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Death penalty states want the Supreme Court to throw out its precedents and allow the execution of child rapists

"The number of amazing people who could be spectacularly successful, is really, really high," Sunstein says

Labour leader’s key campaign message is low on content but chimes with public attitudes in recent polling

Between now and Election Day, journalists are going to spend a lot of time talking about Michigan as one of a group of “crucial battleground states” in the 2024 campaign. There will be stories about the state’s blue-collar roots and the importance of the vote from working-class white people, African…

Andrew Feinberg reports on how President Joe Biden is looking to the stars to supercharge his re-election effort

What their campaign emails say about Joe Biden and Donald Trump

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Politics is about achieving things and telling a compelling story. But neither the president – nor Starmer – can match Trump’s gift for narrative, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

In June 2019, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden tweeted: “Trump doesn’t get the basics. He thinks his tariffs are being paid by China. Any freshman econ student could tell you that the American people are paying his tariffs.”