American presidential races, spectacles of democracy in action, can reach a conclusion that is anti-democratic. Choosing presidents through the electoral college, a curious form of American exceptionalism, has resulted in…
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About two in three Americans support imposing term limits on Supreme Court justices, but only three in 10 back expanding the size of the court — a proposal offered up…
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Republican vice-presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (Ohio) recently laid out a potential Trump administration’s approach to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, saying former president Donald Trump’s handling of the conflict…
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The mayor of Springfield, Ohio, said a bomb threat Thursday that led to the evacuation of City Hall and numerous buildings “used hateful language towards immigrants and Haitians in our…
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Former president Donald Trump appeared to close the door to another debate on Thursday, declaring on social media that the first two covered enough ground. “THERE WILL BE NO THIRD…
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Almost immediately after the presidential debate ended Tuesday, former president Donald Trump proclaimed victory. This was inevitable, certainly. He did the same thing after debating President Joe Biden in June,…
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Former president Donald Trump has traveled the country this week accompanied by far-right activist Laura Loomer, unnerving some GOP allies with his increasing embrace of a provocateur with a history…
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When President Joe Biden announced his decision not to seek reelection, The Washington Post’s average of polls (like those of other media outlets) began to shift toward the Democrats and…
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Donald Trump and his allies have increasingly rallied around an explanation for his lopsided debate loss on Tuesday night: the lamestream media. ABC News moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis’s…
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BELLAIRE, Mich. — Sheryl Guy planned to oversee one last presidential election, and she hoped it would go more smoothly than last time. In 2020, the clerk in northern Michigan’s…