Joe Biden

Trump's exit is an opportunity to ditch the nuclear 'football'

20 January 2021 6:00 pm

Among the most alarming episodes during Donald J. Trump’s tumultuous final weeks in the White House was an announcement by…

What will Joe Biden do about North Korea?

19 January 2021 6:30 pm

Kim Jong-un marked the new year by treating North Koreans to several days of lengthy speeches followed by a display…

We’re starting to see a new foreign policy for Brexit Britain

16 January 2021 9:00 am

What will Brexit Britain do differently? This is going to be the most important question in our politics for the…

The political power of America’s First Dogs

16 January 2021 9:00 am

From the moment Donald Trump’s presidency began, he was lacking something. But Joe Biden is about to make up for…

Joe Biden’s Big Tech takeover

9 January 2021 7:26 pm

Twitter’s banning of Donald Trump is like bolting the stable door after the QAnon shaman has gone. The damage was…

The left-wing takeover of America

9 January 2021 9:00 am

The Democrats have taken control of America

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America turns left

7 January 2021 3:59 am

In the days following the presidential election in November, political centrists reached a hasty verdict. Never mind all the squabbling…

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Buckle up for Biden and the Blob

5 January 2021 5:25 am

With any change of power in Washington, it is routine to ask which policies will endure and which will change.…

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Why Trump must attend Biden’s inauguration

4 January 2021 8:00 pm

Recent political talk has focused almost entirely on January 5 (the Georgia Senate runoffs) and January 6 (congressional certification of…

The EU is taking a gamble with China

3 January 2021 2:38 am

It took Brussels and Beijing seven years to agree an investment deal. A deal that, until its conclusion a few…

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Are we back in the Obama White House?

2 January 2021 7:04 am

Like most Greek stories, the tale of Pandora’s box is fraught with ambiguity. Most of us, when we first encounter the story,…

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Who would want to be Joe Biden’s attorney general?

24 December 2020 1:57 am

Whoever Joe Biden picks for attorney general is in a lose-lose situation. Why is that job so hard? At least…

Portrait of the year: Coronavirus, falling statues, banned Easter eggs and compulsory Scotch eggs

19 December 2020 9:00 am

January Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, signed the EU withdrawal agreement, sent from Brussels by train. Sajid Javid, the Chancellor…

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The never-ending smugness of the NeverTrumpers

19 December 2020 3:32 am

In March 2016 as Donald Trump looked likely to be the Republican party’s nominee to run for president, more than 100 foreign…

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Farewell, Donald

16 December 2020 7:11 am

Madeleine Kearns To Trump or not to Trump? Whether ’tis nobler on the page to be a morbid cynic or a self-righteous…

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Closing time at the Barr

15 December 2020 10:47 am

William P. Barr is out. Joe Biden is in. And Donald Trump has a few more weeks left to bemoan…

US Supreme Court ends Trump's last hope

12 December 2020 9:27 pm

This is the end, my only friend, the end. The Supreme Court yesterday struck down Texas’s legal bid to challenge…

No one wins in the race race

12 December 2020 9:00 am

After the explosion of international self-abasement over George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis, much theatrical soul-searching ensued. So your basic man…

Biden’s burden: can he save the free world?

12 December 2020 9:00 am

Will he build on Trump’s foreign policy achievements – or destroy them?

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Hunter becomes the hunted

11 December 2020 2:33 am

Are the chickens coming home for Hunter Biden? It certainly seems so, though experts differ on the critical question of…

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Biden’s speech impediment

10 December 2020 4:16 am

Does Joe Biden write his own speeches? Surely not. Yet his campaign says Biden was his own speechwriter for the address he made…

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Republican resurrection

9 December 2020 1:23 am

When Donald Trump took his famous escalator ride, the Republican party was too attached to abstract principles at the expense of the material interests of…

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Brace yourselves for President Harris

8 December 2020 2:36 am

Although the electors for the presidential election of 2020 do not cast their votes until December 14, and their votes…

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Meet the pollster who doesn’t suck at his job

7 December 2020 4:11 am

The winner of this year’s presidential election may be different than the last, but the struggles of the polling industry…

Iran vs the rest: the Middle East has reached a tipping point

5 December 2020 9:00 am

The next six weeks will be crucial for the Middle East