Indeed, politics intensifies these dynamics. In the US, political identity increasingly dominates how people define their social groups. Political groups are motivated to define “the truth” in ...

The real problem (is) that US democracy is fundamentally broken, that Congress is incompetent, and that none of the country’s ...

“I actually do not think he understands American political dynamics particularly well,” Mr Hammer told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “He would be far from the first foreign leader to fail to ...

It grounds us, makes us part of a political community in ways we are ... In other ingroup/outgroup dynamics, people generally don’t see themselves as part of both groups, but here the author ...

Questioning the integrity of a pope’s election shows how deeply American political dynamics have seeped into some corners of the church. For many traditionalists, the problem was also what they ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic has abated, mortality from other causes in the United States has kept climbing, reflecting disturbing trends not seen in any other high-income country. Despite US health ...

It’s the first time ever that a Gallup survey showed a majority of members of a main US political party had a negative opinion of the Jewish state, with the question being asked since 1989.

The researchers examined political rhetoric in 8 million speeches by members of the US Congress between 1879 and 2022 to see if the focus of their language was more on data and facts or personal ...

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