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Elon Musk (R) has laid down the gauntlet to US President Donald Trump (L) with a new political party formed in response to their disagreement over Trump's tax and spending plans, which will add $3tn to the national debt. Dave Murray

Elon Musk’s new political party: grand plans and a tall task

America's political duopoly seems ironclad, having last been broken by Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Several have tried since, but none have succeeded. Can America's richest man break the mould?

Christopher Phillips 11 July 2025
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) listens to applause from her House colleagues after she announced that she will remain in Congress but will not run for re-election as Speaker of the House after Republicans were projected to win control of the House of Representatives, on the floor of the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Pelosi To Step Down From U.S. House Leadership, Passing To A New Generation

Nancy Pelosi, the trailblazing Democrat who as the first woman U.S. House of Representatives speaker shepherded landmark legislation and led two impeachments, said on Thursday she will give up her…

17 November 2022
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Adam Laxalt and Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, a Democrat, attend rallies ahead of the midterm elections in Minden, Nevada, U.S., October 8, 2022 and Henderson, Nevada, U.S. November 7, 2022 in a combination of file photographs. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/David Swanson

Democrats Seal Control of U.S. Senate with Win in Nevada

Democrats will hold onto control of the U.S. Senate after Senator Catherine Cortez Masto won re-election in Nevada, Edison Research projected on Saturday, handing a major victory to President Joe…

13 November 2022
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly and his wife Gabby Giffords take a selfie at a campaign event ahead of the November 8, 2022 U.S. midterm elections in Tucson, Arizona, U.S., November 6, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart

Kelly's Win in Arizona Leaves Democrats One Seat Shy of Senate Control

Incumbent Democrat Mark Kelly defeated Republican Blake Masters on Friday to win a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona, a contest that left Democrats one seat short in the battle for control of the chamber…

12 November 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden reacts during a rally with Democratic nominee for Maryland Governor Wes Moore, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen and other Maryland Democrats, at Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland, U.S., November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis

Biden White House Cheers 'Red Ripple' as Republicans Underperform Midterm Forecasts

U.S. President Joe Biden, who declared optimism about the midterm elections this week despite opinion polls predicting Republican wins, had reason to feel vindicated on Wednesday morning even though…

09 November 2022
A man arranges produce at Best World Supermarket in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C., U.S., August 19, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

No-Boom, No-Bust Economy Dogs Democrats in U.S. Midterm Elections

Household cash is near record levels in the United States, and consumers are using it to pack restaurants and airplanes and buy new cars. Jobs are there for the taking. Net worth is 30% higher than…

07 November 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about threats to Democracy and political violence in the United States during a Democratic National Committee event at the Columbus Club in Washington, U.S. November 2, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis

Biden Warns Election Deniers Pose Threat, Blames Trump

President Joe Biden said that threats by some Republican candidates to refuse to accept results from the Nov. 8 elections if they lose is a threat to democracy and he blamed former President Donald…

03 November 2022
Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson, center, smiles after being elected as Sweden's new prime minister at the Parliament in Stockholm, Monday Oct. 17, 2022. The Swedish parliament on Monday elected Kristersson as prime minister at the head of a coalition that is being supported by a once radical far-right party. (Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via AP)

Swedish Parliament Elects Conservative Prime Minister

The Swedish parliament on Monday elected Ulf Kristersson — the conservative Moderate Party leader — as prime minister at the head of a minority coalition that is being supported by a once-radical far…

AP 17 October 2022
FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators calling to defund the police march during events to mark Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves elsewhere in the United States, amid nationwide protests against racial inequality, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 19, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Democrats Disown Their Progressive Members

As the leaders of the Democratic Party look fearfully toward the midterm elections in November, many are recoiling from some of the left-wing progressives’ proposals that became prominent during the…

By Majalla – Washington 26 February 2022
Stephen Walt, Professor of International Relations at Harvard University

Three American Opinions on Ukraine

Not since Joe Biden became President a year ago, have the Democrats and the Republicans declined to confront each other about a major issue – namely, the current issue of Ukraine. There have been no…

Washington, Majalla 12 February 2022
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US President Donald Trump speaks during a reception with business leaders on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on 21 January 2026. Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP
Politics

In Davos, a tale of two speeches

22 January 2026

Trump follows Greenland threats by announcing a "future deal," while Canada's prime minister describes it all as a "rupture in the world order"

Ravi Agrawal
Syrians celebrate in Raqqa on 19 January 2026, after Syria and the SDF struck a wide-ranging deal to bring Kurdish civilian and military authorities under central government control on Sunday. REUTERS / Karam al-Masri
Politics

Why Syrian army gains against the SDF unnerve Israel

20 January 2026

Israeli media have painted the "defeat of the Kurds" as a win for Türkiye, while Israel's military worries that this may carry negative implications for its presence in the Golan

Michael Harari
Opinion

The battle for the state is reshaping regional alliances

18 January 2026

From Yemen and Syria to Sudan and Libya, there is a concerted effort to reassert state authority and thwart moves toward the proliferation of quasi-states and fragmentation

Ibrahim Hamidi
A general view of a concrete block marking the "Yellow Line" drawn by the Israeli military in Bureij, central Gaza Strip, on 4 November 2025. BASHAR TALEB / AFP / Al Majalla
Politics

Is Israel annexing more than half of Gaza?

20 January 2026

The ambiguous meaning of Israel's new yellow line

Giovanni Legorano
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) shakes hands with Sudan's army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Cairo on 18 December 2025. AFP
Politics

Egypt stiffens its resolve to stop Sudan fragmentation

18 January 2026

For Cairo, stability in its southern neighbour is a national security issue. After almost three years of seeking a diplomatic solution, there are signs that it is now turning to firepower.

Amr Emam

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