US Politics

'The Middle East is coming together': Trump hosts handpicked Iraqi leader in Washington

The meeting is largely an opportunity for the US president to lay out his agenda for Baghdad

US-Israel relations

Democratic hopeful Rahm Emanuel calls for end to unconditional US aid to Israel

What to expect from Trump's meetings with Erdogan and Sharaa in Ankara

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

'We have a problem': Two Capitol riot suspects are Lebanese American

End the secrecy: Biden urged to restore transparency in drone strikes

Israel normalisation deals

Saudi Arabia-Israel normalisaton is 'in sight', says Jared Kushner

'Winds are shifting': US lawmakers criticise Israel in two rare letters

US joins western criticism of Egypt's human rights abuses

US congresswoman denounces 'disturbing' arrests of Palestinian children

Blinken defends Iran deal but says no concessions to renew talks

Rights groups, progressives 'infuriated' over Biden's visa decision on Muslim ban

Washington's history of surrealpolitik in the Middle East

Taha Ozhan

Biden administration sanctions two Iranian officials over rights abuses

US says visa applicants denied by Trump 'Muslim ban' can reapply

US lawmakers implicitly criticise Iran deal in bipartisan letter