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Michael Mathes
AFP politics & Congress correspondent, Washington D.C.
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Hillary and the 'snakes' on her plane

Thursday 29 September 2016

"The news wires, television networks and major newspapers who comprise the text and video pools that follow presidential hopefuls are adamant about keeping the candidates within eyesight at all events," writes AFP's politics and Congress correspondent, Michael Mathes.

"Usually such coverage feels mundane to reporters, as they follow the candidate through his or her routine. But Clinton's has been fraught with press-related hiccups."

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The hazards of covering Trump

Tuesday 22 March 2016

"Covering Trump is without doubt the most colorful political reporting assignment to be had today in the United States, which is currently picking which Democrat and Republican will go head to head in November's presidential election," writes AFP's Washington-based reporter Michael Mathes.

" But it is an assignment bristling with uncertainties, as Trump trash-talks reporters to their faces and gets his staff and the masses to follow suit."

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left) holds his bible as he endorses Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz during a campaign rally in Charleston, South Carolina, on February 19, 2016 (AFP / JIM WATSON

Taking it on faith as Republicans hit Bible Belt

Tuesday 1 March 2016

"US politics and religion have long intertwined despite the official separation of church and state", writes AFP Washington correspondent Michael Mathes. "But seeing it up close when White House hopefuls appeal so openly to people of faith is an eye-opener."

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