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Trump’s trade war with Canada gets nasty
In the past couple of weeks, the Trump administration has reignited its trade war with Canada, threatened an ‘economic D-day’ against Iran and watche…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Jill Lepore on why the artificial state is ‘doomed’
With less than three months to go until the midterms, voters are thinking about grocery prices, the Iran war – and datacentres. This week, Jonathan F…
2 months, 1 week ago
Trump’s great plane escape
When Air Force One took off from Turkey after July’s Nato summit, almost everyone believed Donald Trump was on board … but he wasn’t. Jonathan Freedl…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Trump unbound: the making of an imperial presidency
Donald Trump’s second term is unlike his first. The politicians who challenged him are gone. The lawyers who once pushed back now choose their battle…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
AOC 2028: could she be the first female US president?
Leftwing Democrats are having their moment in the sun, with Zohran Mamdani in New York, Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan and endless calls for Alexandria O…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Why did Trump just gift Saudi Arabia a nuclear win?
Donald Trump has announced a landmark nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia while pressing ahead with efforts to stop Tehran from developing a nuclear weapo…
3 months ago
Are American politicians getting too old?
The debate about how old is too old to serve in public office has resurfaced this week after the shock death of the Republican Lindsey Graham and the…
3 months, 1 week ago
Trump restarts war with Iran and plays nice(ish) with Nato
After the US launched strikes on Iran this week, Donald Trump said the fragile ceasefire he had co-signed just last month was over. He also reignited…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Trump hijacks America at 250 celebrations
This weekend marks 250 years since the signing of the declaration of independence, but Donald Trump is making the celebration all about himself. As t…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Trump forced to drain the reflecting pool swamp
The Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Washington DC will have to be drained again. Donald Trump has blamed vandalism for the failure to keep the wa…
4 months ago