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Trump holds housing cost relief hostage to noncitizen voting act

by Jacob Fischler and Jennifer Shutt June 25, 2026June 25, 2026

US President Donald Trump derailed a housing overhaul that he was set to sign into law Wednesday, canceling a signing ceremony for the broadly popular bipartisan bill until Congress passes an election security measure. Trump had been scheduled to sign the bill, which passed the Senate Monday and the House Tuesday with wide margins, during a Capitol […]

Trump prods GOP states to gerrymander after voting rights ruling

by Jonaathan Shorman May 1, 2026May 2, 2026

US House, again defiant, votes to end Trump tariffs on Canada

by Ashley Murray February 12, 2026February 14, 2026

In rebuke of Trump, US House opens the door to votes against tariffs

by Ashley Murray February 11, 2026February 12, 2026

America’s extreme right and left both doomed to fail

by Noah Smith February 9, 2026February 12, 2026

Reason for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s transformation uncomplicated

by Jay Bookman January 5, 2026January 5, 2026

Ruling spares Trump fate of jailbirds Thaksin, Yoon and Bolsonaro

by Ross Williams November 28, 2025December 1, 2025

Dems: Newly released Epstein emails show Trump knew about abuse

by Ashley Murray November 14, 2025November 15, 2025

Americans punish Trump and Republicans for government shutdown

by Bruce Wolpe November 6, 2025November 6, 2025

Witch hunts, blacklists and the new American McCarthyism

by Shannon Brincat, Frank Mols and Gail Crimmins September 19, 2025September 19, 2025

Trump’s risky Iran bet aims for political dividends at home

by Natasha Lindstaedt June 26, 2025June 30, 2025

Trump’s decision to bomb Iran exposes fissures in US politics

by Lester Munson June 24, 2025June 26, 2025

The silence of icons in hours of need

by Faisal Mahmud June 14, 2025June 14, 2025

The dark parallels between 1920s USA and today’s political climate

by Alex Green March 13, 2025March 13, 2025

Will Trump go down as a great or awful president?

by David Andersen January 29, 2025January 29, 2025

Political contradictions point to end of US empire

by Richard D Wolff December 24, 2024December 24, 2024

How Trump plans to seize the power of the purse from Congress

by Molly Redden November 26, 2024December 1, 2024

Among Trump advisors, a battle for GOP’s soul rages

by Urban C. Lehner November 23, 2024November 27, 2024

The clock is ticking on TikTok

by Urban C. Lehner November 12, 2024November 15, 2024

Trump 2.0 with fewer, if any, checks and balances

by Bill Emmott November 8, 2024November 8, 2024

The growth of malignant and exclusionary social movements

by Colin Greer and Eric Laursen September 11, 2024September 11, 2024

Why are US politicians so darned old?

by Charlie Hunt July 15, 2024July 15, 2024

Essay

America’s 80-year need for war

by Francesco Sisci March 9, 2024March 15, 2024

Gerontocracy: Why are US politicians so old and refuse to retire?

by Mary Kate Cary November 8, 2023November 9, 2023

Jordan, Scalise seek ousted US House speaker’s job

by Charles R. Hunt October 5, 2023October 5, 2023

‘Nones’ still no match for US Christian nationalism

by Evan Stewart September 10, 2023September 10, 2023

Postcard from America

Unholy symbiosis of US legislators and cable news channels

by Urban C. Lehner August 15, 2023August 18, 2023

Biden vs Netanyahu

by Daniel Williams May 5, 2023May 5, 2023

Maybe the US isn’t in decline after all

by Urban C. Lehner May 3, 2023May 10, 2023

Postcard from America

Pondering the barely thinkable: President Tucker Carlson

by Bradley K. Martin April 27, 2023February 3, 2024

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