US Politics
Senator Marco Rubio says business-as-usual with Beijing is “not an option”
In an exclusive interview with Kapil Komireddi, the US senator condemns the Communist Party of China as a “genocidal regime” which poses “the greatest threat” to international peace and security
The problem with American isolationism
Despite the histrionics of domestic American opinion, a single rocket attack in Syria does not indicate that Biden’s foreign policy is likely to be more aggressive
Enough with the pity porn
As America passed half a million deaths from Covid-19, the reaction was predictably unhelpful and sensational
Donald Trump is back and firmly in control of the Republican Party
The message of a resounding speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference on 28 February was clear: Trump is back and here to stay
Trump’s Arendt and Arendt’s Trump
What would the German-born American political theorist Hannah Arendt make of Donald Trump if she were alive today?
Letter from Washington: Biden’s biggest problem
Immigration is a fraught issue for the president
Excl: New York Democratic Assemblyman says ‘Cuomo must share blame with Trump’ for pandemic response
New York’s first Korean-American Assemblyman Ron Kim faces the wrath of the Cuomo administration after he unveiled a cover up of the state’s Covid-19 care home deaths
Congressman Trump?: Donald Trump’s surest path back to power
The idea of Trump running for Congressional office may sound unconventional, but the former president has never been one to toe the line
Public Enemy Number whatever
Frederic Raphael defends his friend, the writer Joseph Epstein, latest victim of America’s cancel culture for daring to mock Jill Biden’s doctorate
Studio: Drawing US Presidents
John Springs on illustrating US Presidents throughout his career