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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Shaming the Democrats Back in Line
For the party elders, day one of the convention was about scolding the left back together.
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Mike Segar / Reuters When Treason Becomes Patriotism
Will the men and women who sabotaged the Republican party also be the ones to save it?
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Anger in Cleveland
If there’s one thing everyone can agree on at the Republican Convention, it’s how they feel about Hillary Clinton.
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Mike Segar/Reuters Melania Speaks!
For millions of Americans eager to hear her story, Melania Trump’s speech was perhaps most remarkable for what she didn’t say.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Has the Democratic Party Left Bill Clinton Behind?
Does the former president have a place in his wife’s party?
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Eric Miller / Reuters To Live and Die on Facebook
What leads a person to pick up a phone to record a moment of death—possibly their own, more likely someone else’s?
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Democrats Protested in the Wrong Chamber
The Supreme Court’s deadlock on immigration suggests that the protest should have been in the Senate, not the House.
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Andrew Kelly / Reuters The Justices of Last Resort
Congress can't act, and the presidency is up against its limits—leaving only the Supreme Court to step in.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic Trump, Sanders, and the Coming Apocalypse
It’s economics, it’s politics, but also: It’s Hollywood, stupid.
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Spencer Platt / Getty Trump's Hands Are Weapons of War
The 2016 election playbook may find the Humiliator turned into the Humiliated.
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Kena Betancur / Getty Can Hillary Finally Chase the Gloom Away?
After months of darkness, the clouds broke for the Clinton campaign last week. But how long will the clear skies last?
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Photodisc / Getty White People vs. White Privilege
In certain corners of the country, white Americans are not only embracing the concept, but deciding that it might be key to resolving racial inequalities.
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Jeff J. Mitchell / Getty How Long Can Ivanka Trump Defend Her Father?
Trump’s treatment of women threatens to derail his daughter’s very polished brand.
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Chris Bergin / Reuters The Wallpaper Wife
Heidi Cruz got an elbow to the face—will Melania Trump get much more?
