’t easy to do.
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