United States
Trash talk
New York City discovers a revolutionary technology: the bin
Using crime fighting tactics, the city is taking on its rats and rubbish
Pelican swoop
The worst job in Washington is within Steve Scalise’s grasp
How the next speaker of the House of Representatives may play his hand
American foreign policy
Hamas’s carnage upends Joe Biden’s plans for the Middle East
America’s president gives Israel a free hand. But what happens the day after?
Lexington
What America should really learn from Dianne Feinstein
Her patriotism made her a fearless truth-teller when the government fell short—whichever party was in power
By George!
Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax land value
If you tax blight, will you get less of it?
Patience, passengers
Travelling to and from America has become a waiting game
And the waiting could well get worse
The other Republican meltdown
Republican parties in important swing states are falling behind
The MAGA makeovers of state parties are driving away donors—and potentially voters
We need to talk without Kevin
Kevin McCarthy’s sacking deepens the chaos in American government
And Republicans have made supporting Ukraine harder
House divided
By averting a government shutdown, Kevin McCarthy risks his job
Yet the squabbling House Republicans may be too divided to topple him
Sanctuary in the city
The flow of migrants into Chicago is a crisis and an opportunity
Will the new arrivals eventually settle in the Windy City?
Who has agency?
The new Supreme Court term takes aim at the administrative state
Conflicts over guns, gender bias and abortion are coming up, too