Yesterday
Colorado Supreme Court disqualifies Trump from holding office
The ruling makes Donald Trump the first presidential candidate in US history to be deemed ineligible for the White House under a rarely used provision of the US Constitution.
- Updated
- Andrew Goudsward and Jack Queen
What the Colorado ruling means for Donald Trump
While it sounds like a potential dagger to the former president’s 2024 election hopes, it’s unlikely the Colorado Supreme Court landmark ruling will do much to hinder the Republican frontrunner.
- Susie Coen
This Month
- Opinion
- Opinion
Indonesia’s election bears the signs of weakening democracy
It does not bode well for Indonesia’s democratic future that a new president with an authoritarian pedigree is likely to take office thanks to a judicial fix.
- Edward Aspinall
Hong Kong voter turnout slumps to record low after Beijing purge
Only 27.5 per cent of the 4.3 million eligible voters cast ballots on Sunday in the local elections, David Lok, chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission said on Monday.
- Kiuyan Wong
DeSantis campaign to knock out Trump just took another hit
A staff shake-out at the Florida governor’s campaign spending group comes just six weeks before the first round of primary voting for the Republican candidate.
- Updated
- Alex Rogers and Jamie Smyth
- Opinion
- Donald Trump
Why CEOs must plan for a second Trump presidency
We are likely to see a harder-edged President Trump, without moderate advisers to talk him out of introducing tariffs or blaming China as growth slows.
- Updated
- Rana Foroohar
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
In honour of Charlie Munger, seven contrarian trades for 2024
Charlie Munger always strove to challenge his own views. After a year in which consensus proved mainly wrong, here are some unexpected trades for 2024.
- Updated
- James Thomson
- Analysis
- Immigration
How immigration became a toxic brew
Migrants have been used to tackle dire demographic trends and shrinking workforces. But anxious voters are telling politicians to find another way.
- Hans van Leeuwen
November
- Opinion
- Opinion
Is Nikki Haley the wildcard big donors are hoping for?
It would be spurious to put numbers on her chances. They are not high. But it is worth stressing that America is not relishing another Trump vs Biden contest.
- Updated
- Edward Luce
Trump tells Milei he plans to visit Buenos Aires
Argentina’s president-elect, Javier Milei, earlier this year called on the former US president to “continue with his fight against socialism”.
- Daniel Politi
Europe’s Donald Trump set for massive election win
The far-right, anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders was headed for victory in Dutch national elections, in a major upset that sent shockwaves through the EU.
- Mike Corder and Raf Casert
- Opinion
- Opinion
Biden can’t spin his way to re-election
To prevent a second term of Donald Trump, Democrats must accept that what is going wrong is their basic proposition, not the framing or messaging of it.
- Janan Ganesh
Trump-loving new president’s plan to end economic chaos in Argentina
A self-described “anarcho-capitalist”, Javier Milei has proposed abolishing the central bank and taking a “chainsaw” to public spending.
- Tim Wallace and Szu Ping Chan
Argentina elects ‘shock therapy’ libertarian Javier Milei as president
His plans include shutting the central bank, ditching the peso, and slashing spending, potentially painful reforms that resonated with voters angry at the economic malaise.
- Nicolás Misculin and Walter Bianchi
- Analysis
- UK politics
Cameron’s shock return sends UK politics back down the rabbit hole
Just when Westminster seemed to be settling into something resembling sobriety, a cornered PM wrenches it back to the post-Brexit default setting: fever-dream.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Tim Scott, lone black Republican in US Senate, ends White House bid
His exit may provide a modest boost for other candidates trying to dislodge frontrunner and former president Donald Trump from the top spot.
- Gram Slattery and Alexandra Ulmer
- Opinion
- Opinion
Joe Biden’s year of living dangerously
A Donald Trump victory next year would make the incumbent the most consequential single-term president in history – but not in a way he would wish.
- Edward Luce
- Opinion
- Opinion
A Trump win would change the world
If Donald Trump were to return to the White House as president, the implications for the US, its allies and the global economy are sure to be profound.
- Martin Wolf
New Zealand’s PM needs maverick Peters to govern
Winston Peters has emerged kingmaker in the NZ election, after final results show the National Party failed to win enough seats to form government without support.
- Matthew Brockett
October
‘Anything could happen’: Why voters are torn in Taiwan
Inflation, housing affordability, energy prices and scandals are on the mind of the electorate. As well as whether China will invade, of course.
- Michael Smith
