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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The U.S. is in a new era of political violence — one that feels starker than any since the fraught days of 1968, ...

President Donald Trump is, in my view, such a narcissistic, self-serving con artist that he and his cadre of bootlickers are easy targets for Democrats to blame for much of what is wrong in the ...

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Elon Musk has officially declared his intent to launch a new political party, an announcement long on bravado but short on substance. Our Founding Fathers didn’t even want political parties, which ...

American hopes for political reform in China faded years ago, and now hopes for economic liberalization are fading too.