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Edward LuceFinancial Times |
Elon Musk and other super-wealthy entrepreneurs stand to benefit from deregulation
The end of the US-led order is giving way to a kind of chaos that chimes with the president-elect’s preferences
In pardoning his son, the president has ensured that the distance between himself and Trump is now shrouded in fog
The danger posed by the president-elect lies most obviously at home not abroad
One irony of the president-elect’s campaign of destruction is that the government is in dire need of reform
The president-elect has promised vengeance against perceived enemies
His re-election is an existential disaster for Democrats and a historic game-changer for allies of the US
Harris is correct that the republic is in danger but that message may not suffice to prevent a Trump victory
Rather than turning to Harris, US billionaires are again backing the man they once condemned
In a country divided into mutually hostile camps, no easy resolution to the polarisation seems likely
Almost anything could tip the result in what is essentially a toss-up between Harris and Trump
His performance offers a clue to the future of the Republican party
The former president’s verbal decline and random meanderings are shrugged off as just more of the same
The US president’s prevarications over the Middle East and Ukraine threaten his legacy and Kamala Harris’s election prospects
A myth about migrants eating pets masks a calculated political bet
The Democratic nominee’s reluctance to do interviews will not help sell her to undecided voters
Her shift from indifferent vice-president to source of Obama-scale enthusiasm has caught almost everyone unawares
Silence is the wisest option for Kamala Harris on a divisive election issue that is harming the global image of the US
Tim Walz, the man who branded the Trump-Vance ticket ‘weird’, can help the Democrats prevail in swing states
Big tech libertarians see crypto as a way of blowing up the Fed
The second female Democrat to take on Trump has advantages that Hillary Clinton lacked
The Democrats must now decide between a coronation of the vice-president or a divisive contested convention
Democrats appear on the back foot as Trump’s party eyes control of Congress as well as the White House
After the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, an already existential election is now even more fraught
An open Democratic convention to choose a new nominee risks being messy but could save the republic from Trump
Biden has not targeted the former president’s trade policy but it would be disastrous for the US
A set piece clash between Biden and Trump will turn less on policies than on each candidate’s manner and appearance
A well-organised cabal of rightwing intellectuals is assembling an authoritarian playbook for Donald Trump
Treating the rule of law as a partisan issue is the mark of a corroded political culture
The Republican candidate’s court of appeal will be the US electorate
Why is stopping the former president proving so difficult for Biden?
The nation is growing tired of upholding the economic rules it laid out for the world after 1945
For Biden, Israel’s war on Hamas is a serious drain
Unlike in 2016, this time the former president has a coherent plan for governing
Campus protests are being routinely mishandled
The Ukraine aid vote in the House of Representatives exposed Republican divisions that will endure
The balancing act could get even trickier in the coming days
Communication matters precisely because the structural problem between the pair is probably insoluble
Republicans have a stark choice: help Zelenskyy or pay fealty to Trump
Democrats need to press home their advantage on an issue that seems a sure vote-loser for Republicans in November
His third-party candidacy could split the vote and hand the election to Trump
The Republican candidate’s financial difficulties pose risks for America as well as for himself
The candidate’s unchecked flow of untruths and bizarre outbursts spell danger but no longer cause sufficient shock
Conservative majority delivers rulings that assist Trump and play politics with the constitution
Economic growth is failing to heal a nation torn over identity disputes instead of addressing its long-term challenges
American voters are the only force capable of stopping the Republican frontrunner from cashing in on the presidency
Joe Biden is no frail outlier but the gerontocratic norm
Most voters, including supporters of his own party, see the president as too old to run again
Republicans are blocking policies they insisted on because Donald Trump wants chaos
It remains to be seen what it would take to defeat Trumpism for good