The pendulum will swing back. It is a phrase invoked repeatedly, with variation, since Donald Trump’s reelection last November. Cable news anchor Chris Cuomo, Senator Angus King, and pollster Nate ...

History of U.S. political parties Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., general editor Smithsonian Libraries and Archives ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The issue of abortion had a long-complicated history both before and after the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, making abortion legal nationwide. It is a historical ...

What does this say about the state of our political process? Does the United States need a third political party? Are the ...

Elon Musk isn’t the first wealthy businessman to propose a third political party in the U.S. How his "America Party" will compare to other third parties in U.S. history remains to be seen. A day after ...

When Martin Van Buren arrived in Washington to be sworn in as a senator in 1821, he told a friend he planned to “build up a party” for himself. It was an odd time to be party-mongering, and Van Buren ...

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As the country barrels toward the 2026 midterm elections, the political landscape feels more unsettled than it has in decades. In swing states and strongholds alike, party loyalty is being tested, ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Money wouldn't be a problem for Elon Musk in his quest to build a new national political party. But even for the world's richest man ‒ who has sent rocket ships to space and owns his own ...

As dissatisfaction with the two-party system grows in the United States, the idea of an alternative, however unlikely, gains traction. Elon Musk’s recent call for an America Party may be unserious, ...