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Back to SearchIs a red wave about to touch down on US shores? Politics Weekly America
With less than two weeks to go before the November midterm elections, analysts are working overtime to try to predict the outcome. Will Republicans m…
3 years, 8 months ago
Social media giants struggle to tackle misinformation: Politics Weekly America
This week, Jonathan Freedland and Anya van Wagtendonk look at how misinformation could affect the outcome of the midterm elections in November and ho…
3 years, 8 months ago
Why Nevada will prove crucial in November: Politics Weekly America
There is a source of worry for the Democrats coming from the west of the country – Nevada. A state previously considered pretty blue is showing some …
3 years, 8 months ago
The man who thinks Democrats could win big in November: Politics Weekly America
With just over a month to go until the midterm elections, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg about why he has been co…
3 years, 9 months ago
Republicans playing the migration card: Politics Weekly America
Ana Ceballos, a political reporter for the Miami Herald, tells Jonathan Freedland about the Republican party’s attempts to dramatise the question of …
3 years, 9 months ago
A new generation of voters empowered by Roe: Politics Weekly America
Poppy Noor has been looking into how the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade back in June might influence midterm elections this Novem…
3 years, 9 months ago
Why Biden blames Trump’s MAGA as a threat to democracy: Politics Weekly America
After Joe Biden delivered a landmark speech a couple of weeks ago warning that the extremism of Donald Trump’s Republican supporters now threatened t…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Queen’s relationship with US presidents: Politics Weekly America special
Jonathan Freedland speaks to the former senior adviser to both Bill and Hillary Clinton, Sidney Blumenthal, about some of Queen Elizabeth II’s most p…
3 years, 9 months ago
From Today in Focus: the life and death of Queen Elizabeth II
The Queen has died aged 96 at her Scottish home of Balmoral. The Guardian’s Jonathan Freedland introduces this special episode of Today in Focus, wit…
3 years, 10 months ago
Leon Panetta on the Afghanistan withdrawal, a year on: Politics Weekly America podcast
A year ago, American troops withdrew from Afghanistan after a 20-year war. The Taliban quickly returned to power and the country has since experience…
3 years, 10 months ago