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Here are the main issues to watch to see if this agreement is for real.

The air is thick with schadenfreude in the wake of Graham Platner’s impressive victory in the Democratic primary for U.S.

The president was set to leave France — until he was invited to the palace that has inspired his construction projects, including the White House ballroom. Military hawks within the Republican Party ...

Violent unrest after a stabbing in Northern Ireland showed the extent to which the far right has taken hold in the U.K., as ...

Nor do the bond markets. And often it feels like they matter the most. That’s because those markets are what make it possible ...

Former Sen. Ben Sasse has long been saying that Washington politics are broken. That’s not a unique message, but he has a subtle angle to his critique that deserves more attention. Aristotle tells us ...