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​Washington , DC - January 20: President-elect Donald Trump arrives ahead of the 60th inaugural ceremony on January 20, 2025, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Trump becomes the 47th president of the United States in a rare indoor inauguration ceremony. The parade was also moved inside Capitol One Arena due to weather.
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Trump’s 2025 Inaugural: From American Carnage to Golden Age

“Nothing will stand in our way. The future is ours and our golden age has just begun.”

​Sarah McBride, Delaware state senator and candidate for United States Representative, speaks to a voter outside of a coffee shop in Wilmington, Delaware, on Oct. 26, 2024.
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Delaware Dem becomes first openly transgender federal lawmaker

The United States has elected its first openly transgender member of Congress.

Illustration, a detail from a cover of Puck magazine in 1909, shows several congressmen engaged in a brawl on the floor of the House of Representatives.
Analysis

The end of polarization in America?

How does this all end? Does it? It’s a question a lot of Americans have been asking themselves in the week since an assassin’s bullet missed Donald Trump’s skull by less than a quarter of an inch.

Are identity politics making students less tolerant?
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Are identity politics making students less tolerant?

Political scientist Yascha Mounk worries today's students prioritize identity and reject free speech principles.

Has identity politics distracted us from true inclusion?
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Has identity politics distracted us from true inclusion?

Political scientist Yascha Mounk argues progressive ideology about race, gender, and sexual orientation, known as identity politics, has gained outsized power over mainstream institutions in the US.

The identity politics trap
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

The identity politics trap

Despite good intentions from the left, does focusing on identity politics hurt our society more than it helps? On GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, political scientist and author Yascha Mounk weighs in on identity, politics, and how those two combine to create the complicated, contentious idea of “identity politics.”

Ian Explains: Will voters care about "anti-woke" politics in 2024?
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Ian Explains: Will voters care about "anti-woke" politics in 2024?

Anti-woke candidates haven’t performed well in the GOP primary, but anti-woke politics are still at the heart of the Republican Party.

NewSouth Bookstore in Montgomery, Ala., displays books that have been banned by some schools, including "Charlotte's Web" and "Captain Underpants."
Economy

Hard Numbers: Books attacked, Trump trial looms, migrant children drown off Greece, Evergrande crisis deepens, redheads celebrate

With the US culture wars raging, requests to remove specific books from library shelves surged last year to the highest level in 21 years, according to the American Library Association. There were more than 1,000 such requests, with books about LGBTQ themes the most targeted.

Chris Christie interview: The truth about the 2024 GOP primary race
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Chris Christie interview: The truth about the 2024 GOP primary race

Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie is playing coy on whether he'll throw his hat in the ring for the Republican presidential nomination for 2024, indicating he might simply influence the conversation from afar. In a wide-ranging interview with Ian Bremmer, Christie outlines the stark reality he sees about the GOP primary as things begin to heat up on the campaign trail.

Why Chris Christie calls DeSantis "anti-conservative"
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Why Chris Christie calls DeSantis "anti-conservative"

The Republican Party is in the midst of an identity crisis. Between the far-right MAGA supporters and more traditional “Never Trump” conservatives, there doesn’t seem to be a coherent through-line for GOP priorities ahead of the 2024 race for US president.