The Democrats’ phony war on corporate PACs
Corporate political action committee donations make up a tiny amount of most candidates’ war chests
Rob Crilly
Wednesday
For Donald Trump, politics is a primetime TV show
From our UK edition
Donald Trump promised to bring some pizzazz to the White House. And last night he delivered, unveiling his selection for a vacant Supreme Court seat on prime time TV after teasing the American public with a reality show style whittling down of candidates. His selection, the Oxford-educated Neil Gorsuch, is an established legal mind who will
Tuesday
How the shutdown helped Trump
A new poll indicates an increase in support for his border security plans in battleground states
Tuesday
The Lego-cy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The politicization of the Supreme Court cuts both ways
Friday
The shutdown is hitting the craft beer industry hard. Isn’t that for the best?
Doesn’t America already have enough fruit-based IPAs?
Wednesday
The sideways thinking of Silicon Valley
Our disrupting tech titans have come up with something so new that only the whole of the rest of the world has already heard of it
Trump’s performance will have delighted Putin
From our UK edition
After 167 days without a press conference, Donald Trump’s performance in Trump Tower didn’t disappoint. He abused journalists, denounced a string of media organisations and compared his own intelligence services with those of Nazi Germany. Some of us wondered whether the latest scandal – allegations that Russian intelligence operatives had gathered compromising material or Kompromat on
Will we see a different Donald Trump at today’s press conference?
From our UK edition
When Donald Trump steps from his golden elevator in Trump Tower to address the assembled ranks of the world’s media later today, it will be 167 days since his last press conference – the one, you’ll remember, when he encouraged Russia to hack Hillary Clinton’s emails. After November’s election he did say he would announce how
Tuesday
How Trump can win tonight – but won’t
With a prime time audience, the President could back down and still declare victory. To him, however, compromise is for losers.
Friday
Swearing in politics is as American as apple-f***ing-pie
Dropping an f-bomb is the surest way to fire up your supporters
Is Trump rowing back on his threat to make Mexico pay for the wall?
From our UK edition
When Donald Trump began his run for the White House, he put building a wall with Mexico at the heart of his campaign. ‘I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words’, he cried after gliding down his golden escalator way
Tuesday
Donald Trump’s inner dictator starts to stir
From our UK edition
It is of course nonsense to describe Donald Trump as a fascist or a dictator, as his opponents like to do. And yet… well, he does sometimes rather invite it. There was his inaugural address in which he dusted off the ‘America first doctrine’ – as used by the isolationist, anti-Semitic group that urged the US
Monday
Welcome to the era of ‘alternative facts’
From our UK edition
Now we have confirmation. The official language of Donald Trump’s White House really is doublespeak. This is how absurd the row over crowd numbers at the inauguration has become. It started with an extraordinary speech delivered by Trump at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, where he appeared to speak off the cuff for about 15 minutes during
Saturday
Only the right kind of women are invited to march against Donald Trump
From our UK edition
The Women’s March on Washington is going to be big. Officials say 1,800 buses have been registered to park in the city today. The subway will open at 5 a.m. (it usually starts running at 7 a.m. at weekends) to accommodate the numbers. In all, 250,000 people are expected to join the rally to show
Friday
Trump was still in full campaign mode. Was that wise?
From our UK edition
We were told Donald Trump would be displaying his “philosophical” side in his inaugural address. To me, sitting beneath a grey Washington sky, it looked pretty much the same as the bombastic side that we saw so much of during the campaign. In short he stood on the steps of the United States Capitol, symbol of
Washington’s lobbyists are starting to panic
From our UK edition
Things are changing in Washington… and not just at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Political newbies watched the fireworks at the Lincoln Memorial on Thursday night. Elderly women prepared for their first inauguration. One family had brought their daughter to Washington to witness the moment that Donald Trump was sworn in. And Washington regulars – the politicos, party hacks
Thursday
Surprisingly, Donald Trump’s inauguration will be relatively low-key
From our UK edition
Who would have thought it? The man who declared his presidential ambitions after arriving down a gilded escalator and whose private apartment has been derided as over-the-top dictator chic, is having a low-key inauguration. Once Donald Trump, showman extraordinaire, has been sworn in as the 45th president of the United States he will depart down
Friday
Trump Grill could be the best representation of America
From our UK edition
I have a confession to make. I go to Trump Tower in New York a lot. It’s an easy jaunt for a New York-based hack: where better to chat with Trump supporters than in its golden lobby or with opponents outside its golden doors? Maybe you’ll spot a celebrity like Kanye West or, if you are
Thursday
Donald Trump is going back on his promise to ‘drain the swamp’
From our UK edition
Donald Trump has a method for making his Cabinet picks. Parade the contenders in and out of Trump Tower and its waiting TV cameras. Leak and Tweet their performance ratings (‘very good meeting’). And then, once the suspense has reached something approaching a reality TV show, announce the hire on social media. And as the administration
Saturday
Not all Muslims are despairing at a Donald Trump presidency
From our UK edition
The immediate aftermath of Donald Trump’s surprise election victory brought a slew of comparisons with 9/11. In New York, my liberal friends waking up on 11/9 said they experienced the same range of emotions. You will have seen the stories of commuters weeping on the subway, colleges offering counselling to students and a general sentiment that
