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President Trump’s big Balkan deal

6 September 2020 5:26 am

President Trump has presided over a notable deal between Kosovo and Serbia. It’s interesting in more ways than one. For…

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The media’s wavering burden of proof

2 September 2020 1:40 pm

President Trump spoke mildly in defense of Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse on Tuesday, saying that the 17-year-old seemed to be…

Blaming Trump for the riots is a Democratic disaster

2 September 2020 8:01 am

After months of trying to spin the nationwide unrest as ‘mostly peaceful’ or ignoring it entirely, Democrats have discovered some…

The Trump show: he could just win again

29 August 2020 9:00 am

Is Trump about to pull off his most spectacular trick yet?

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After the RNC, I am confident Trump will triumph

29 August 2020 5:07 am

In most cases, prediction in politics is a mug’s game. Maybe that is why it is such a popular game.…

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Leaked letter: Boris Johnson rejects Trump on Iran sanctions

28 August 2020 6:46 am

A leaked letter to the UN Security Council shows that the British government has rejected the US position on Iran’s…

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Populist Trump can win the RNC

25 August 2020 8:38 am

The Republican National Convention kicks off Monday in the hope of offering voters an alternative to the unfocused, self-serving Democratic…

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The right stuff

25 August 2020 2:58 am

No matter what the pundits say, no matter how the polls look, November’s presidential election is very much up for…

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Who really wants to delegitimize the election result?

22 August 2020 7:25 pm

On Thursday afternoon, prior to the final night of the Democratic convention, four New York Times opinion columnists gathered to…

Joe Biden's Republican Convention

21 August 2020 9:48 pm

Joe Biden’s range of emotional expression has narrowed with age – when he wants to convey feeling now, he shouts.…

Does Steve Bannon’s arrest hurt the Trump re-election effort?

21 August 2020 2:21 am

Oops. Not only did the wall that Donald Trump promised to build never get built, but it turns out that…

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‘Republicans’ at the DNC

20 August 2020 7:24 pm

The Democratic Zoomvention is nearly complete. Cutting away all the pageantry typical of a party convention has done a great…

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A country for old men

20 August 2020 5:01 am

When 83-year-old New Jersey congressman Bill Pascrell shared a photo of American lawmakers meeting a Chinese trade delegation in Washington…

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Exclusive: half of Americans support Trump bypassing Congress for COVID relief

14 August 2020 8:41 am

More than half of registered voters support President Trump using executive action to bypass Congress and extend coronavirus relief measures,…

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Will Trump win Minnesota?

14 August 2020 7:37 am

Sen. Amy Klobuchar may have to eat her words after declaring last year that Donald Trump will ‘never win Minnesota’.…

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Will it be Biden-Harris or Harris-Biden?

12 August 2020 9:51 am

News of Kamala Harris’s selection as Joe Biden’s running mate was greeted by everything but the popping of champagne corks…

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Donald Trump isn’t mad

12 August 2020 3:06 am

It is alarming how psychiatric diagnoses have crept into the political commentary. Donald Trump, we’ve been told, has narcissistic personality…

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Trump’s Art of the Executive Order

11 August 2020 11:28 pm

The Executive Order is political weakness at its most powerful. The spectacle of Donald Trump adding his Sharpie-stroke to the…

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Joe Biden should debate

11 August 2020 4:24 am

Why would a benevolent God deny us the prospect of a debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump? As the…

Trump’s autocratic antics risk becoming the new normal

8 August 2020 9:00 am

It is easy to forget the abnormality of Donald Trump’s presence in the White House. Before his election it would…

Dear Boris: what happens if Trump doesn’t accept defeat?

8 August 2020 9:00 am

How Boris should handle the US election

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What’s on the agenda?

8 August 2020 7:47 am

Donald Trump has been tight-lipped about his second-term agenda, preferring to speak about the past accomplishments of his administration when…

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Trump campaign misses the mark with latest Biden attack

6 August 2020 7:19 am

Former vice president Joe Biden handed the Trump campaign an interview gaffe for the ages on Wednesday. When asked if…

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Who does Trump want?

6 August 2020 3:45 am

Joe Biden has reportedly narrowed his vice-presidential search, with Sen. Kamala Harris and former national security adviser Susan Rice taking…

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President Trump should bend — but not break — Big Tech

6 August 2020 1:47 am

Americans’ increasing focus on this fall’s elections has awakened in me a tinge of nostalgia for the good old days…