World

Crossed Wires: How Trump channelled his inner 17th-century French aristocrat to fight the Chinese

By Steven Boykey Sidley

Politics

US swings to Trump and Republican Congress — how it’s playing out and what happens next

By J Brooks Spector

South Africa

Democratic Congresswoman blasts Republican colleague John James for treating SA as a ‘colony’

By Peter Fabricius

World

The national political humiliation of America is almost too painful to watch

By J Brooks Spector

South Africa

Once upon a time in America — how Biden team could confront electoral challenges

By J Brooks Spector

World

Aid to Israel and Ukraine distracts a fractious US Congress from the federal budget

By J Brooks Spector

Politics

US administration must make the case for Ukrainian aid as Republicans insist on party fratricide

By J Brooks Spector

World

Shutdown averted after Congress passes stopgap funding bill at eleventh hour

By J Brooks Spector

South Africa

Powerful US senator Jim Risch tables legislation to scuttle SA’s hosting of Agoa forum

By Peter Fabricius

Sci-Tech

An AI CEO went to Washington and asked for rules – here are the key takeaways

By Bloomberg

World

America’s obsession over the right to bear arms means many more innocents will die

By J Brooks Spector

Newsdeck

McCarthy’s rules of order become latest Republican battleground

By Bloomberg