Since the end of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, the United States has been the unchallenged dominant power in the Middle East and North Africa. As such, it often saw its role, for better or worse, as fixing the region’s many…
One of the most powerful communication tools available to politicians teems with unfounded claims and largely escapes notice. A fund-raising email from Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana claimed, falsely, that President Biden was “giving every illegal immigrant that comes into…
A new study traces a trend at the Supreme Court: looking to what the lawyers had argued in assessing whether to follow a precedent. Protesters outside the Supreme Court this month held signs with the faces of the justices during…
Fishermen in northern France have threatened to disrupt British imports in a bid to increase pressure on London to grant them more licences for UK waters. Britain agreed to issue another 23 licences to French fishermen on Saturday, a step…
The conservative candidate who has emerged as Emmanuel Macron’s most serious challenger for next year’s presidential election kicked off her campaign on Saturday (11 December) by announcing she would resist German calls for a federal European superstate. Valerie Pécresse, who…
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Migrants on Polish border (Photo: Telegram) To paraphrase a famous text, a spectre haunts Europe: the fear of migration. A fear fuelled by multiple centres of persuasion and power, including several political forces. Despite a lack of major electoral victories,…
The House committee laid out its case for a contempt of Congress charge against Mark Meadows, the chief of staff to former President Donald J. Trump. Mark Meadows had been cooperating with the Jan. 6 committee’s investigation, but he refused…
Becky Pringle, the country’s top Black labor leader, has plunged the National Education Association into the reckoning unfolding in public schools. Becky Pringle, the president of the National Education Association, has been influential on the Biden administration. “I can listen…