Politics
Spain’s summer of protest is the political lifeline that could save Pedro Sánchez
After months of anger over immigration, housing and tourism, Spaniards are pushing these issues up the political agenda. Now, with a snap election looming, their concerns have become impossible to ignore.
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Divide and conquer: Defeating the AfD needs a fresh strategy
If Germany wants to dodge a powerful, far-right government, it might need to let the AfD dig its own grave.
It takes two to tango but Trump’s ballroom is a turnoff for midterm voters
Few things are more bewitching to the US president than gold-adorned dance halls and military bunkers. But will the people’s response to his latest projects fulfil his craving for everlasting power?
The 2028 US election is shaping up as a three-horse race
The 2028 US presidential election will be the 60th anniversary, give or take, of the last time that a single state was won by anybody other than a Republican or a Democrat. In 1968,…
How Karoline Leavitt became the world’s most famous White House press secretary
Among the long line of presidential press secretaries, a role not usually known for celebrity, few are in a league of their own – and none have captured the world’s attention quite like Leavitt.
To take Congress, democratic socialists need to be less progressive and more pragmatic
Whether they’re leftist or moderate, fresh ideas are the way forward.
Capital punishment: Colombia’s new right-wing leader is turning his back on Bogotá
Colombia is the latest country to fall under the spell of Donald Trump-style populism. Can incoming presidential firebrand Abelardo de la Espriella fix the nation’s fiscal and internecine struggles?
‘It’s so tempting to cover Trump like a cartoon character’: Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s new book exposes an imperial presidency
‘Regime Change’ pulls from more than 1,000 interviews to detail how the US government operates under president Donald Trump.
Trump’s new Air Force One plane is bringing the president down to earth
The president’s Qatari-gifted Boeing 747-8 might be more risk than reward.
