There’s a nickname for House Speaker Mike Johnson shared among some Hill staffers and observers: “Deacon Mike,” a nod to his ...

The UK economy grew faster than expected in the first three months of the year. According to figures just released by the ...

A week of diplomatic manoeuvring, ultimatums and psychological gambits has ended with a sadly predictable result: Vladimir ...

They say that politics is all about priorities. But what happens when the public says you’ve got it wrong? Mr S has got his ...

The triumph of Mark Carney in the Canadian election has turned what seemed like a series of local flukes into a global trend.

Few career arcs in modern history can be as remarkable as that of Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa – or Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, to ...

It will be like Liz Truss on roller skates. The next election may still be four years away, and the manifestos still need to ...

The worst victims of South Africa’s African National Congress are not white Afrikaners, even if they are a vulnerable group.

Assisted dying has been a hot topic both north and south of the border this week, as Scottish politicians voted on Tuesday on ...

If the government was deliberately trying to encourage union militancy, it could not be making a better job of it. It is ...

When Anthony Albanese’s integrity as a regional leader and caretaker of Australia’s national security was on the line during ...

Australia has often been called the ‘lucky country’. Today, it faces a series of economic, cultural, and geopolitical ...