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The fanfare and publicity surrounding Tim Walz for his first fortnight as Kamala Harris’s vice-presidential pick has sparked renewed interest as to whether the second person on the ticket makes any difference when it comes to the result of the election. The conventional wisdom on the role and significance of…

Some Black voters have drifted away from the Democrats in recent years, but will Harris be able to pull them back?

An attack on the independence of the federal judiciary.

Former president suggests that vote would be ‘fixed’ in future

What do these years of unprecedented events have in common?

History usually happens at a leisurely pace, with major events months or even years apart. But this year, it seems like someone has pushed fast-forward, with significant events coming on a weekly or even daily basis. One company is now selling a T-shirt declaring “THIS IS MY LIVING IN UNPRECEDENTED…

As the west zigzags between centrists and populists, it will take a fiercer response from Labour to halt a creep to the right, says Guardian columnist Andy Becket

Joe Biden’s claim that political violence is ‘unheard of’ in the US is a far bigger gaffe than getting a name wrong.

Political assassinations in the United States have a long and disturbing history.

The US provides billions in military aid around the world, but who benefits the most – and why?

Lyndon Johnson, Harry Truman, Calvin Coolidge, Rutherford B Hayes, James Buchanan, and James K Polk. Gustaf Kilander breaks down what happened when US presidents chose to bow out early