US Politics

How Scott Bessent's 'economic statecraft' aims to justify US coercion

The treasury secretary has made a candid admission: Washington intends to write one set of rules for itself, and another for the rest of the world

How Zohran Mamdani is the Daredevil of a new generation

Hamid Dabashi

Pro-Palestine immigrant ousts 30-year veteran in Colorado Democratic primary

US Supreme Court rejects Trump's effort to limit birthright citizenship

For Gen Z voters, Gaza was a defining issue in the New York Democratic primaries

US-Iran agreement amounts to 'conditional surrender', analyst says on Tucker Carlson's show

America's 'independence' celebrates 250 years of jingoism and genocide

Joseph Massad

A battle of narratives emerges as Mamdani-backed candidates sweep New York primaries

'Your countries are going to hell': Trump berates Europe, slams United Nations

Trump describes Somalia as 'place with nothing' except poverty, piracy and violence

Democratic senators call for US to recognise a Palestinian state

Charlie Kirk and his killer were spawned by the same dark soul of US politics

Jonathan Cook

Mahmoud Khalil challenges judge's order that he be deported to Syria or Algeria

US Senator Bernie Sanders calls Israel's war on Gaza a genocide

Donald Trump junior secretly met Turkey’s Erdogan

Far-right activists pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque for Charlie Kirk

Families of US citizens killed by Israel say Trump administration refuses to investigate

New York governor endorses pro-Palestinian candidate Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor

US policy and pro-Israel lobbyists: Who actually runs the show?

Ammiel Alcalay

US senators say 'America complicit' in ethnic cleansing of Palestinians after Israel visit