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This article appears in the April 2025 print edition with the headline “The Fear Economy.” ...

Friedrich Merz is set to become the next Chancellor at a time of great tumult at home and abroad, writes John Kampfner.

In foreign affairs, he has antagonized Denmark, Canada, and Panama; renamed the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America”; and ...

Trump names far-right podcaster Dan Bongino as FBI deputy director while 2,000 USAID jobs set to be axed: Live - President ...

President Donald Trump's administration is continuing its radical effort to cut much of the federal government and make sweeping changes.

President Donald Trump is pursuing his massive government overhaul at home, while also forging ahead with a pivot in US foreign policy regarding Russia’s war in Ukraine and plans for the Middle East.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has said he is willing to step down from his role in exchange for Nato membership. Mr ...

“Once again, Elon Musk and the Trump Administration have shown their utter disdain for federal employees and the critical ...

President Donald Trump’s week included rewriting U.S. policy toward Russia and firing the country's senior military officer.

In an interview on ABC News' "This Week," Democratic Sen. Jack Reed decried Trump's recent attacks on Ukrainian President ...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday he would be ready to give up the presidency if doing so would achieve a ...