US POLITICS Former SA schoolboy Zohran Mamdani becomes New York City’s first millennial mayor in ‘historic’ elections 6 min 20 By Victoria O’Regan
US POLITICS Protecting Antifa against the madness of King Donald — a radical idea 10 min 1 By J Brooks Spector
BILLIONAIRE BROMANCE BEEF Trump-Musk feud explodes with threats of cutting contracts and suggestions of impeachment 4 min 14 By Reuters
THE CONVERSATION Trump’s administration seems chaotic, but he’s drawing directly from the Project 2025 playbook 5 min 0 By Zachary Albert
POLITICS & POWER Mike Johnson re-elected Speaker of US House as Trump's Republicans unite in dramatic vote 3 min 1 By Reuters
GUEST ESSAY Elon, Vivek and how to insult an entire country - the MAGA uproar over H-1B visas fuelling a GOP fracture 4 min 42 By Steven Boykey Sidley
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: Why I take pre-election political polls with a pinch of salt 3 min 1 By Ray Mahlaka
GUEST ESSAY Unlikely bedfellows - The GOP, Trump, Vance and the realignment of cryptopolitics 5 min 3 By Steven Boykey Sidley
US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Trump picks onetime critic JD Vance, now a fierce defender, as his running mate 4 min 0 By Reuters
US PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE The Biden/Trump Debate 2024 - A battle between two political dinosaurs 11 min 25 By J Brooks Spector
US ELECTIONS The New Hampshire primary election — it will be someone’s ‘last hurrah’ 9 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
SORRY STATES ANALYSIS Donald Trump and the cognitive decline of the American empire 7 min 29 By Phillip van Niekerk
GLOBAL ELECTION WATCH Trump records underwhelming Republican-candidate win in blizzard-hit Iowa, next up New Hampshire 7 min 4 By J Brooks Spector
GUEST ESSAY Second coming of Trump straight from a horror movie — Biden can beat him 4 min 2 By Steven Boykey Sidley
US POLITICS Electoral gains for Democrats, but polls point to Trump as clock ticks down to 20 January 2025 7 min 0 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
CONGRESS CHAOS Kevin McCarthy ousted as US House speaker by Republican dissidents in historic vote 3 min 0 By Billy House and Erik Wasson, Bloomberg
US ELECTIONS Trump seems to have retained his ability to hypnotise Republican voters 8 min 2 By J Brooks Spector
TRUMP TRUMPED? Charges pile up against former US president Donald Trump, even as his presidential run gets stronger 6 min 13 By J Brooks Spector
