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AT DAWN ON November 21st the Russian missiles slammed into the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro. Some were Kh-101 cruise ...

MATT GAETZ, Donald Trump’s choice for America’s attorney-general, spent November 20th meeting senators and telling reporters ...

DONALD TRUMP’S victory on November 5th was decisive. The reaction of America’s stockmarket was jubilant. On November 6th the S&P 500, an index of America’s biggest firms, leapt by 2.5% in anticipation ...

The ICC is meant to be a court of last resort that steps in when a country’s own courts fail to prosecute abuses. Israel’s ...

Sign up here to receive “The US in brief” as a newsletter, each weekday, in your inbox. Bob Casey, a three-term Democratic ...

Y OU WOULD have thought Elon Musk was busy enough building brain implants, electric cars, grid-scale batteries, robots, ...

Those seeking a tougher approach towards America’s rival range from Mike Waltz, Mr Trump’s proposed national security adviser ...

Worse still, Messrs Trump and Sanders are looking past genuine problems with American credit cards. That may be because the ...

M any Americans hope that Donald Trump will fulfil his campaign pledges to bring down prices and deport illegal immigrants.