politics

Example Sentences

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“California has been a rich goldmine for many a candidate and continues to be that,” said Michael Beckel, director of money in politics reform at Issue One, a bipartisan advocacy group.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Guest: Christopher Hale, author of the “Letters from Leo” Substack, “a chronicle of how Pope Leo XIV’s papacy intersects with American politics, faith, and the digital age during the presidency of Donald Trump.”

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

There was a time when the very concept of a conflict of interest in politics was a serious matter that could cause investigations and resignations in the federal government.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

Curated by former editor of The Sun Dominic Mohan, the show will "capture that magical period when pop, rock, football, art, dance culture, food, the media and politics fused together spectacularly".

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Nor had historians translated that term tomean the emergence of a more authentically democratic brand of politics, a translation that Jefferson would have understood dimly, if at all.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis