JD Vance has two obstacles to the White House
One of them is Donald Trump
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One of them is Donald Trump
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The Epstein files are splitting JD Vance from Donald Trump
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The state visit was a humiliation ritual for Britain. Was it worth it?
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The vice-president has become the prince of the new reactionary right.
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Plenty of Reform voters are put off by the party’s association with the American government.
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The US vice-president is spending the summer in Charlbury. Will he be fooled by its charms?
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Trump’s strike on Iran underlines the enduring alliance between Israel and the United States.
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The Vice President is flattering British conservatives by appealing to their deepest imperial fantasies.
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The row over the Ukrainian leader’s attire reveals a fault line between old- and new-world manners.
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After this row in the Oval Office between Zelensky and Trump, can Ukraine or Europe count on American support anymore?
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Also this week: a proliferation of new London media outlets, and another baby for Elon Musk.
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From Trump’s Ukraine proposals to JD Vance’s Munich speech, it’s clear that the US wants to rule like an empire.
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Donald Trump’s running mate seems prepared to put his desire for power ahead of American democracy.
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The obsessions of the extremely online right do not correspond with the concerns of most voters.
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Donald Trump’s running mate has brought the new right to the brink of power.
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David Lammy has built strong ties with Maga Republicans, but could isolationist Vance unravel them?
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Donald Trump has anointed Hillbilly Elegy author JD Vance as his running mate.
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Newly announced as Trump’s running mate, JD Vance has become a powerful voice in the new American right.
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With the war soon to enter its second year, Ukraine still needs all the Western support it can get.
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The point is not that Vance is putting on a performance, but rather that the performance is so unconvincing.
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