Subterms
Opinion
Kamala Harris
Can we have a conversation about Kamala Harris’s ideas?
Kenan Malik
We expect Donald Trump to question her Americanness, but the left is equally desperate to label her More
Opinion
US elections 2020
Voters can replace a party that knows how to fight with one that knows how to govern
Robert Reich
The division between Republicans and Democrats is no longer between left and right but between different core competences More
Magazine’s opinion editor and editor-in-chief ended note by saying op-ed would remain on the site Newsweek has apologized for an op-ed that questioned the California senator Kamala Harris’ American citizenship and her eligibility to be Joe Biden’s running mate, a false and racist conspiracy theory which Donald Trump has not dismissed.“This op-ed is being used by some as a tool to perpetuate racism and xenophobia. We apologize,” read Newsweek’s editor’s note on Friday, which replaced the magazine’s earlier detailed defense of the op-ed. Continue reading… More
The competence embodied in Merkel provokes loathing from the US presidentDonald Trump has declared war on Germany. In a manner of speaking. Europe’s most important country, potentially America’s most valuable partner, has in the mind of the president become an adversary. Of all Trump’s many foreign policy disasters, this is perhaps his most significant.In late July, it was announced that retired army colonel Douglas Macgregor, a decorated combat veteran, would become the next ambassador to Berlin. Macgregor is a regular contributor to Trump’s favourite channel of information, Fox News. He has variously suggested that the US border guard should shoot people if they tried to enter illegally from Mexico; described eastern Ukrainians as “Russians”; defended Serbia’s actions against a “Muslim drug mafia” in Kosovo; and criticised Germany for giving “millions of unwanted Muslim invaders” welfare benefits rather than providing more funding for its armed services. Continue reading… More
House speaker said president is actively trying to ‘sabotage’ agency’s ability to deliver mail-in ballots in time for electionTop Democrat Nancy Pelosi has accused Donald Trump of “openly working to destroy the post office”, and said the US president is actively trying to “sabotage” the agency’s ability to deliver Americans’ mail-in ballots in time to be counted for the 2020 election. Related: Pelosi says Trump is ‘openly working to destroy’ the USPS ahead of election – live Continue reading… More
The Simpsons
Character said she’s ‘starting to feel a little disrespected’ in clip after Jenna Ellis said Kamala Harris ‘sounds like Marge Simpson’ More
Interview
Martin Pengelly
US elections 2020
Interview
Rick Perlstein: ‘If you’re not writing about the berserk, you’re not writing about America’
Martin Pengelly
The historian has completed his epic on the rise of the US right – just in time for Donald Trump’s attempt to hold on to his throne More
Kamala Harris
From Oakland to the White House? The rise of Kamala Harris
The Democratic vice-presidential candidate, a daughter of immigrants, inspires hope – and conflict – in supporters More
