An ongoing topic in US politics is that of gender. Women remain largely underrepresented in political offices at all levels in the United States. In the current Congress out of the 535 seats, 150 are occupied by women. This equates to 28%. When we break this down into the two chambers in the legislative branch,…
The last 6 months of President Biden’s foreign policy was centred around two of America’s allies, Ukraine and Israel. President Biden has remained a staunch ally of President Zelenskyy’s during the Ukraine crisis following the invasion by Russia, and this has not changed over the last 6 months. Whilst initial support for aid to Ukraine…
The constitution provides minimum ages for people wising to run for office. A person must be 35 years old to hold the office of President, 30 for a US Senator, and 25 for a House Representative. However, the constitution does not provide any age limits in terms of the oldest an office holder can be….
On January 20th 2021 Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first woman Vice President of the United States. She became the first woman of colour and the first woman to hold the office. Harris has assumed office at a time of high anxiety and polarisation following a bitter general election which culminated in the…
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