Weekly Politics Update

Seven Democratic candidates for President faced off at the eighth debate in New Hampshire just days after the Iowa caucus concluded. Though the debate was mostly unremarkable, and was overshadowed by President Trump’s Senate acquittal and the electoral chaos in Iowa, there were some exchanges that were noteworthy.  Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) probably had the best debate of her candidacy, wi...

New Hampshire held its first-in-the-nation presidential primary Feb. 11, giving 10 Democratic candidates the opportunity to gain momentum in the ongoing primary process. Senator Bernie Sanders, who comes from the neighboring state of Vermont and won the New Hampshire Primary with over 60% of the vote, emerged victorious, garnering 26%. In a close second place was former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete...

Turmoil has upended Germany’s politics after changes to the local government in the German state of Thuringia. In their local elections, the CDU/CSU, a center-right political party in Germany which is led by Chancellor Angela Merkel and currently runs the government, failed to gain a majority. As such, the party formed a coalition to the far-right AfD to elect Thomas Kemmerich as the state premier....

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dispensed with the services of several high-profile cabinet members Feb. 13. Most prominent among them was Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid, who led the Treasury and Britain’s economic policy. Javid, who is widely seen as a moderate in the Conservative Party and has been touted as a future Prime Minister, was asked to leave his post after tensions b...