#Political rhetoric

Articles (19)

• 🇺🇸 How the G.O.P. and Democrats Are Talking About the Surge in Gas Prices — 22/03/2026 [USA]

  Republicans have largely been on defense against Democratic criticism. Here are five arguments advanced by figures in both parties.

  Related: #Energy policy
• 🇺🇸 Trump calls Democrats 'greatest enemy America has' — 22/03/2026 [USA]

  President Trump said Sunday that the Democratic Party is public enemy No. 1 in the aftermath of his decision to green-light military strikes against Iran.

  Related: #Partisan conflict
• 🇺🇸 Anti-Islamic rhetoric from GOP politicians sparks concerns over religious hatred — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  More than two weeks into the war with Iran, Muslim Americans are confronting a new surge of hateful rhetoric amplified online and echoed by some of the country's most prominent Republican officials. C...

  Related: #Religious intolerance
• 🇺🇸 Trump blasts judges who 'disrespect the presidents who nominate them' in social media rant — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  President Trump is airing his dissatisfaction with federal courts and certain justices he appointed to the Supreme Court.

  Related: #Judicial criticism
• 🇺🇸 Trump: U.S. has beaten Iran “militarily, economically, and in every other way” — 14/03/2026 [USA]

  President Trump declared that the U.S. has beaten Iran “both militarily, economically, and in every other way” in a Truth Social post on Saturday, and called on countries that receive oil through the ...

  Related: #U.S.-Iran relations
• 🇬🇧 ‘Everything is going up’: Americans struggle with affordability despite Trump’s claims — 14/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>US workers are finding it difficult to afford basic necessities as the president claims ‘the economy is roaring back’</p><p>US workers are still struggling with the cost of living despite Donald Tr...

  Related: #Economic hardship
• 🇺🇸 House GOP leadership silent as more members post anti-Muslim statements — 14/03/2026 [USA]

  A growing number of Republicans in Congress are embracing rhetoric against Muslims. Their remarks have faced little public pushback from leadership.

  Related: #Religious discrimination, #Party leadership
• 🇺🇸 Trump suggests high oil prices are a positive after bragging about low gas prices last month — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  The about-face comes as Trump's team has struggled to offer a clear plan for opening up the critical Strait of Hormuz so that tankers full of oil and natural gas are no longer stranded.

  Related: #Energy economics
• 🇺🇸 Republicans aren't willing to call the war in Iran what it is — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  The last thing this Congress wants to do is take responsibility for anything.

  Related: #Foreign policy
• 🇺🇸 Fact-checking Trump's comments that a 2015 deal gave Iran the right to nuclear weapons — 07/03/2026 [USA]

  President Donald Trump repeatedly said the 2015 nuclear deal he pulled out of gave Iran the right to secure nuclear weapons. PolitiFact rated the statement False.

  Related: #Fact-checking, #Nuclear policy
• 🇺🇸 1/27: The Takeout with Major Garrett — 04/03/2026 [USA]

  Minnesota judge orders ICE chief Todd Lyons to appear in court, warns of contempt; Sen. Ted Cruz urges Trump administration to tone down immigration rhetoric

  Related: #Immigration enforcement, #Legal oversight
• 🇺🇸 Key takeaways from Trump’s State of the Union address — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  President Donald Trump used his State of Union address to talk up his successes & railed against Democrats.

  Related: #Economic policy, #Foreign affairs
• 🇺🇸 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s State of the Union address — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  The US president exaggerates on economy and immigration amid sagging popularity before the crucial midterm elections.

  Related: #Economic claims, #Immigration policy, #Fact-checking
• 🇬🇧 How rightwing rhetoric has risen sharply in the UK parliament – an exclusive visual analysis — 25/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>In the past five years, MPs’ attitudes in the House of Commons towards immigration have swung harder to the right than at almost any other time in the last century</p><p>Labour and Conservative MPs...

  Related: #Immigration policy, #UK politics
• 🇺🇸 Trump takes shot at Pelosi's stock trades during State of the Union — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  President Trump took a swipe at Rep. Nancy Pelosi, who has faced years of scrutiny for her husband's stock trades, while imploring lawmakers to pass a bill that would restrict congressional stock trad...

  Related: #Congressional ethics, #Financial transparency
• 🇺🇸 Trump jokes this 'should be my third term' during remarks about prescription drugs — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  President Trump joked that this should have been the first year of his "third term" while talking about prescription drug prices during his State of the Union address.

  Related: #Healthcare policy, #Governance continuity
• 🇺🇸 Fact-check: Trump’s Latest Claims on Jobs, Inflation and Crime — 23/02/2026 [USA]

  Trends on jobs, inflation and crime that began before Donald Trump retook office continued, largely unabated, in his first year back.

  Related: #Fact-checking, #Economic policy, #Crime statistics
• 🇺🇸 Inside South Africa amid Trump's White farmer genocide claims — 23/02/2026 [USA]

  60 Minutes travels to South Africa to investigate President Trump's claims that White farmers are victims of a genocide that reporters aren't covering.

  Related: #Racial inequality, #Crime and safety
• 🇺🇸 The slur 'woke' highlights what Trump fears most — 21/02/2026 [USA]

  For the president who said, 'I love the poorly educated,' information is an existential threat.

  Related: #Information warfare, #Democratic institutions