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Polling shows Joe Biden with a large lead over Donald Trump nationally in the presidential race. But there are many ways…
Polling shows Joe Biden with a large lead over Donald Trump nationally in the presidential race. But there are many ways…
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A political action committee of longtime Republican strategists is using satire to attack President Donald Trump and influence…
In 2016, America's adversaries seemed to cheer electoral chaos and a withering faith in democracy. Now they seem to…
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The framers of the Constitution were very clear that presidential terms have time limits. Not four years and a day. Not…
Biden and Trump are like night and day on foreign policy, and American global engagement would change radically under a…
US farmers have suffered billions in losses due to the trade war and the coronavirus pandemic, yet surveys suggest they…
Special interests use the court as a public policy battleground. Here's a rundown of how that works and which groups…
Researchers posed as constituents and emailed 3,685 legislators in 11 countries in Europe and Latin America to ask for help.…
For the first time in the US, a ballot measure will ask voters whether to restore wolves to a place where they've been…
Lawsuits are being argued in courthouses across the country over the conduct of the election. That could lead to the public…
President Trump has claimed the Islamic State was completely defeated on his watch – but an analysis of government maps…
With Amy Coney Barrett's nomination, Trump has fulfilled his pledge to replace the late justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg…
Charges of media bias are nothing new, though they've gotten louder since 2016, led by President Trump. But a press…
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Presidential pollsters in the US have had some embarrassing failures. Here's a catalog of those miscalls, from the scholar…
With several senators testing positive for the coronavirus, and many older than 65, political scientists look at 1954, when…