Former US secretary of state, Henry Kissinger has died, aged 100. His legacy, including his involvement in the Vietnam war, is long, complicated and divisive.
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Watching a woman character star in a fictional political TV drama can spark viewers, particularly women, to vote, campaign for a politician or find other ways to become involved in politics.
When people are pervasively disinformed, the very foundations of democracy can end up on shaky ground.
Labor still leads on two-party preferred, but is feeling the strain as cost of living pressures take hold.
The picket lines have brought surprising levels of success.
Many years beyond the average American retirement age, politicians vie for power and influence. Their constituents tend to prefer they step back and pass the torch to younger people.
One person’s content moderation is another’s censorship when it comes to Democrats’ and Republicans’ views on handling misinformation.
Until 1906, no US president had ever traveled abroad in office. Then Teddy Roosevelt demonstrated the power of showing up.
With Donald Trump absent again, Republican presidential hopefuls took potshots at each other but agreed that Bidenomics isn’t cutting it.
Shutting down the government won’t help reduce the deficit. Here’s what would.
When sincerity counts as honesty, accuracy no longer matters.
Term limits for presidents were only written into the Constitution after the second world war. And members of Congress can still serve as long as they wish.
When politicians talk more about their personal lives and less about politics, it makes people from the opposing side of the political line see them as people and like them more.
Nonreligious voters are poised to make an impact, but sweeping statements about the ‘nones’ don’t tell the full story.
Republican rising star Vivek Ramaswamy had a bump in the polls after a recent television debate.
Special counsels can help presidential administrations avoid the perception of bias, but they are not as independent as the independent counsels of the past.
While there are minimum age requirements for people who want to hold political office in the US, there are no limits on when someone must retire.
Donald Trump’s decision not to take part in the first TV debate for Republicans who want to be the next presidents seems to have reaped rewards for him.
Scholarly experts explain many aspects and angles of the criminal cases involving former president Donald Trump.
Women’s rights groups and politicians have pushed, ultimately unsuccessfully, for the Equal Rights Amendment to become part of the Constitution for the past several decades.
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