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How an uncharismatic Kentucky lawyer came to rule the Senate and remake the federal judiciary from top to bottom.
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There are 45 million Americans of German ancestry. They gave Donald Trump his winning margin in 2016. Will they do it again?
The 2020 presidential election will be the first in nearly 40 years conducted without protections from a court order that…
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Many Supreme Court nomination battles depended on whether the president's party also had control of the US Senate.
'I don't like the candidates,' 'I don't know enough to make a decision,' 'I don't want to…
The conservative cable news channel particularly favors the term when explaining opposition to Donald Trump. This framing…
Are the conditions ripe in the US for violence before, during or after the presidential election?
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At age 7, Black, white and Hispanic children have a similar opinion of the police. But this increasingly turns negative…
Has Europe's last dictator finally gone too far?
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Clothing is a way for politicians to convey authenticity and to tell their story.
A quantitative analysis of potential nominees to the Supreme Court reveals that conservatives could get a real lock on the…
New research shows homes in white areas have appreciated $200,000 more since 1980 than similar homes in nonwhite areas –…