America has elected a revolutionary. Will he succeed?

Like all revolutionaries, President Trump will quickly come to face what the German American political scientist Otto Kirchheimer called “confining conditions.”

Politics - The Hill - 6 hours ago

America’s gender-gap election has a long history

The question of whether the US can stomach a woman as president remains open

World - Financial Times - 6 days ago

If Trump wins the election, he could seize control of America’s courts

Trump, emboldened by the immunity ruling, wants to strengthen his grip on the courts. ‘With a supreme court that has basically said Donald Trump can be a king, there will be no checks on him’. If ...

World - The Guardian - 4 days ago

Elon Musk's America PAC Has Created an Election Denial Cesspool on X

The group has nearly 50,000 members, many enthusiastically sharing debunked claims about voting fraud. “It's just an election denier jamboree,” says one expert.

Tech - Wired - 6 days ago

Trump is trashing America's elections

Former President Donald Trump has been spreading the claim that Democrats are cheating in the election, and has been supported by Tucker Carlson and Elon Musk, while a poll shows that 62% of ...

Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago

US election live: Trump holds rally in Atlanta after Georgia sees record first day of early voting

More than 250,000 voters cast ballots on day one of in-person early voting. Don’t miss important election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alerts Joe Biden is in his home ...

World - The Guardian - October 16

Elon Musk has been inescapable in this election. How could he affect the results?

Tesla and SpaceX chief’s behavior sets him apart from even the most politically active billionaires – serving as a Trump policy adviser and mega-donor. Less than a month before the presidential ...

World - The Guardian - October 18

Trump Says He Has Seen No Evidence of Cheating in the Election, but Nonetheless Sows Doubts

The former president, asked at a news conference in storm-damaged North Carolina if he had seen anything to suggest the election would be unfair, said, “I have not seen that.”

Top stories - The New York Times - October 21

Has America lost its shame?

The brazenness of US politicians in the face of scandals is a defining feature of the era

Business - Financial Times - October 16

Bangladesh’s unlikely revolutionaries

Young protesters installed Nobel prizewinner Muhammad Yunus as caretaker leader. But time is running out to reform the country’s democratic institutions

World - Financial Times - 5 days ago

50-50 elections are bad for America

It doesn't strain credulity to imagine that a close race could lead to a disputed outcome, which could then lead to violence.

Politics - The Hill - October 16

Nigeria’s economic transformation must succeed

Failure would set back the cause of reform across sub-Saharan Africa

World - Financial Times - October 16

Donald Trump: America has given us a powerful mandate

Trump addresses jubilant supporters as he claims victory in the presidential election.

America’s dead heat Trump-Harris election

In a country divided into mutually hostile camps, no easy resolution to the polarisation seems likely

World - Financial Times - October 15

US election: The other races that could shape America

Beyond the president, Americans will also choose governors, representatives, and senators

Consumers are anxious ahead of the election. Corporate America is feeling it

Like it or not, there’s an election on Tuesday. Voters are stressed. And to at least a small degree, so are corporations.

Business - MarketWatch - 3 days ago

The most significant threat to fair elections in America

Election officials in the U.S. are becoming increasingly partisan, raising concerns about the fairness of our elections and the potential for voter fraud, while reforms are needed to ensure ...

Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago

How violence became a theme of America’s election

Voters are on edge after a campaign season characterised by ‘unprecedented’ levels of extreme rhetoric

Business - Financial Times - 2 days ago

America’s reckoning: will gender decide the US election?

Deep divisions in the electorate have been exposed in a tumultuous race for the White House

World - Financial Times - Yesterday

What the vote means for corporate America

The result will have big consequences for companies spanning energy, cars and pharmaceuticals

World - Financial Times - Yesterday

Election Season in America: Scenes From Around the Country

The most online election in history has been snapped, shared, and memed into oblivion. WIRED’s photo department has curated moments across the country from the last few months.

Tech - Wired - Yesterday

America elects Donald Trump in a rightward lurch

US president-elect gained ground across the nation

World - Financial Times - 8 hours ago

Trump has a closing argument. He's not sticking to it.

Donald Trump's campaign is focused on immigration, inflation and foreign policy. The candidate himself is throwing more personal punches at Kamala Harris.

Politics - NBC News - October 24

Armie Hammer is back … and this time he has a podcast

The disgraced actor has returned with a lofi new podcast, shot in his tiny apartment, where he interviews other stars but seems more interested in talking about himself. Yesterday, with very little ...

World - The Guardian - October 29

Organised crime has taken on a different shape in Latin America

The US and Europe must partner with the region to dismantle bigger and stronger criminal enterprises

World - Financial Times - October 21

America’s foreign policy has changed — and must remain changed

Global economic power has for too long been concentrated in the hands of large corporations and state-run enterprises

World - Financial Times - October 29

Donald Trump is a superspreader of a craziness that has split America in two | Simon Tisdall

In displaying all the signs that he is off his rocker, the Republican candidate has infected millions of others. Is Donald Trump going mad? It depends how you define the word. But since he’s hoping ...

World - The Guardian - 4 days ago

America’s fight with inflation has been won – just in time for a bigger battle

The Fed is likely to cut base rates this month – but its decision will come the day after an explosive US election. There could be recriminations, protest marches and even social unrest on US city ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Mourinho: I could still win Prem with Man United

Jose Mourinho said mischievously that he's still hopeful he could become a Premier League Champion with Manchester United if Manchester City are retroactively docked points due to Financial Fair ...

Sports - ESPN - October 25

Sylvester Turner to succeed the late Sheila Jackson Lee

Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner won Texas’s 18th Congressional District by a nearly a 40 percentage point margin, Decision Desk HQ has projected. The Democrat will replace the late Rep. ...

Politics - The Hill - 6 hours ago

GOP primed to back Trump if he contests election

The Republican Party is now more primed to back former President Trump if he contests the results of the 2024 election than it was four years ago, when his efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s victory ...

Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago

What the polls can’t tell us about America’s election

A torrent of data on the presidential race seems to get us no closer to predicting the result. Is addiction to polling distracting people from the issues at stake?

World - Financial Times - October 26

What’s really behind America’s men v women election

With polls showing a stark gender divide, the race is shaping up to be a battle of the sexes. Why?

Europe prepares for 'America First' push no matter who wins the U.S. election

Trump's first tenure at the White House was a challenging time for some European leaders.

Business - CNBC - October 30

In her closing message to America before Election Day, Harris pledges to fight

In her speech at DC's Ellipse last night, Kamala Harris showed herself the worthy head of a nearly flawless campaign — and the worthy leader of a nation in need of the kind of president she will be.

Politics - The Hill - October 30

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