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Explore the dynamic landscape of the Republican Party with our collection of articles, offering comprehensive coverage, analysis, and insights into its key figures, policies, electoral strategies, and influential debates shaping American politics.
What is wrong with this year’s Republican Senate candidates?
The party is running people in the 2022 midterm elections who are struggling with how to conduct a competitive political…
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Biden’s right – Trump and “Maga Republicans” are a threat to democracy
But the US won’t be saved by a speech
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Democrats opt for the tried and true candidates
New York and Florida primaries went well for longtime elected officials and middle-of-the-road prospects.
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Liz Cheney lost her primary. So what?
Though she helped shape the modern Republican Party, Cheney ultimately put her country ahead of a political career.
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Republicans, this is why you wait for more information
The possibility that Donald Trump took documents relating to nuclear weapons to Mar-a-Lago gives new meaning to the FBI raid.
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With George Soros, right-wing America puts conspiracy above reality
By invoking “Soros-backed prosecutors”, Republicans are trying to decide who gets to participate fully in US society.
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Why a bid to strip away abortion rights in Kansas backfired
You know something’s up when restriction fails in a Republican state.
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Don’t let Republicans rehabilitate their party through the 6 January hearings
Despite the efforts of Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, their party hasn’t changed since Trump.
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Republicans put US shootings down to anything but guns
Lone wolf theory, mental illness – there’s no end of old tropes that are preferred.
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America’s crisis-industrial complex
Are alarmist narratives about a “new civil war” obscuring the real battle in US politics: the fight for democracy?
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In the ruins of anti-fascist hegemony
The end of Roe vs Wade is part of a wholesale attack on America's democracy and postwar liberal consensus by…
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Jonathan Haidt: “America is the ghost of liberal democracies’ future”
The social psychologist believes bitter online discourse is hastening the spread of US-style recriminatory politics.
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Liz Cheney can be a villainous Republican and an honourable human being at the same time
Her conduct at the 6 January Capitol riot hearings shows people are neither entirely good nor evil.
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The US Capitol riot hearings shouldn’t be about partisan politics
If America doesn’t properly reckon with the events of 6 January 2021, its democracy may never come back.
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From God to monsters – the “new nationalism” of the US right
Is the Republican Party of Trump and QAnon also now the party of non-religious class warriors?
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You might think Tory MPs are bad, but you haven’t seen Republicans
The Capitol riot was apparently not enough of a reason to challenge Donald Trump.
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Why the US gun lobby has a fatal grip on American politics
The NRA funnels millions into the Republican Party, making it a powerful force against any proposed restrictions on firearms.
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American exceptionalism is an open door to fascism
Complacency over mass shootings could lead to a far darker future.
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Rep. Andy Levin: “I’m not going to be intimidated. I don’t care how much money they throw at the race.”
The congressman from Michigan on progressive politics and the importance of turnout ahead of November’s midterm elections.
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