Politics

Midterm elections are still a gloomy picture for GOP

WITH TRUMP APPROVAL TICKING DOWN, MIDTERM ELECTIONS ARE STILL A GLOOMY PICTURE FOR GOP. For the first time this term, President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has dipped below 40% in the RealClearPolitics average of polls. The newest rating is 39.9% approval and 57% disapproval.

It’s byelection bingo! Get ready for the Brexit arguments you heard 10 years ago, only louder

Makerfield will be a test of what Labour would have to look like to beat Reform – so prepare yourself for regrets, broken promises and baffling assertions about ‘red wall’ voters

Pete Songi on Nigel Farage and Brexit

The UK’s relationship with the EU has become a talking point in the Makerfield byelection, in which Labour’s Andy Burnham will stand against Reform UK

John Oliver on factoring companies: ‘This industry is full of predators’

Last Week Tonight host spoke about structured settlements and the problematic industry surrounding them

Belgian ex-diplomat dies before standing trial over 1961 murder of Congolese leader

Étienne Davignon, 93, was last living person targeted in investigation into assassination of DRC’s first PM, Patrice Lumumba

The GOP’s Boardroom Problem

This essay is part of The Right Way Forward, Restoring America's new think tank debate series in which leading conservative institutions argue the defining questions of the post-Trump era. Read about the series here.

Andy Burnham says he will not try to return UK to EU

Burnham vows to have ‘relentless domestic focus’ in Makerfield in first speech since announcing byelection run

‘A republic if you can keep it’: America at 250

The heat was sweltering when delegates emerged from Independence Hall on Sept. 17, 1787. Crowds had gathered outside, waiting for news from the Constitutional Convention. Among them was Elizabeth Willing Powel, a prominent Philadelphia socialite, who approached Benjamin Franklin, who at 81 was wizened but still sharp.

Cuba warns US of ‘bloodbath’ if military action follows drone claims

Cuba’s president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, says any US strike would be catastrophic after reports of 300+ drones

The Great Gen Z Dividing Line

The older ones and the younger ones may be voting in different ways.

Xi Jinping prepares to welcome Putin to China four days after hosting Trump

Chinese state media say Beijing is emerging as the 'focal point of global diplomacy' with the Russian leader arriving on Tuesday.

Judge blocks evidence from Luigi Mangione backpack in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case

Luigi Mangione was apprehended by police in a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, days after the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.