Political ‘unfriending’ online isn’t common. A Trump presidency could change that.; Which was the most accurate national poll in the 2016 presidential election?; That viral graph about millennials’ declining support for democracy? It’s very misleading.; The Wisconsin recount may have a surprise in store after all; Trump wants to impose a whopping 35% tariff on businesses that move jobs overseas. This is why.; What Thomas Hobbes can tell us about Donald Trump and conflicts of interest; Is Trump a Berlusconi? Or more like Mussolini?; Trump is making China angry. Could China undermine the U.S. in Latin America?; Trump says he’ll cancel Obama’s ‘unconstitutional’ executive actions. It’s not that easy.;
 
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Italy voted ‘no’ to constitutional reform. This is why, and what will happen next.
Italy probably isn't going to suffer a major crisis - just more paralysis.
Political ‘unfriending’ online isn’t common. A Trump presidency could change that.
Them's fighting words.
 
Which was the most accurate national poll in the 2016 presidential election?
Answer: most of them.
 
That viral graph about millennials’ declining support for democracy? It’s very misleading.
The reality is much less dramatic: most young people support democracy.
 
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The Wisconsin recount may have a surprise in store after all
Which is a more accurate vote counter: humans or computer scanners?
 
Trump wants to impose a whopping 35% tariff on businesses that move jobs overseas. This is why.
Trump's economic policy is likely to lead to trade wars.
 
What Thomas Hobbes can tell us about Donald Trump and conflicts of interest
The problem: American history has proven Hobbes wrong.
 
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Is Trump a Berlusconi? Or more like Mussolini?
Italian history — in the 1930s and more recently — has insights on checks and balances in the United States.
 
Trump is making China angry. Could China undermine the U.S. in Latin America?
China will find it tough to make further inroads into Latin America.
 
Trump says he’ll cancel Obama’s ‘unconstitutional’ executive actions. It’s not that easy.
The items in his list range from things clearly within the president’s unilateral authority to those that will require a fair bit of cooperation from others.
 
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