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Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK
The Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world
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The Deal With the Devil that Paved the Way for Trump’s Oligarchy
As Donald Trump prepares to usher in an oligarchic dark age, Democrats must reflect on how their own flirtation with plutocracy shattered their party’s chances
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Lobbyists, Oligarchs and Power: The Pro-Putin Network Raising Fears of Foreign Influence in Trump’s Team
There is growing evidence of links between senior Trump appointees, associates, and Kremlin-linked entities
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Nigel Farage Hired Far-Right Guru Steve Bannon’s ‘Consigliere’ as his Un-Registered Foreign Agent
Farage’s agent broke US federal law for over a year before declaring her work with the Reform UK leader
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Americans Struggling With Unprecedented Housing Crisis are ‘Scared and Afraid’ Trump will Make Life Even More Unaffordable
The economy is the most important issue for voters in the US Presidential Elections, with 40 million people living below the poverty line and new homelessness records being set.
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‘Can my Husband Find out who I Voted for?’ – How Women Being Pressured by Men to Change their Vote in the US Presidential Election is a Common Experience
Women who have been coerced by “angry” men are reaching out to support others in a new campaign called ‘Vote Without Fear’.
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A Donald Trump Victory Would Open the Door to a Dangerous new Era of the Global Far Right
The re-election of a national populist US President would be a severe threat to the future of liberal democracy
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Trump-Linked Operatives Ran Unlawful Surveillance Campaign Against Democratic Politicians, Alleges Whistleblower
The secret operation was allegedly conducted by former intelligence officials in order to “generate false information” about senior Democrats
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‘Obscene, Illogical, Unworkable’: The Trump/Vance Plan for Ukraine Revealed
Paul Niland examines J D Vance’s recent statements on the Trump plan to end the war in Ukraine “in 24 hours”
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A Week After Joe Biden Stepped Aside, Here’s What the Polls Show in the Race Between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris
Polling from many different sources shows a shift towards Harris as America moves into “uncharted territory” that has “no modern historical parallel”
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‘Really, America? Trump Again?’
The former President’s path to a second term in office just got a lot tougher
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‘Biden’s Exit Is A Boon for the Young in America’s Intergenerational Political Battle for Its Democratic Soul’
America has a gerontocracy problem – in acknowledging it, President Joe Biden has shifted the political battleground against the far-right, writes Matt Gallagher
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‘The Joe Biden Impeachment Hearing Says Everything About Republicans and Nothing About the President’
Lev Parnas’ bombshell testimony shows the Republicans’ have ‘absolutely no evidence’ against President Joe Biden
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Does American Reluctance to Aid Ukraine Foreshadow a New Isolationism?
If recent polls show Americans are increasingly reluctant to provide military aid to Ukraine, how willing would it be to defend NATO allies from a Russian attack?
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What Do the 2024 ‘Super Tuesday’ Exit Polls Tell Us About Trump’s Chances in November?
Nikki Haley may be off the stage but what will her voters do next? Martin Burns analyses the answers US voters gave to CNN’s exit polls in three states
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As US Aid to Ukraine Stalls, Europe Takes the Lead
The EU and the UK are supporting Ukraine at a crucial juncture in its war against Russia, argues Mark Temnycky.
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Why Is Boris Johnson Endorsing a Second Trump Presidency in the Name of Ukraine?
Donald Trump has not stood up to Vladimir Putin and will not stand up to Russian President if he returns to the White House, writes Paul Niland
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Malicious, Stupid, Or Compromised? The MAGA Republican Position On Support For Ukraine
Paul Niland analyses the disinformation contained within a Republican Senator’s TV interview
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Congressional Gridlock: The Impact of Trump’s Impeachment on Ukraine’s Military Support
As President Zelensky meets President Biden and the White House approves $200 million in support to Ukraine, Zarina Zabrisky looks at the reasons why the funding faces deadlock in the US Congress in December and assesses the potentially disastrous effect of delay on Ukraine.
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The Republican Presidential Debate – Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
Alexandra Hall Hall provides her insights on a frightening two hours of Haley, Christie, de Santis, Scott and Ramaswamy
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Putin’s Post-Truth Politics: The Impeachment of Biden is History Rewritten as Farce
The spurious Republican inquiry treads the same treacherous ground of Russian propaganda exposed in the impeachment of Trump
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‘Trump is Cornered and Could Soon Flee the Country’
US reporter Heidi Siegmund Cuda on why Trump’s legal woes could prompt a flight to more authoritarian climes
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How a 50-Year US Rule Risks Denying Abortions to Ukraine’s Rape Victims
The Helms Amendment turns 50 this year, but the US foreign policy is a neo-colonialist relic that denies women around the world access to their human rights, reports Sian Norris
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The US Midterms and the Lucrative Business of Election Denial
Matt Bernadini inspects the funding sources of those backing Trump’s ‘stolen election’ theory
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The American Midterms: ‘This Might be the Last Election Where Your Vote Matters’
Heidi Siegmund Cuda speaks to academic and author Jason Stanley on how solidarity on the left is America’s last great hope against fascism
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‘Lies and Deceit’: Top Russian Oligarch Indicted for US Criminal Sanctions Violations had Role in Russia Interference Report
The indictment of Oleg Deripaska is the latest in a string of judicial decisions which lead back to Putin’s interference in US elections, reports Heidi Siegmund-Cuda
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How Overruling Roe is Already Risking Women’s Lives
It’s two months since the US Supreme Court ended the nationwide right to abortion, and the horror stories are already piling up. Worse is yet to come, reports Sian Norris
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What a New Polish Textbook Tells Us About Education’s Culture Wars
A bizarre history book is set to be introduced to Poland’s secondary schools – with its reactionary content symbolic of a wider battle for values in global education
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Where is Britain’s Liz Cheney?
Alexandra Hall Hall explores the worrying trajectories of the US Republicans and the UK’s Conservative Party
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Werleman’s Worldview: The New Age of Political Violence in America
The reaction of Donald Trump, Republican politicians and right-wing commentators to the FBI’s recent raid on the former president’s Florida home signals a crisis for the US, says CJ Werleman
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The ‘Culture War’ Continues to Radicalise on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Sam Bright and Sian Norris track the evolution of pro-Trump, pro-Brexit ideologies in the UK and US
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‘Do the Right Thing’: Trump Under Criminal Investigation
After months of public outcry, reports confirm Donald Trump is being investigated by the US Department of Justice for his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election, reports Heidi Siegmund Cuda
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The Conservative MPs Trying to Follow the US in Cutting Abortion Rights
A chunk of Boris Johnson’s party – including some of his own ministers – want to turn the clock back on women’s abortion rights
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Lessons from American Progressives: Ro Khanna, Sanders Presidential Campaigner with a Broader Reach
Larry Cohen profiles the US Democratic Representative for California who, despite representing arguably the wealthiest place on Earth, is focused on appealing to working America
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The End of Roe v Wade is Just the Beginning
The decision to overturn the landmark 1973 ruling will strip human rights from millions of women and girls and threatens the rights of minority groups across the US
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‘Trump was at the Centre of this Conspiracy’: January 6 Committee Hearings Begin
Heidi Siegmund Cuda reports on the first day of the Congressional Committee investigating the insurrection at the Capital and allegations of an ‘attempted coup’ by the former President
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Mainstreamed White Supremacy Sits Behind Social Media Hate of Kamala Harris
A new report reveals the horrifying abuse sent on Twitter to America’s first woman of colour Vice President – but such racist hate is becoming normalised in the US
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64 Million US Women and Girls Could Soon Live in American States with No Access to Abortion
Data analysis by Sian Norris and Heidi Siegmund Cuda reveals who will be worst impacted by the Supreme Court’s leaked opinion to overturn Roe versus Wade
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The Red States’ War on Human Rights
From abortion bans to ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills and attacks on critical race theory, the Republicans are waging a war against human rights, reports Heidi Siegmund Cuda
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The Conservatives Face their January 6 Moment
Boris Johnson’s full embrace of Trumpian tactics poses a fundamental dilemma for his party – and for British democracy, says Jonathan Lis
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Boris Johnson’s Savile Lies and the Conservative Smear Machine
The Prime Minister’s smears against Keir Starmer are part of an increasingly dangerous approach to politics which draws inspiration from the US, reports Adam Bienkov
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Insurrection at the Capitol – One Year On: How QAnon Went Mainstream
Sian Norris and Heidi Siegmund Cuda report on how the extremist QAnon conspiracy theory has captured the Republican Party and had devastating human consequences
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Insurrection at the Capitol – One Year On: How the Far-Right Won on Abortion
Sian Norris and Heidi Siegmund Cuda examine how far-right aims on abortion expressed by the ‘mob’ at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 have become the policy of the Republican elite
