The MPs putting Boris Johnson through his paces
Boris Johnson faces a day of intense scrutiny as parliament’s senior MPs grill the prime minister over his government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The PM faces 90 minutes of questioning...
View ArticleHow the first day of the Trump presidency foreshadowed the four years to come
Donald Trump’s presidency was always going to be … atypical. But few, if anyone, outside his orbit got as early a taste of what was to come as Brian Mosteller. Described by colleagues as fastidious...
View ArticleTrump leaves Biden with an EU trade time bomb
U.S. President Joe Biden wants to reverse his predecessor Donald Trump’s trade war with Europe but the transatlantic tariff showdown could be about to get a whole lot worse before it gets better. On...
View ArticleHow Team Biden orchestrated a shorter war in Gaza
As Biden administration officials sought to end the latest Israeli-Palestinian fighting, they kept two numbers in mind: 2012 and 2014. The last two major conflagrations between Israel and Hamas...
View ArticleAt Geneva summit, US-Russia relations heat up under a fiery sun
GENEVA — U.S. President Joe Biden looked relaxed, smiling, legs crossed, hands in his lap. Vladimir Putin seemed just a bit more serious, feet planted, legs apart but not too much, leaning back in his...
View ArticleUS Pollsters: ‘Impossible’ to say why 2020 polls were wrong
A new, highly anticipated report from the leading association of pollsters confirms just how wrong the 2020 election polls were. But nine months after that closer-than-expected contest, the people...
View ArticleJoe Biden keeps Boris Johnson guessing
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden likes to play hard to get with Boris Johnson — but shows just enough love to keep the “special relationship” between the U.K. and U.S. alive. The Biden White House hasn’t...
View ArticleTrump holds fast to his election lies as the Republican establishment hugs...
DES MOINES, IOWA — Nine months ago, Republicans were questioning Donald Trump’s place as the lead fixture of their party. Saturday night provided the clearest evidence yet that they want him right...
View ArticleFacebook’s ‘fatal flaw’: Facebook staff spar over the sway of their lobbyists
Facebook says it does not take the political winds of Washington into account when deciding what posts to take down or products to launch. But a trove of internal documents shows that Facebook’s own...
View ArticleThe world’s most professional whistleblower
As soon as Frances Haugen landed in Europe, she was given the VIP treatment. She met senior officials in Paris, Berlin and London. She testified to lawmakers in Brussels. She rubbed shoulders with...
View ArticleDemocracy is in trouble, and Biden’s summit is not going to fix it
Aleksandar Hemon is an author, essayist and professor of creative writing at Princeton University. Aida A. Hozic is an associate professor of international relations and associate chair of the...
View Article‘We told you so!’ How the West didn’t listen to the countries that know...
VILNIUS — For years, Western Europeans have been dismissive of politicians from Poland and the Baltic countries whenever they sounded the alarm over the expansionist threat posed by Russian President...
View ArticleBiden’s trade team: RIP globalization
President Joe Biden came into office hoping to chart a third way on trade — away from the economic nationalism of Donald Trump and the free-wheeling globalization that preceded him. But by the start...
View ArticleBiden’s Canada whisperer
OTTAWA, Ont. — President Joe Biden’s old friend David Cohen was settling into his new job when he was confronted by pimply, pulpy blobs festering in the U.S.-Canada relationship. “Something had to be...
View ArticleJust dance: Hillary Clinton comes to Sanna Marin’s defense
You’re no longer dancing on your own, Sanna Marin. After leaked videos of the Finnish prime minister dancing and partying with friends sparked criticism, former U.S. Secretary of State and...
View ArticleWhite House offers condolences after death of Queen Elizabeth
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday said “our hearts and thoughts go to the family members of the queen” and the United Kingdom, upon hearing the news in the press briefing room...
View ArticleHillary Clinton fondly recalls time spent with Queen Elizabeth II
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday described the Queen Elizabeth II she knew, calling her “an engaging and lively conversationalist.” The queen died last week at the age of 96....
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Veni, vidi, veto: Giorgia Meloni’s march on Brussels
Veni, vidi, veto: Giorgia Meloni’s march on Brussels Italy’s far-right firebrand is poised to join like-minded leaders in Poland and Hungary as a spoiler to European Union ambitions Carlo...
View ArticleJudge sanctions Trump, lawyer nearly $1M for ‘completely frivolous’ Clinton suit
A Florida-based federal judge has ordered nearly $1 million in sanctions against Donald Trump and his attorney Alina Habba, calling the former president a “mastermind of strategic abuse of the...
View ArticleFear, burnout and insubordination: Insiders spill details about life at the...
WASHINGTON — A gender discrimination trial in Washington, D.C., shined a harsh spotlight on one of the most important legal offices in the U.S. government, portraying it as a hotbed of dysfunction,...
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