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Contemporary of the youth: New York mayor Zoran Mamdani has proved popular with Gen Z.

When Gen Z turned politics into the feed

Mamdani’s insistence that New York is built by immigrants and now led by one taps a rich American tradition while provoking familiar anxieties

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s ouster from the speakership was not just an event of historic significance; it was a predictable denouement of turbulence in US politics. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The fall of McCarthy exposes turbulence in American politics

It is unlikely that future Republican leaders in the House will try to be more moderate like the ousted speaker

US President Joe Biden. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Will Republicans support Biden’s strategy on the Ukraine war?

American voters support Ukraine and the Republicans know this, but this may change if inflation skyrockets

Former US president Donald Trump. File photo

US midterm elections: Will Trump be trumped?

The women’s vote, abortion, the youth vote and concerns about democracy are factors influencing voters

Former US president Donald Trump. File photo

Bye-bye, Don. But is this the end of Trumpism?

If it hadn’t been for Covid-19, Donald Trump might have won the presidential election. Almost 48% of voting Americans believe in his brand of democracy, equality and justice.

Richard Calland: Biden needs a senate win to limit Trumpism

Joe Biden doesn’t have the mojo needed to restore the US – so he needs a full house to appoint those who do, writes Richard Calland.

A counter protester (R) stands on her car and shows her middle finger to people gathered for a pro-Trump rally in Beverly Hills, California on October 3, 2020. (Apu Gomes / AFP)

Why would anyone vote for Trump?

COMMENT: For this gay, white soldier there simply isn’t a good enough challenger to knock him off his perch

There’s Joe Biden, former president Barrack Obama’s vice-president for eight years. At the onset of the primary season that status alone catapulted him to the top of every poll as the presumptive nominee.(Kamil Krzaczynski/Reuters)

US presidential campaign 2020: The Democratic conundrum

As Super Tuesday looms, there are five candidates left in the Democratic race. But the party must ensure it selects someone who will be able to defeat incumbent Donald Trump

United States President Donald Trump.  (Qassem Soleimani)

The Democrats have a cunning plan to get Trump re-elected

The bid to impeach the president failed, Iowa was a disaster and Adam Schiff is a PR nightmare

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Editorial: Democrats must unite

The best chance for Democrats to beat Trump is by taking an opposite approach to his insular and isolated one

President Donald Trump has reshaped the contents of American constitutionalism and the effects of his presidency will reverberate through the United States’s legal and social fabric for generations to come.

New future from Trump tyranny

The demagogic president has unwittingly created the opportunity for constitutional growth

Peachy: Donald Trump’s supporters wonder why there’s a fuss about him asking Ukraine for dirt on a political rival. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)

Successfully impeach Trump? What are Democrats smoking?

The Democrats will need about 19 Republican senators to vote to impeach the US president

US President Joe Biden. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Biden to face clash over race in upcoming Democrat debate

​Expect bare-knuckle political sparring when 2020 frontrunner Joe Biden battles his Democratic rivals this week

There’s Joe Biden, former president Barrack Obama’s vice-president for eight years. At the onset of the primary season that status alone catapulted him to the top of every poll as the presumptive nominee.(Kamil Krzaczynski/Reuters)

US Democratic frontrunner Biden drops in polls after debate

Biden, a former vice president under Barack Obama, still polls the highest at 22% among the two-dozen contenders for the Democratic nomination

Senator Cory Booker, Senator Elizabeth Warren and former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke pose together before the start of the first US 2020 presidential election Democratic candidates debate in Miami. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

Warren leads Democrats in spirited first 2020 debate

The biggest American political debate since the 2016 presidential campaign is occurring over two nights in Miami

We will find out allies among the American people, not its government led by Donald Trump. Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Trump launches 2020 bid with vow to ‘keep America great’

The US president launched his campaign for the 2020 elections

US President Donald Trump (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Trump walks out on Democrats as impeachment talk heats up

A livid Trump abruptly shut down a White House meeting with Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer

“Sir, your job, should you be elected, is to bring America (and the world) together in common cause if we are to avoid a similar crisis when the next corona-like virus comes,” writes Charles R Stith. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

For many Democrats desperate to beat Trump, Biden’s their man

Biden, a veteran Democrat who spent 36 year in the US Senate, boasts the thickest resume of any candidate seeking to deny Trump a second term

US President Joe Biden. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Biden to hit campaign trail before blue-collar supporters

For his first public event since announcing his candidacy last Thursday, Biden chose Pennsylvania, the state where he was born 76 years ago

Joe Biden (AFP)

Joe Biden: Popular, seasoned Democrat with a cumbersome past

The former vice president jumped into a crowded Democratic field as an immediate frontrunner in the battle to oust President Donald Trump in 2020