Politics

At a recent screening of his new A24 movie Civil War, filmmaker Alex Garland was asked about his seeming interest in dystopias, and he asked in turn for the audience’s...

Former President Donald Trump is considering a “loan” system for future Ukraine aid if he becomes president. Trump mentioned the proposed form of funding during his meeting with House Speaker...

The controversial issue of whether to require cameras in classrooms has emerged as a flashpoint in the politically charged race to be the top public education official in North Carolina....

“It can’t happen here”—that’s the stock phrase used by Sinclair Lewis to warn about European-style fascism creeping into U.S. politics in the 1930s, by Frank Zappa to mock Eisenhower-era squares...

It has become conventional wisdom in Washington and beyond that Republicans are split on foreign policy. According to this view, a small group of House Republicans is preventing Congress from...

The U.K. prime minister’s residence in Downing Street was infested with fleas, former PM Liz Truss charges in her new memoir. Truss, who had the shortest tenure as leader in...

(Bloomberg) — Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin will dole out almost $14 billion in cash handouts as his government seeks to jumpstart growth in an economy that’s lagged behind most...

(Bloomberg) — Leading technology, finance, and media executives gathered at the White House Wednesday for a state dinner honoring Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, as US President Joe Biden looked...

(Bloomberg) — Russia attacked five regions across Ukraine on Thursday with a barrage of missiles and drones, targeting the nation’s energy system and underground gas storage sites. The attack lasted...

Haiti has formally established a transitional council to fill a leadership vacuum by choosing a new prime minister, and to restore order in the Caribbean country ravaged by gang violence....