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Liberals Have Been So Busy Not Losing, They’ve Forgotten How to Win
So the Democrats avoided the usual midterm cataclysm. They lost the House, yes, but they gained a seat in the Senate, and they did so despite a bad economic climate and an unpopular president. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has embarrassed himself with ...
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The End of the Trump Era Will Be Unsatisfying
Since the 2022 midterm elections, the end of the Trump era in American politics has become, at least, a 50-50 proposition. While Ron DeSantis surges in multiple national polls, the former president has busied himself shilling $99 digital trading ...
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Turkey Bars Potential Challenger to President Erdogan From Politics
The mayor of Istanbul, a possible rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the 2023 elections, was convicted of insulting public officials.
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Kyrsten Sinema Brings Bad Tidings for Democrats in 2024
Arizona was on the cusp of seating a Democratic governor alongside two Democratic senators for the first time since 1951 when Senator Kyrsten Sinema abruptly announced last week she is leaving the Democratic Party to become an independent. The move ...
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Is It Time to Break Up With Your Political Party?
Produced by ‘The Argument’ In her two years hosting “The Argument,” Jane Coaston has changed her mind about many things — from court packing to police reform (though not on whether we should contact alien life). But this year, she has changed her ...
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In Congress, Party Switching Cuts Both Ways
If history is any guide, Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, the latest lawmaker to change her stripes, faces an uncertain future.
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South Africa Rejects Impeachment Inquiry of President
A.N.C. lawmakers showed unity in rejecting the call for hearings against their president, giving him a political lift after he failed to report the theft of huge sums of U.S. currency from his game farm.
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Inside the Battle for Control of the Republican National Committee
Ronna McDaniel, the longtime chair of the committee, has become a vessel for discontent over the party’s losses in 2022.
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Bangladesh Arrests Opposition Leaders as Crackdown Intensifies
Tensions boiled over this week as opposition supporters descended on the capital ahead of a major demonstration against the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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Kyrsten Sinema Says She Will Leave the Democratic Party
The Arizona senator is registering as an independent, noting that she “never fit perfectly in either national party.”