“It is clear the next administration will try to do a U-turn and reverse much of this progress,” declared John Podesta, America’s climate tsar, at a…

Susie Wiles cannot control everything. Take Donald Trump, her boss: his rants on the campaign trail, his unvetted social-media posts, his…

A stunning victory has crowned Donald Trump the most consequential American president since Franklin D. Roosevelt. After defeating Kamala Harris—and…

The result of the 2020 presidential election was the slowest to be called since 2000. COVID-19 restrictions, a mass switch to early voting, high…

The choice facing America in less than a month will not be made by voters weighing rival sets of policies. Kamala Harris’s plans lack detail; Donald…

All countries have their patriots, but few are as proud as America’s. They exult in the lofty ideals of the Founding Fathers. They marvel at their…

For nearly a year, Israel has fought a defensive war on its border with Lebanon. Since 8 October, the pattern has been familiar. Civilians on both…

First, it was pagers; then, it was walkie-talkies. On 18 September, another wave of explosions rocked Lebanon: two-way radios detonated in homes,…

Even without Donald Trump on the ballot, American elections tend to create conflict. America is the only proper presidential democracy in which the…

Jerome Powell’s tenure as chairman of the Federal Reserve has been admirably sure-footed. But on 31 July, he may have stumbled when he announced that…