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The US Constitution vests Congress with the exclusive power "to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises". AFP

The fate of more than just Trump’s tariffs will be decided in 2026

US Supreme Court judges are being asked to consider whether the President had the authority to impose broad tariffs on countries citing 'national security,' or whether that right falls to Congress.

Toufic Chanbour 16 December 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressing a joint meeting of Congress at the US Capitol on July 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. Roberto Schmidt / AFP

Netanyahu belts out all the old tunes but sounds a little off-key

The Israeli prime minister has addressed America's combined political representatives four times now. His oration is famed, but this week he failed to deliver what everyone wanted: a plan.rn

Aqeel Abbas 26 July 2024
Pro-Israel lobby groups have an established track record of going after politicians critical of Israel. But their tactics don't seem to work on Democrat politicians as effectively as before. Nash Weerasekera

AIPAC contends with an increasingly critical American left

Pro-Israel lobby groups have an established track record of going after politicians critical of Israel. But their tactics don't seem to be working as effectively as before. Al Majalla explains.

Robert Ford 30 January 2024
McCarthy’s expulsion from the Speaker seat exposes a deep political divide in the US Congress and the United States — particularly a growing cleavage between moderate and far-right Republicans. Majalla/Agencies

McCarthy ouster: Where is America headed next?

McCarthy's expulsion from the Speaker seat exposes a deep political divide in the US Congress and the United States —particularly a growing cleavage between moderate and far-right Republicans

Caroline Rose 05 October 2023
Illustrated by Jeannette Khouri

Kevin McCarthy: The Republican Speaker of the House

Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, was elected House Speaker for the 118th US Congress last Saturday, a powerful position that puts him second in line for the American presidency. Mr…

Majalla 13 January 2023
Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont and chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. (Getty)

Washington’s Dangerous New Consensus on China

The unprecedented global challenges that the United States faces today—climate change, pandemics, nuclear proliferation, massive economic inequality, terrorism, corruption, authoritarianism—are…

Bernie Sanders 21 June 2021
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Any agreement that restores traffic through the strait will bring immediate relief, but repairing the damage wrought by war—and restoring confidence—will take far longer

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Is multipolarity helping or hindering Iran?

12 August 2026

A bit of both. It enabled its rise as a regional power, then helped weaken it, and may now help prevent its complete defeat.

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Mecca diplomacy and the New Middle East

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Riyadh has made clear its vision for the future of a "new Middle East"—and it is one based on mutual respect, unity, peace and prosperity

Zaid bin Ali al-Fadhil
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How AI is rewriting the rules of war and peace

10 August 2026

As states race to embed algorithms in systems of reconnaissance, targeting, air defence, and military decision-making, a new layer of risk is taking shape

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The art of Taqāsīm: dividing time and charging silence

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