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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Trump Time Capsule #57: Russia, and Taxes
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Brian Snyder / Reuters The Long Fall of Debbie Wasserman Schultz
The Democratic chairwoman had few supporters—but clung to her post for years, abetted by the indifference of the White House.
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Jay Paul / Reuters The Class Inversion of American Politics Accelerates
Donald Trump’s Republicans are becoming the party of blue-collar white voters, as college-educated white voters slip away.
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Jim Young / Reuters A Party at War With Itself
Hillary Clinton is running as the candidate of continuity—but Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and most white Democrats think America is headed in the wrong direction.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters Michelle Obama's Speech for the Ages
The First Lady took to the stage at the Democratic National Convention, and united a divided hall.
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic The Streets of Philadelphia Are Anti-Hillary
The majority of Democratic voters, however, are with her.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters All Hell Breaks Loose at the Democratic Convention
A 30-step review of the mayhem in Philadelphia, and what Clinton’s convention says about the future of the American political system.
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Gleb Garanich / Reuters A Bernie Voter, From Ukraine, on the Putin Story
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Bryan Woolston / Reuters Bernie Sanders Supporters: ‘People Are Going to Protest’
A call from the Vermont senator urging support for Hillary Clinton was met with boos from delegates in Philadelphia.
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RIA Novosti / via Reuters Trump Time Capsule #56: Russian Quids and Quos
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Gary Cameron / Reuters The Muscovite Candidate?
Democrats allege that Russian hackers stole and leaked their emails in order to aid Donald Trump. Just because they’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re wrong.
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Paul Sancya / AP Bernie Gives In to Hillary
The Vermont senator closed the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia with a show of unity, but his supporters weren’t necessarily with him.
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Chris Carlson / Reuters A 93-Year-Old Democratic Delegate Who Has Seen It All
This will be the Ruby Gilliam’s eighth national convention—and she says she has a few more left in her.
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HBO The Ultimate (Futile?) Statement Against Politicians Misusing Songs
John Oliver enlists Usher, Sheryl Crow, Michael Bolton and others to shame candidates who don’t get permission for music.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Selling Fear and Anger: The Why and How of Trump
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters America's Rejection of the Politics of Barack Obama
The president’s belief in policies that can benefit all Americans is being repudiated by voters, in favor of a vision of politics as a zero-sum game.
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Jeff Roberson / AP The Disputed Influence of Black Lives Matter
Research suggests the movement affects voting behavior among African Americans in different ways.
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Trump Time Capsule #55: 'Unique Threat to Democracy'; Russian Role?
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Mary Altaffer / AP Another Clinton Email Scandal
As the Democratic National Convention prepares to kick off, a massive leak of hacked emails renews old questions about how the Clintons and their associates operate.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Just How 'Responsible' a Choice Is Tim Kaine?
The virtues that Hillary Clinton identified in Tim Kaine are also the ones that have led her astray in the past.
