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The Covid Package

The devastating fallout from the spread of Covid-19 has left Americans in dire need of further relief. The promptitude of the present is in refreshing contrast to the inertia of the previous

A President in dock

These certitudes also envisage that once the “article of impeachment” reaches the Senate, the chamber must almost immediately be transformed into a court of impeachment and sit in judgment until a verdict is reached.

Indonesian Parliament sworn in amid protests

On Tuesday, around 25,000 soldiers and riot police officers blocked the roads around the parliament building, while President-elect Joko Widodo presided over the swearing-in ceremony.

America & the Rest

America's power abroad depends on its position at home. It will need to show the verve and grit to stay the course, and not swerve from its cardinal grid of strengths which propelled it to global heights. Its debt is rising; its population is ageing; its schools are mediocre by international standards; its infrastructure is termed rickety; its regulations dense; its tax code byzantine; its immigration system hare-brained.