UmairGerman Opposition Gambles With Far-Right on Immigration, and Loses
The man who has been heavily favored to become Germany’s next chancellor took an extraordinary gamble this week, both for his political future and his country’s longstanding firewall against political…
Farage Says He Talked to Musk Last Week. Relationship is ‘Fine.’
Three weeks after a very public rift, the populist British politician Nigel Farage said on Wednesday that his relationship with Elon Musk was “fine” and that the two men had…
Musk Says Germany Has ‘Too Much of a Focus on Past Guilt’
Elon Musk told a gathering of the hard-right Alternative for Germany party this weekend that the country has “too much of a focus on past guilt,” an apparent effort to…
Musk Says Germany Has ‘Too Much of a Focus on Past Guilt’
Elon Musk told a gathering of the hard-right Alternative for Germany party this weekend that the country has “too much of a focus on past guilt,” an apparent effort to…
‘Firewall’ Around the Far Right Wobbles in Germany
The man who is favored to be Germany’s next chancellor has opened the door to working with the Alternative for Germany to pass tough new immigration restrictions, potentially breaking a…
Trump Leaves Democrats Dazed, With Some Willing to Work With Republicans
As President Trump pushes aggressively to reshape the federal government, Democrats have retreated into a political crouch that reflects their powerlessness in Washington. Far from rising up in outrage, the…
Trump Returns to White House With More Deferential Allies and Foes
More than 30 miles of anti-scale fencing are being erected all over the nation’s capital. Concrete barriers are being placed at key junctures. Certain roads have already been closed to…
Support for Trump’s Policies Exceeds Support for Trump
Many Americans who otherwise dislike President-elect Donald J. Trump share his bleak assessment of the country’s problems and support some of his most contentious prescriptions to fix them, according to…
How Biden’s Inner Circle Protected a Faltering President
The people closest to President Biden were well aware that he had changed. He talked more slowly than he had just a few years before, needed to hoist himself out…
