If anyone still labors under the impression that Donald Trump invented the shitshow that is the modern Republican Party, Tuesday’s performance on Capitol Hill will have disabused them of that notion. It was déjà vu all over again, just like in 2015 when Kevin McCarthy was humiliated by far right bomb-throwers simply because he was … Read more
President Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats always knew that any chance they had of avoiding a rout in the US midterm elections would come from portraying Republicans as too radical to govern. That strategy bore fruit on Tuesday, as Democrats performed far better than expected in a number of toss-up races in the House … Read more
Italian far-right leader Giorgia Meloni says she and her allies have asked the nation’s president to give her the mandate to assemble a new government Italian far-right leader Giorgia Meloni says she and her allies have asked the nation’s president to give her the mandate to assemble a new government Italian politician Giorgia Meloni, whose … Read more
Three Swedish center-right parties announced on Friday that they have reached a deal to form a coalition government that would not include the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats but would depend on their support in Parliament. The agreement comes after a month of talks following Sept. 11 elections that gave the Sweden Democrats, a party with right-wing … Read more