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Jim Urquhart / Reuters End the Imperial Presidency Before It's Too Late
Why aren’t the critics comparing Donald Trump to a fascist acknowledging that the office he seeks is too powerful?
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Mike Segar / Reuters Six Ways to Think About Donald Trump's Attack on Bill Clinton
A new video ad resurfaces old accusations of rape and sexual assault against the former president. Will it work?
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Damian Dovarganes / AP The Parties Invert
White working-class voters defect from the Democrats, as white college-educated voters abandon the Republicans—a reversal a Clinton-Trump race could cement
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Mike Blake / Reuters Is Lindsey Graham Backing a 'Race-Baiting, Xenophobic Religious Bigot'?
If Trump’s most voluble critic in the Senate may be coming around, will any Republican politicians hold the line against endorsing their nominee?
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Mike Segar / Reuters Born to Run
Supporters in New Jersey seemed willing to look past Donald Trump’s flaws at a rally on Thursday night.
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Phil McCarten / Reuters The Democratic Wingman of the Democratic Party
Howard Dean was once the revolutionary progressive from Vermont. Now, his own PAC is supporting Bernie Sanders despite Dean’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton. For Dean and Sanders, it’s complicated.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters The NRA Rallies to Trump
The gun-rights group endorses the presumptive Republican nominee, despite questions about his record on the Second Amendment.
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Paul Sancya / AP Coal Miners Are Political Canaries
Hillary Clinton has detailed, practical plans to help Appalachia—so why aren’t voters there listening?
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Scott Audette / Reuters The Deep Cynicism of Trump's Rape Accusation
Did the Republican level an allegation that he doesn’t believe for political gain? Or did he have his wife pose with a man he regards as a rapist at their wedding?
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Jeff J. Mitchell / Getty How Long Can Ivanka Trump Defend Her Father?
Trump’s treatment of women threatens to derail his daughter’s very polished brand.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters Making the Case Against Donald Trump
So far the Republican presidential candidate seems invincible. Can Democrats change that?
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Kevork Djansezian / AP Trump's Self-Pitying Aggression
The Republican’s personal attacks mirror his foreign policy—using a sense of victimhood to justify overreactions.
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Gene J. Puskar / AP What Trump's Reaction to EgyptAir 804 Reveals
The Republican candidate doesn’t hesitate to speculate wildly—to likely political advantage—while Hillary Clinton remains silent.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Selling Merrick Garland
Senate Democrats seem to be tailoring their message to voters ahead of November’s election.
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Scott Applewhite / AP The Impossible Task Facing Republican Leaders
The GOP’s elected officials find themselves working to salvage what they can of their party, without alienating their own voters.
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Mel Evans / AP Will 2016 Prove a Turning Point in American Politics?
David Frum and Bob Shrum discuss the election cycle and its likely place in political history.
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Jim Cole / AP Hot at the Press
Donald Trump’s war on the media threatens fundamental American principles—making it crucial that responsible conservatives speak out.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters Is the Democratic Primary Really Rigged?
Bernie Sanders supporters are increasingly convinced the election isn’t a fair fight. That's bad news for the Democratic Party.
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Jeff Bottari / AP Donald Trump and the ‘Ideal Woman’
A psychology professor looks at the U.S. Republican presidential contender’s views on gender and more.
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Wilson Ring / AP What Killed Burlington College?
The small Vermont liberal-arts college will close up shop this month, and a controversial real-estate deal made by Jane Sanders, Bernie Sanders’s wife, may be to blame.
