political
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Voters are willing to overlook scandal more readily than in the past, said Brandon Rottinghaus, a political scientist at the University of Houston.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Since Lebanon’s civil war ended in 1990, the army has disarmed various nonstate actors, played intermediary between rival political factions and has cracked down on drug smuggling and Islamist groups.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Platner, an oyster farmer and Marine Corps veteran, emerged as a political outsider and quickly gained popularity.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
"What has happened is quite unprecedented," says Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya, a political scientist.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
In both instances his posture of public probity—slavery should be ended and political parties were evil agents that corrupted republican values—was at odds with his personal behavior and political interest.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing political
Nothing But the Truth
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Florida EOC Civics
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Herbert Hoover on "Rugged Individualism" (1928)
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