US politics
Trump’s Xanadu: Power, spectacle, and the mirage of control
Trump serves as a reminder of the fragility of power when built on illusion.
4 May 2025, 10:27 AM
Of Gulliver’s travels in America: A satire on the paradox of democracy
Gulliver observes government shutdowns—crises born of political posturing rather than necessity.
16 December 2024, 09:30 AM
Impunity for authoritarians fuels political violence
While the attempted assassinations of Trump and Fico have caused many liberals to tone down their rhetoric, such reactions miss the point.
27 July 2024, 09:30 AM
Trump’s impunity and the Republican Party meltdown
Trump is more a symptom rather than the cause of the current political crisis in the US.
5 February 2024, 15:00 PM
Down on the Biden economy
Why do voters give Biden’s economy a lousy 36 percent approval rating?
25 September 2023, 05:00 AM
The many tactics of climate change deniers
So what can be done to counter the cock and bull stories of this breed of climate change deniers?
23 September 2023, 03:00 AM
The mugshot and the meltdown: Trump and US politics
The Republican problem is now a US problem.
29 August 2023, 08:50 AM
Trump’s third indictment shows America’s real national security threat
Trump's latest indictment is the gravest of all. More so, it is the most important indictment ever to protect American democracy against anyone.
4 August 2023, 13:00 PM
US politics and the Paris finance summit
The leaders at the Paris summit recognised the urgent need for a massive expansion of official development financing from the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs).
2 July 2023, 13:00 PM
Biden to Democrats: Nominate me, whether you like it or not
With 2023 underway, Democrats in office are still dodging the key fact that most of their party’s voters don’t want President Biden to run for re-election.
13 January 2023, 14:00 PM
Russian agent arrested
A 29-year-old Russian woman has been arrested for conspiring to influence US politics by cultivating ties with political groups including the National Rifle Association, the powerful gun rights lobby.
17 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Trump defends Charlottesville response at raucous rally
US President Donald Trump revs up supporters with a defense of his response to a white supremacist-organized rally in Virginia and a promise to shut down the US government if necessary to build a wall along the border with Mexico.
23 August 2017, 05:50 AM
Trump fires controversial chief strategist Bannon
US President Donald Trump fires Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist in the latest high-level White House shake-up, removing a powerful and controversial figure known for far-right political views.
18 August 2017, 17:19 PM
Washington Post, NY Times win Pulitzer Prizes for work on Trump, Putin
The Pulitzer Prizes honors The Washington Post for hard-hitting reporting on Donald Trump's presidential campaign and The New York Times for revealing Vladimir Putin's covert power grab, praising their probing of powerful people despite a hostile climate for the news media.
11 April 2017, 04:30 AM
US politics at a crossroads
The US Congress, made up of the Senate and the House, is where the real power lies. It controls the government's purse-strings and makes the laws.
16 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Demographics as Destiny: The Republican Conundrum
The Republican dominance in the House has been fuelled by the spectacular rise of conservative media which directly helped the rise of the Tea Party movement, a grassroots, non-college white protest against President Barack Obama's healthcare programme.
25 January 2016, 18:00 PM