BUSINESS REFLECTION Crossed Wires: How Trump channelled his inner 17th-century French aristocrat to fight the Chinese 5 min 0 By Steven Boykey Sidley
ON THE SPOT ANALYSIS US swings to Trump and Republican Congress — how it’s playing out and what happens next 6 min 105 By J Brooks Spector
COUNTRIES NOT COLONIES Democratic Congresswoman blasts Republican colleague John James for treating SA as a ‘colony’ 4 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
US POLITICS ANALYSIS The national political humiliation of America is almost too painful to watch 9 min 15 By J Brooks Spector
SCENARIO PLANNING Once upon a time in America — how Biden team could confront electoral challenges 12 min 2 By J Brooks Spector
US POLITICS ANALYSIS Aid to Israel and Ukraine distracts a fractious US Congress from the federal budget 7 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
TIMES THAT TRY OUR SOULS US administration must make the case for Ukrainian aid as Republicans insist on party fratricide 7 min 2 By J Brooks Spector
US POLITICS Shutdown averted after Congress passes stopgap funding bill at eleventh hour 5 min 2 By J Brooks Spector
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Powerful US senator Jim Risch tables legislation to scuttle SA’s hosting of Agoa forum 6 min 19 By Peter Fabricius
THREATS AND MARVELS An AI CEO went to Washington and asked for rules – here are the key takeaways 4 min 0 By Bloomberg
MASS SHOOTINGS America’s obsession over the right to bear arms means many more innocents will die 11 min 4 By J Brooks Spector
HOUSE SHENANIGANS McCarthy’s rules of order become latest Republican battleground 3 min 1 By Bloomberg
ELECTIONS AFTERMATH Bolsonaro supporters invade Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court in Brasilia 1 min 1 By Reuters
ANALYSIS A nailbiter for sure – US midterm election has some surprises in store 6 min 1 By J Brooks Spector
NOVEMBER MIDTERM ELECTIONS President Biden is worried Republicans may slash aid to Ukraine if they win Congress 1 min 0 By Bloomberg
EXECUTIVE ACTION President Biden stops short of declaring climate emergency, pushes offshore wind projects 3 min 0 By Reuters
STORMING OF THE CAPITOL A desecration of the sacred heart of US democracy 7 min 3 By J Brooks Spector
OP-ED Trump will be gone: Now begins the struggle to rebuild US democracy 5 min 5 By Phillip van Niekerk
STATE OF AMERICA US Electoral College confirms President-elect Joe Biden’s victory 2 min 1 By An Wentzel
