Forty-five years apart, two assassination attempts on American Presidents rather uncannily happened at the very same location. This case of history repeating itself offers much food for thought.
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Partisan bias doesn’t stop with voters. When Republicans hold the White House, Republican economists consistently overshoot on growth forecasts.
Americans of both parties are worried about Trump having a third term, and have other shared concerns.
By using reconciliation, which was originally intended to rein in deficits, Republicans can pass the bill with a simple majority vote. But analysts expect it to lead to larger deficits.
The Democrats’ response to Trump’s first 100 days in office has not impressed their supporters.
Republicans are showing some signs of discontent over federal layoffs, as Democrats fail to unveil future political plans.
Donald Trump’s popularity is not much different when you compare older and younger voters.
If Democrats benefit from higher turnout and Trump is unpopular, they could heavily defeat Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections.
Donald Trump’s attacks on Kamala Harris expose a worldview that defends whiteness as imbued with dominance over other racial groups.
The fight for women’s reproductive rights could be a big vote-winner for Kamala Harris.
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.
There are many ways bad mathematics interferes with our democracy. Assigning delegates is just one example.
A second Trump presidency may be a danger to democracy, but that’s more to do with the Republican Party than Trump himself, researchers of authoritarianism explain.
In the 1850s, a fight over the speakership took nearly two months and 133 rounds of voting. But for nearly a century, the majority party in the House has unanimously supported its leader. No longer.
A major crisis abroad may exacerbate internal divisions within one of the US’s major political parties.
Mitch McConnell, who has announced he will step down from his role as Senate GOP leader, was an uncharismatic Kentucky lawyer who came to rule the Senate and remake the US Supreme Court.
In this podcast, Michelle chats with Bruce Wolpe about the prospect of second Trump term, and what implications that will have for Australia
Haley is a young Republican candidate running for president, who thinks the over 75s need to take a competency test.
Congress passed and the president signed the deal just days before the US was expected to default on its debt.
Research shows that leaders who can embrace competing demands and focus on the long term are more likely to succeed.
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