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Left, right, Harris, Trump: all prisoners of political nostalgia in an era few understand | Rafael Behr
The digital age has turbo-boosted extremism, and analogue democracy is struggling to keep up. Donald Trump’s record of refusal to concede defeat after the last US election should have disqualified ...World - The Guardian - November 5 -
Badenoch's win and Labour's big Budget mean we now have sharper left-right divide
With the government announcing big spending and tax, the differences between the two main parties feel sharper, writes Laura Kuenssberg.Top stories - BBC News - November 2 -
Harris will offer an alternative to Trump-era politics in closing argument speech
Vice President Kamala Harris has eroded Donald Trump's polling lead since taking over the Democratic ticket from Biden, but the race remains a dead heat.Business - CNBC - October 29 -
Trump’s victory has fractured the western order – leaving Brexit Britain badly exposed | Rafael Behr
To navigate the dangerous new era, Keir Starmer must end the culture of denial around the biggest strategic mistake of modern times. The 35th anniversary of the Berlin Wall coming down was not ...World - The Guardian - November 13 -
What left-wing intellectuals don’t understand about Trump’s victory
In this left vision, the workers are half stupid — they know what to abandon, but don’t understand what they adopt when voting Republican.Politics - The Hill - November 11 -
Harris’s Hope: Getting Right-Leaning Voters to Shift to the Left
Democrats see a narrow opening to peel away center-right voters bothered by abortion bans and by the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.Top stories - The New York Times - November 2 -
A 22-year-old political prisoner has died in Belarus, rights campaigners say
Human rights activists say a 22-year-old political prisoner has died behind bars in BelarusWorld - ABC News - November 2 -
Can you ‘undo’ political polarization? Left and right might be closer than we think, study finds
University of California, Berkeley, research shows people are committed to protecting democratic institutions despite differences. You know that uncle whose political takes threaten to turn family ...World - The Guardian - November 3 -
The era of political polarization is over
Despite claims of political polarization, the Democratic and Republican parties are unified in their temperament and values, with both candidates moving towards centrist positions on issues such as ...Politics - The Hill - November 4 -
How Trump’s Win Is Explained by Right and Left Media Outlets
Media outlets on the right said Mr. Trump won because of the left’s embrace of what they called extreme political views. Left-leaning outlets offered a broader variety of explanations.Business - The New York Times - November 9 -
Trump’s Matt Gaetz Pick Concerns Both Right- and Left-Leaning Media
President-elect Donald J. Trump selected Matt Gaetz, a former Florida congressman, as his attorney general, a pick that drew a rare bipartisan rebuke from both conservative and liberal media outlets.Business - The New York Times - 6 days ago -
Trump-Harris loser to face political upheaval for party
The Republican and Democratic parties are both facing a crossroads in Tuesday’s election, which is likely to determine the direction each takes over the next few years. If former President Trump ...Politics - The Hill - November 5 -
Kamala Harris calls for ‘new generation of leadership’ in Washington speech
Vice-president strikes hopeful tone in remarks delivered from site of Trump’s speech before deadly January 6 attack. With the White House illuminated behind her, Kamala Harris asked the vanishing ...World - The Guardian - October 30 -
Harris, Trump pull out all the stops
Welcome to The Hill's Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report The Big Story Harris, Trump pull out all the stops Vice President Harris and former President Trump are making ...Politics - The Hill - October 31 -
Democrats need to understand being relatable is more important than being right
Democrats approach elections — and communicating with voters — through a lens of how they think the world should be, rather than meeting them in the world as it actually is.Politics - The Hill - November 14 -
Ivanka Trump has been living the high life in her $24 million Miami megamansion since she left politics
Since 2021, Ivanka has pursued a celebrity lifestyle, traveling the world, attending red carpet events, and renovating the mansion.Business - MarketWatch - November 13 -
Comparing Trump and Harris' views on LGBTQ rights, marriage equality
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have starkly different messages and backgrounds on LGBTQ issues.Top stories - CBS News - October 31 -
What Harris, Trump are doing in the West right before Election Day
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are visiting the West just days before the Nov. 5 Election Day. CBS News political reporter Zak Hudak has more on the upcoming ...Top stories - CBS News - October 31 -
Pollsters just can’t get it right on Trump — will Harris flip the script?
Relying on polls has been an exercise in futility since 2016 — this time, could it be in Kamala Harris's favor?Politics - The Hill - November 4 -
Chuck Todd: Trump’s Cabinet picks useful ‘to seek revenge and burn the place down’
NBC News Chief Political Analyst Chuck Todd joins Meet the Press NOW to analyze President-elect Trump’s political strategy behind his controversial Cabinet picks. NBC News Correspondents Ryan ...Politics - NBC News - Yesterday -
Harris on Trump connection to Project 2025: 'His DNA is all over it'
Vice President Harris said in a new interview that former President Trump's "DNA is all over" Project 2025. "As you know, I am a former prosecutor; his DNA is all over it," Harris said in the ...Politics - The Hill - October 27 -
CBS News Harris-Trump poll: All tied up in Pennsylvania
More voters say they would be better off financially with Trump, but more think Harris has the cognitive health to serve.Top stories - CBS News - October 29 -
First US election result is three-all tie between Trump and Harris
Tiny community of Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, has voted at midnight on election day since 1960. US election 2024 – latest updates US election results 2024: live map and tracker Senate ...World - The Guardian - November 5 -
Democrats feel 2016 all over again in Harris-Trump battle
Democrats started election night feeling genuinely optimistic about Vice President Harris’s chance of becoming the nation’s first female president. But as the evening wore on and former President ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Column: From Kimmel's Musk roast to Trump's Cabinet appointments, humor is all we have right now
From Jimmy Kimmel's Elon Musk roast to President-elect Trump's absurd Cabinet appointments, humor is all we have right now.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 14 -
Harris will ask voters to 'turn the page' on Trump era at the site of his Jan. 6 speech
Kamala Harris will hold a rally Tuesday near the White House — the site where Donald Trump spoke on Jan. 6, 2021.Top stories - NBC News - October 29 -
How to trade in the Trump era
From bitcoin to navigating the new president’s Tudor court, investors should bear the following in mindBusiness - Financial Times - 6 days ago -
Want to understand what just happened? Try talking to Trump voters for a change.
Democrats should engage in conversations with Trump voters to understand why they voted for him, rather than making assumptions about them.Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Harris and Trump tied in Pennsylvania with 1 week left, CBS News poll finds
The 2024 presidential race is tied in Pennsylvania one week from Election Day. A new CBS News poll finds that Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have 49% there. CBS News ...Top stories - CBS News - October 29 -
From Trump’s victory, a simple, inescapable message: many people despise the left | John Harris
The tumult of social media and rightwing propaganda has successfully cast progressives as one judgmental, ‘woke’ mass. There is no need to pick only a few of the many explanations of Donald Trump’s ...World - The Guardian - November 10 -
Belarus' hardline president releases 31 political prisoners but crackdown persists
Belarus’s authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has led a harsh crackdown on opposition, has pardoned and released 31 political prisonersWorld - ABC News - November 7 -
First sighting of Belarusian political prisoner in more than 600 days
Maria Kolesnikova, jailed for her part in mass political protests in 2020, was allowed to see her father.Top stories - BBC News - November 12 -
Young African Voters Reject Liberation-Era Political Parties
Political parties that have governed for decades since African countries overthrew colonial rulers are now being challenged by frustrated young voters.World - The New York Times - November 2 -
There are just a few spaces left at our NYC Pub Quiz. Did we mention the prizes?
Spilling the teeWorld - Financial Times - October 31 -
Trump repeats ‘enemy from within’ rhetoric at Madison Square Garden rally as speakers give racist remarks – live
Tucker Carlson among speakers to take jabs at Harris, Puerto Rico and trans people after vice-president rallies in Philadelphia. Following her appearance at a predominantly Black church in ...World - The Guardian - October 28 -
Ping! Harris and Trump are blowing up your phones with political texts in campaign's last days
Across the U.S., people's phones are pinging with text messages from Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and their alliesTech - ABC News - October 31 -
US politics live: Women’s marches hit the streets in support of Harris as both candidates target east coast
Harris leading Trump in new Iowa poll in startling reversal, pulling ahead of Trump 47% to 44%. Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump head to North Carolina on Saturday to try to ...World - The Guardian - November 3 -
GOP pollster Frank Luntz: 'Whoever told' Harris to focus on Trump 'committed political malpractice'
Republican pollster Frank Luntz told ABC News’s Jonathan Karl on Sunday that the person who “told” Vice President Harris to focus on former President Trump during her presidential campaign ...Politics - The Hill - November 10