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The US is right to show concern for the situation in Palestine-Israel but who's listening?
Many Jewish and other Americans are increasingly unable to ignore the reality of growing schisms
Kevin McCarthy and the telling state of his Republican committee assignments
The speaker of the US House of Representatives has appointed three his most extreme members to its main investigative body
Add to list: essential political books of the past year
From writings on America's policies towards Israel to the poetics of John Donne and Iran's theocratic government, important diverse nonfiction has been published recently
New books shed light on US history as a guide to the present
There are few alternatives to reading compelling literary accounts to understand how the US in 2023 has reached this point
The Kevin McCarthy spectacle bodes ill for the US
His humiliation is unheard of and it is another blow to Donald Trump
The best literature on Trump is not fiction
While not enough books cover the early parts of Donald Trump's presidency, its end is extensively covered
Why Joe Biden should run again in 2024
Washington is looking ahead at the President's chances to win the White House at age 82
Musk and Trump are at the centre of disunity in the US
Two recent sets of conversations reveal the pervasiveness of conspiracy theories dividing America
Republicans are damned if they dump Trump, and doomed if they don't
America's Grand Old Party is reeling from the midterm election results and unsure what to do with its leader
US-Gulf maritime surveillance co-operation heralds a new era in defence relations
Task Force 59 promotes the region's countries as full partners with their western allies
The US Supreme Court's problem with ethics
Political corruption in America's highest court has benefitted Democrats as well as Republicans
Democrats do generational change while Republicans remain in Trump's grip
GOP leaders now know that the former president and his politics will be toxic in a general election
Can DeSantis loosen Trump's vice-like grip on the Republican Party?
The Florida governor's re-election has encouraged some party members to break ranks, but the former president isn't done yet
Has American democracy begun to turn a corner?
The midterms have shown voters value centrism over extremism, particularly of the kind fuelled by Trump
Is Musk demolishing Twitter as a de facto public square?
Instead of verifying identity, the blue check will verify payment
