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1 day ago · As Donald Trump enters his Mad King era and starts a trade war that seems primed to crater the global economy, he has handed the keys to the kingdom to the richest man on Earth: a man unelected, unconfirmed by Congress and unaccountable to the electorate.. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and owner of X, was chosen by Trump to lead the newly created Department of Government Efficiency – Doge ...

16 hours ago · Hailing the “Golden Age of America” that he insists will be ushered in by his proposed tariff regime – initially in the form of 25 per cent tariffs on most imports from Canada and Mexico, and 10 per cent on all imports from China – Donald Trump acknowledged there may be “some pain” ahead for American consumers. “But we will make American great again, and it …

1 day ago · Keir Starmer is right to pursue a “reset” with the EU. But he risks pleasing no one. By New Statesman Five years after the UK left the European Union, Britain is confronting an inconvenient truth: Brexit is not done. In truth, it could never be done. Rather than settling the European question ...

17 hours ago · I was in New York a few weeks ago. It was cold, and not just temperature-wise. I lived there in 2019, pre-Covid, since when it has become more New York than ever, especially financially. One theory says the city is clawing back the income it lost during lockdown, and my debit card was doing everything it could to assist.

Nov 20, 2024 · The crucial question now is how Putin will respond. The Russian president has warned explicitly in recent months that if the US and its Nato allies allowed their missiles to be used to strike his territory, it would mean they were “at war with Russia”.

Nov 5, 2024 · Will Kamala Harris defy the odds and win the White House after a whirlwind 100-day campaign? Or will Donald Trump’s divisive strategy prove successful?

Nov 6, 2024 · There is no sugar-coating. This is a huge victory for the right which challenges British political security and prosperity. Suddenly, we seem a social-democratic outlier, surrounded by angrier, more confident and more pugnacious neighbours.

Dec 4, 2024 · This has been a landmark year in the history of ­democracy. More people than ever before – ­almost two billion – voted in elections. Across radically different countries, there was one consistent trend: incumbents were punished.