Subterms
The US Senate has confirmed John Ratcliffe as director of national intelligence, installing a Trump loyalist as head of the nation’s intelligence agencies. The Texas Republican seemed unlikely to get the position when he was nominated in February, as he had already been nominated for the job last year and then withdrew after Republicans questioned […] More
Columbia models imply US was too slow to react to coronavirus Early action ‘incredibly critical in reducing number of deaths’ Medical workers at Lenox Hill hospital hold a candlelit vigil to remember the victims of the coronavirus. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/Rex/Shutterstock Had the US begun social distancing just one week earlier, the country would have prevented […] More
Classic textbooks teach us that economic shocks typically hit either the demand or the supply sides of the economy. They usually stem from domestic developments, but sometimes they emerge from abroad. COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has defied this logic and has done so in new ways. For example, one of its distinctive features — one that has been particularly excruciating for policymakers — has been […] More
Jo Rae Perkins wins Republican primary contest in Oregon FBI has warned that conspiracy could encourage extremism The QAnon theory has been embraced by some of the president’s supporters, such those at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in August 2018. Photograph: Rick Loomis/Getty Images Oregon Republicans have nominated a high-profile backer of the QAnon conspiracy […] More
Sweden has dealt with the global COVID-19 pandemic very differently from the other Nordic countries. All but Sweden are led by women. The female prime ministers in Denmark, Norway and Finland closed down their countries in the middle of March and have dealt with the pandemic in an open, inclusive and democratic way you would […] More
After first moving the talks to a teleconference, the US president, this year’s summit head, is now suggesting a Camp David meeting Donald Trump is considering rescheduling the G7 summit to an in-person meeting at Camp David. Photograph: Philippe Wojazer/Reuters Donald Trump has said he may seek to revive a face-to-face meeting of Group of […] More
The disastrous numbers produced by the coronavirus crisis in the US have generated a second pandemic, one that will predictably last for just the next six months: the virus of electoral rhetoric focused on blaming an overseas enemy. Whereas the Democrats, clinging to their Cold War nostalgia, still appear to be obsessed by Russia, Republicans […] More
Zacarias Moussaoui serving life sentence in US federal prison Prosecutors said Moussaoui lied to FBI about knowledge of plot Zacarias Moussaoui wrote in a court motion filed last month: ‘I denounce, repudiate Osama bin Laden as a useful idiot of the CIA/Saudi.’ Photograph: AP The only man ever convicted in a US court for a […] More
