Hillbilly energy
Newly announced as Trump’s running mate, JD Vance has become a powerful voice in the new American right.
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The Democrats’ appalling judgement
By sticking with Joe Biden, the party has shown how arrogant and out of touch it is.
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Waging lawfare against Trump will not end well for Democrats
Progressives must speak out against partiality in the legal process and the endless persecution of the former president.
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Anatomy of The Godfather candidate
How Donald Trump used show business to overwhelm America.
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The unlikely alliance of Robert F Kennedy Jr and Russell Brand
Any ambition RFK had to be taken seriously has been undermined by his adoption of Brand as a quasi-sidekick.
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The battle for the worst job in America
Donald Trump’s pick for vice-president will be the candidate who can most thoroughly abase themselves before him.
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Rage and conspiracy on Trump’s trail
At a rally in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, a fervid former president kept his audience rapt. Suburbs like this will soon decide…
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No country for old men?
As a Trump vs Biden rematch looms, the US prepares for a second term with an octogenarian in the Oval…
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Joe Biden’s border problem
A former hotel in New York holds the clue to what might end the incumbent’s presidency.
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Donald Trump and the art of cruelty
Unlike his rivals, the former president knows how to make punitive vengeance fun.
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Can Trump be stopped?
Winning the New Hampshire primary attests to the former president’s enduring grip on the Republican base.
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Is a Kamalaissance possible?
The vice president has neutralised her critics while making a case for Biden with young, Black and female voters.
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Too online, too rigid, too weird: why Ron DeSantis failed
The presidential hopeful was the darling of the intellectual right – that was his problem.
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Donald Trump and the politics of retribution
After his emphatic victory in the Iowa Republican primary, the former president believes he is destined for a second term.…
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The Democrats must forge a political centre based on class, not identity
The party urgently needs to reconnect with the needs of ordinary people in conservative and rural parts of the US.
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Yesterday’s man
Donald Trump has won the Iowa caucus, but don’t bet on him winning the White House.
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Ron DeSantis’s campaign is already lost
The governor of Florida wanted to be seen as “Trump without the chaos” – but is more “Trump without the…
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Why Trump will win
His rhetoric – and even his personality – continue to appeal to ordinary American voters.
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What will 2024 bring for the net zero transition?
The stakes are high, especially for the climate, in a bumper election year for the world’s ailing democracies.
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The year of voting dangerously
Over two billion people in more than 60 countries will go to the polls in 2024, in elections that could…
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