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Will the coronavirus ‘kill populism’? Don’t count on it Cas Mudde Predictions for how the coronavirus outbreak will effect politics are unreliable. Here’s why ‘Trump is criticized daily by the majority of the media.’ Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters While epidemiologists are still trying to come to grips with the severity of the coronavirus pandemic, with different […] More
A New York Times piece by a diet specialist appears to have informed Trump’s idea to open up the country by Easter Donald Trump at the White House. A return to normal would threaten catastrophe, epidemiologists say. Photograph: Sarah Silbiger/EPA At the start of this week, as millions were following US government advice to combat […] More
Governors have found themselves under an intense spotlight, highlighting an evolving dynamic between those running states and an impossible-to-predict president Coronavirus – live US updates Live global updates See all our coronavirus coverage Andrew Cuomo speaks in front of stacks of protective medical supplies at a news conference in New York, New York, on 24 […] More
US President Donald Trump will go down in history as the ultimate master of hyperreal politics. No matter how far he deviates from reality, the American public consistently expresses its approval. The further he wanders from rationality, even when the consequences are measurable in the number of deaths, the more he is rewarded. In the […] More
Airlines get $60bn bailout, but Pelosi’s proposal on halving of emissions by 2050 not included Coronavirus – latest US updates Live global updates See all our coronavirus coverage American Airlines aircraft at Ronald Reagan Washington national airport, Arlington, Virginia. The US aviation industry is to receive $60bn in the government’s coronavirus relief package. Photograph: Michael […] More
On January 28, US President Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which he hailed as the “deal of the century.” This is the latest attempt by the US to mediate between the Israelis and Palestinians and end the seven-decade-old dispute. The deal sparked outrage by the Palestinians but was praised by the […] More
The triumph of Nazism in the years following the election of 1933 that brought Adolf Hitler to power represents arguably the greatest human catastrophe of the 20th century — a century rich in human catastrophes. Until today, historians, social scientists and writers, from Primo Levy to Jonathan Littell, the author of “Les Bienveillantes,” and filmmakers, from […] More
$2tn coronavirus rescue deal dwarfs 2008 bailout but there will still be pain Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Wall Street is awaiting the weekly jobs report with trepidation as unemployment could triple. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA The precise details of the US stimulus package are still to be revealed but some things […] More
