US Election

Analysis / Tariffs, tax cuts, energy: What is in Trump's economic plan?

Ahead of November's election, economists warn his policies could raise consumer prices and shake up global trade -- with unclear benefits to US production

Analysis / The US economy is solid: Why are voters gloomy?

Despite indicators showing the US economy is moving in a healthy direction, many Americans remain pessimistic about business and job prospects -- a mood that poses a frustrating problem for Vice President Kamala Harris in her neck-and-neck race with Donald Trump for the White House

Lessons from four elections: More challenges to democracy ahead

Do these elections indicate a strategy to beat populist politics?

Are the Fed and Biden engaged in a duel?

The Federal Reserve System (Fed), the arbiter of monetary policy in the US, is facing a number of challenges

Biden’s backing of Israel will come home to roost

The infrastructure of Gaza lies in ruins, leaving civilians to scramble for safety among the debris of their previous lives.

Trump indicted over efforts to overturn 2020 election

The four-count indictment alleges Trump conspired to defraud the U.S. by preventing Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's victory and to deprive voters of their right to a fair election.

Ailing Democracy: Rx Intensive Care

Biden’s “inflection point” applies to Bangladesh, too.

Biden scores early wins over Sanders on Super Tuesday

Joe Biden has notched up startling wins over leftist rival Bernie Sanders in the Democrats' Super Tuesday contest to challenge President Donald Trump, with a torrent of projected victories showing his surprising muscle after what had appeared to be a failing campaign.

US midterm elections: Voters deliver mixed verdict

A defiant President Donald Trump yesterday shrugged off the loss of the House of Representatives as Washington braced for the prospects of partisan warfare after US voters delivered a mixed verdict in a hard-fought midterm election.

October 13, 2024
October 13, 2024

Tariffs, tax cuts, energy: What is in Trump's economic plan?

Ahead of November's election, economists warn his policies could raise consumer prices and shake up global trade -- with unclear benefits to US production

October 9, 2024
October 9, 2024

The US economy is solid: Why are voters gloomy?

Despite indicators showing the US economy is moving in a healthy direction, many Americans remain pessimistic about business and job prospects -- a mood that poses a frustrating problem for Vice President Kamala Harris in her neck-and-neck race with Donald Trump for the White House

July 9, 2024
July 9, 2024

Lessons from four elections: More challenges to democracy ahead

Do these elections indicate a strategy to beat populist politics?

March 3, 2024
March 3, 2024

Are the Fed and Biden engaged in a duel?

The Federal Reserve System (Fed), the arbiter of monetary policy in the US, is facing a number of challenges

November 13, 2023
November 13, 2023

Biden’s backing of Israel will come home to roost

The infrastructure of Gaza lies in ruins, leaving civilians to scramble for safety among the debris of their previous lives.

August 2, 2023
August 2, 2023

Trump indicted over efforts to overturn 2020 election

The four-count indictment alleges Trump conspired to defraud the U.S. by preventing Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's victory and to deprive voters of their right to a fair election.

September 16, 2022
September 16, 2022

Ailing Democracy: Rx Intensive Care

Biden’s “inflection point” applies to Bangladesh, too.

March 4, 2020
March 4, 2020

Biden scores early wins over Sanders on Super Tuesday

Joe Biden has notched up startling wins over leftist rival Bernie Sanders in the Democrats' Super Tuesday contest to challenge President Donald Trump, with a torrent of projected victories showing his surprising muscle after what had appeared to be a failing campaign.

November 8, 2018
November 8, 2018

US midterm elections: Voters deliver mixed verdict

A defiant President Donald Trump yesterday shrugged off the loss of the House of Representatives as Washington braced for the prospects of partisan warfare after US voters delivered a mixed verdict in a hard-fought midterm election.

June 22, 2017
June 22, 2017

‘Russians targeted 21 election systems’

Russian hackers targeted 21 US state election systems in the 2016 presidential race and a small number were breached but there was no evidence any votes were manipulated, a Homeland Security Department official told Congress on Wednesday.