High-stakes midterms are test for future of Congress and Trump's presidency

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As the US approaches the midterms, the contest is emerging as a referendum on Donald Trump, the resilience of American democratic institutions and the ability of a divided Democratic Party to transform widespread public dissatisfaction into a coherent political alternative. With some Republicans now seeking to distance themselves from Trump, Katy Hull, Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of Amsterdam, suggests that the president's highly populist and personalised approach to politics is becoming an electoral liability. Philip Turle…

Federal court says group likely to win its free speech claim and tells officials to approve application within seven days A federal judge ordered state officials in Iowa on Monday to permit a local Satanic Temple organization to hold a holiday event in the rotunda of the state capitol after years of denying the group’s application. The religious organization and Iowa Republican state officials have been in a legal battle over the group’s applications to hold a holiday event at the state capitol in recent years.

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