Hillary Clinton
Distorting the truth — US presidential campaign-style
It is hardly uncommon for politicians to lie, especially when their careers are threatened by a sexual transgression — John…
How far can Bernie Sanders go?
Could the socialist senator of Vermont be on track to win the Democratic nomination?
Sorry, America, but it looks like Joe Biden is your next president
I have a sinking feeling that Joe Biden might be the next president of the United States. In a brilliant…
Why Carly Fiorina (probably) can’t save the Republicans
Is Carly Fiorina the woman to see off Donald Trump – and Hillary Clinton?
Sidney Blumenthal: peddler of tired old clichés about British politics
I remember Sidney Blumenthal from my time in Washington in the late 1980s when I was there as the first…
The real lesson of the Hillary Clinton emails: most secrets are boring
‘Gefilte fish,’ emailed Hillary Clinton to a pair of aides in March 2010, ‘where are we on this?’ That was…
I found the future of privacy among the treasures of Venice
Almost all of Venice’s greatest treasures are on public view. Anyone who visits can look across from the Doge’s Palace…
Hillary Clinton is a hopeless candidate – and Democrats are finally realising
New York Remember the fizz around Gordon Brown’s election campaign in 2010? The excitement he brought to the trail? The…
The Republicans are ready to win – once they’ve dumped Donald Trump
Once the Republicans end their embarrassing summer romance, they’re surprisingly well placed to beat Hillary Clinton
Crazy runs for president don’t look so mad when you see what happens next
Every American election needs laughably improbable candidates
Take it from Taki — Hillary Clinton will be the next US president
The last week in Gotham was exceptional fun. I saw a Broadway play, Finding Neverland, compliments of the producer, my…
How the other half of the press parties – a war correspondent’s letter from Washington
This week has been all about the election, the US presidential election that is. It is 18 months away but…
The birth of a royal baby is hardly an exciting event
There are already people camping outside St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, to await the birth shortly of another royal baby, the…
Portrait of the week
Home Launching the Conservative party manifesto, David Cameron, the party leader, told voters he wanted to ‘turn the good news…
How Hillary Clinton found her populist side (and why she’ll have to lose it)
If you want to be the Democratic nominee, it’s populism or bust
The populist outsider who really could beat Hillary Clinton (clue: it’s not Elizabeth Warren)
Washington DC Bored American reporters are pining for a Democratic primary challenger to step up against Hillary Clinton in…
Why Hillary Clinton always seems to have an inbox full of scandal
There are fresh accusations levelled at her every week. Will they keep her from the Oval Office?
The real winner at the US mid-terms: Hillary Clinton
Taking control of both houses of Congress may hand the presidency to Hillary Clinton in 2016
Two ways to disgrace a president
On 21 October Ben Bradlee, the famous ex-editor of the Washington Post, died, aged 93. The day before that, on…
The profitable delusion shared by Bill Clinton and Tony Blair
Tony Blair and Bill Clinton must be very happy about how they have fared since leaving political office, for each…
Please, Cameron – no moral grandstanding over Iraq
If there’s a bright spot in the murky mess of Iraq, it’s that finally we have a war that it…
Clinton vs Bush — again
American politics looks increasingly like an oligarchy
How I learned to stop worrying and love the Bomb
Just as every child now thinks he’s going to die of global warming, so those of us who grew up…
Hillary, Obama, Osama — and a hapless Bill
The actor David Niven was once badgered by the American columnist William F. Buckley to introduce him to Marc Chagall,…
America’s right still hates Hillary Clinton. And it still can’t stop her
The American right hates Hillary Clinton as much as ever. But that doesn’t mean they know how to stop her
