The US president often provides meandering non-answers and strange speeches, but news reports omit the weirdness. Does it matter?
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The MAGA base is not happy. Trump’s handling of the Epstein controversy has done significant damage to his standing, particularly among his core supporters.
Inaugurations throughout history have come with pomp and ceremony, but the peaceful handover of power is significant.
Elon Musk is increasingly getting involved in other countries’ politics, but what is his end game?
Inaugural addresses that newly minted presidents have given over the past 250 years have aimed to do several key things, including unify the country and establish the speaker’s qualifications for the job.
For more than two centuries, U.S. presidential politics and presidential lives have found various pathways through and beyond despair, affecting Americans of all political stripes.
Fallout from the wars in the MIddle East are one area of concern for China.
Political polarization and people not being exposed to other perspectives online are two major factors that contribute to Americans feeling exhausted with politics.
Donald Trump may need advisers who can stand up to him and give a reality check.
If Democrats benefit from higher turnout and Trump is unpopular, they could heavily defeat Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections.
Postelection analysis of 2024 voters’ behavior reveals several ways self-described political independents differ from those who say they are Republicans or Democrats.
Showing just red and blue states doesn’t paint an accurate picture of national politics.
Improv theater is known for improvisation, audience participation and riffing on memes and stories circulating on social and traditional media – all hallmarks of right-wing media.
Democrats’ surprise at the results of the 2024 presidential election is partly a result of pollsters’ inaccuracies and partly of partisan filter bubbles.
The richest man in the world knows how to make savings.
Donald Trump have found some of his cabinet nominees have not been confirmed in the past. This time he seems to think he can avoid that.
A new study looks at how the U.S. stock market reacted to Donald Trump’s victory.
People acknowledging and inspecting their own political biases is one way that they can begin to reduce polarization.
Donald Trump has suggested he could cancel broadcast licenses, and jail journalists once he gets back into office.
Resistance doesn’t exist on its own, but in opposition to a larger force. Often these bigger forces — like capitalism, white supremacy, the patriarchy — shape the power structures that rule society.
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Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
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Director of Research, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Teaching Fellow in US politics and international security, University of Portsmouth
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Lecturer in International Studies and Politics, Ulster University; Queen's University Belfast
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex
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Political History Curator, Smithsonian Institution
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James S. Sherman Professor of Government, Hamilton College
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Honorary Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Human Sciences and Culture, Flinders University
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Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Boise State University