The latest news in US politics, with coverage of President Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and the Democrats, Donald Trump and the ...

The Satanic Temple is a group that campaigns against the encroachment of Christianity in American public life. Their schtick ...

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Her feminism is “rooted in an awareness of how race and gender and class all affect my ability to be educated, receive ...

T he woman has a confession to make. Over an elegant dinner, she admits to her companions that sometimes when she is out with ...

The Economist’s forecast model suggests that the state—with its 19 electoral-college votes, the most of any swing state—is ...

F or nearly a year Israel’s Supreme Court has been without a president, as the country’s right-wing government has tussled ...

Western Balkan arms-makers are booming. Serbian arms exports have quadrupled since 2020; some €800m ($890m)-worth of its ammo ...

I n June 2023 the Supreme Court banned race-conscious admissions at American universities. Many supporters of the practice ...

Pay is at the centre of the latest dispute. Boeing offered its employees a 25% rise over four years; its workers are ...

On September 16th Europe’s most populous country opted out of passport-free travel by reintroducing controls at all its ...

L ast month the Taliban published a new consolidated code of religious laws. It has left Afghan women reeling, with many now ...