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Has Trump’s coronavirus response sunk him? Don’t bet on it Cas Mudde Some pundits argue that his Lysol comments are the last straw for supporters. But he could still successfully change the conversation ‘Trump will find a way to argue that he prevented a worse disaster.’ Photograph: Al Drago/EPA Many liberal and centrist pundits seem […] More
Findings underscore partisan divide over voting as Democrats push to ease restrictions while Republicans defend them A poll worker cleans stations as Baltimore holds a special election for Maryland’s seventh congressional district on 28 April. Photograph: Tom Brenner/Reuters As America hurtles towards the critical 2020 presidential election during the Covid-19 pandemic, less than half of […] More
Trump promised in 2016 to fill the courts with conservative judges – signaling to evangelical Christians and others he was a safe pick Donald Trump has installed 51 judges at the circuit court level, just one step before the supreme court. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP Trump’s focus on judges started back on the 2016 campaign trail […] More
Donald Trump set to fall back on xenophobia with re-election plan in tatters ‘This is a president who doesn’t use the dog whistle of Republicans in the past,” said one Latino civil rights campaigner. ‘This guy talks about it openly.’ Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images The president had been intending to campaign on a strong economy […] More
In Deep review: Trump v intelligence – and Obama vs the people Pulitzer-winner David Rohde dismisses the Deep State theory – but also shows government does pursue entrenched interests Donald Trump speaks at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, in January 2017. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images The 2016 election left the US gaping at a brewing […] More
Joe Biden ‘I think he is going to try to kick back the election somehow’ Democrat also expect Russia and others to interfere Joe Biden is the Democratic party’s presumptive nominee to face Donald Trump in November’s presidential election. Photograph: Scott Eisen/Getty Images Former vice-president Joe Biden said he is concerned Donald Trump will try […] More
Using trophy animals as power symbols didn’t start with Tiger King. According to Mammoth author Chris Flynn, the American obsession dates back to the 1700s • Read more about Guardian Australia’s Unmissables series US presidents have always kept animals at the White House; Calvin Coolidge’s two lions were named Tax Reduction and Budget Bureau. Photograph: […] More
In more halcyon days, back in 1964, at a time when most popular music in America was still about idealized romantic love, radio stations across the US broadcast the sonorous voice of Dean Martin intoning the lyrics of a song composed 20 years earlier: “You’re nobody till somebody loves you, So find yourself somebody to […] More
