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America, nihilist nation
The shining city on the hill has become a citadel of darkness. Whoever wins, American optimism is dead
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Kamala Harris’s road remains a rocky one – but at least now it’s a proper race
Harris has seized the momentum in the presidential campaign but still faces a tough battle with Trump
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Veep thrills: why Tim Walz matters
Vice-presidential picks don’t tend to swing US elections. But Kamala Harris’s choice, an authentic avatar of the Midwest, could change that
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Asshole in one
What the golf-mad presidential frontrunner’s game says about him
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Trump’s vision of division
Almost everything you have heard about Donald Trump and Project 2025 is true. And it is every bit as terrifying as it sounds
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A slice of the Big Apple that loves Big Orange
The close-knit ‘forgotten’ borough of Staten Island is a Republican stronghold – in stark contrast to the rest of New York City
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The death of the office
After Covid, the job fits the employee’s life, not the other way round – how can we handle that shift?
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Truth Social, Don’s new con
As Trump goes on trial, his fans are already paying the price for buying into his social network
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The Hunter Biden witch hunt
The US media seemingly cannot resist even the most obvious of bait when it is delivered by the Republicans
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Rooting for the anti-hero: Taylor Swift for president?
Spurred on by fear of her endorsing Biden, the US right is turning on the singer and her gridiron star boyfriend. Bad move
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Hurricane Idalia has passed, but the sickness at the heart of Florida remains
Even before the recent racist murders in Jacksonville, governor Ron DeSantis has continually pushed anti-Black policies in the state
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RICO is ‘the prosecutor’s goldmine’. It could be the end of Trump and Giuliani
A Georgian lawyer has used the game-changing Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act in her indictment against Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani
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He’s tried fire and attempted theft, now third parties could win it for Trump
Political disruptors from Joe Biden’s side of the spectrum could split the Democrat vote and open the door for Donald Trump
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How Milan Kundera turned me into an exile from New York
The death of the Czech-French novelist made me wonder if I exiled myself, just to get out of Ronald Reagan’s America
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Biden could be president until he’s 86; Trump 82. Is it time for an age limit?
In this new world, a president should be no older than 65 – old enough to have the wisdom of age and the youth to still grasp what needs to be understood
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Trump has an unyielding grip on America’s psyche. He is not done yet
Write the former president off at your peril – he epitomises the American dream and knows what makes us tick
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Are Republicans ready to vote for someone who looks like Tim Scott?
A new contender has emerged in the Republican presidential race – the first African American to be elected to the Senate from the South since 1881
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Disney IS America.. so DeSantis will rue burning down the House of Mouse
The Florida governor has taken on a formidable foe in a battle for the heart of American childhood
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Déjà vu all over again: The fight for gun control and racial justice in Tennessee
Two young Black Democrats expelled from the state’s legislature are channelling the legacy of civil rights resistance in the South
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Trump finds Brexit’s pastures not quite as green as predicted
STEVE ANGLESEY on the latest sunlit uplands of sovereign Britain.
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The men wrongly jailed for killing Malcom X are the tip of an American injustice iceberg
American justice is deeply flawed. Now the fight for reform is hotter than ever.