State resistance to federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota illustrates how federalism keeps authority divided and disputed.
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The House Un-American Activities Committee was given sweeping powers to investigate subversion in the US in the mid-20th century.
The right-wing populist party continues to climb in polling following the Bondi terror attack, mostly at the expense of the Coalition.
As the U.S. withdraws from the World Health Organization, it cedes influence over global health programs. A more immediate concern is disruption of disease surveillance and emerging health threats.
Trump has wielded his presidential power more forcefully than at any point during his first term.
Pragmatic realism called for compromise when it came to Venezuela, but there is no reasonable explanation for an invasion of Greenland.
Trump has spent the first year of his second term pushing the limits of presidential power. He’s the latest in a long line of leaders who try to bypass Congress.
There’s a recipe for autocracy: six steps tried and tested by some of the world’s most notorious leaders. How many has Donald Trump ticked off?
Trump is the predictable result of the deteriorating economic conditions in the U.S. since the 1980s and the political machinations that brought those economic conditions about.
Feel overwhelmed but realise the need to understand what’s going on? Academic analytical frameworks can help.
A world without a world order is a much greater problem for Europe than for any other economy of the world.
Miller is one of the few officials to serve in both of Trump’s terms of office.
Two state governments are up for re-election in Australia, while the US midterms offer an opportunity for the Democrats to take control of Congress.
Trump’s Venezuela intervention has divided his ‘America first’ support base.
Former journalist Olivia Nuzzi’s American Canto, about her ‘digital affair’ with politician RFK Jr, raises all kinds of ethical questions. Oh, and it’s a hot mess.
The ‘No Kings’ protests have been important, but smaller, more sustained acts of resistance have proven successful in other countries around the world.
America’s new vision of its place in the world has left its European allies wondering whether Nato can survive in its current form.
The US is wrong to try to impose its worldview on Europe – but it has been able to do so because European leaders don’t have a strategy of their own.
Can one person change the world? At a time of pessimism and populism, a new book suggests how we can achieve social change.
Americans have looked to the Declaration of Independence when they sought to remedy contemporary problems and create new visions for the country’s future.
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