Democrat

Daron Acemoglu, professor, MIT. Illustration: TBS
Panorama

The Trump shock is the Democrats’ fault

While the Democrats have won some recent elections with support from Silicon Valley, minorities, trade unions, and professionals in large cities, this coalition was never sustainable. The party has...

Biden in New Jersey on 29 June. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Top Democrats rule out replacing Biden amid calls for him to quit 2024 race

Biden has never been the glibbest or wittiest speaker, and Thursday’s performance was exceptionally poor. Photo: Bloomberg
Thoughts

Replacing Joe Biden is a fantasy Democrats must abandon

Maxwell Alejandro Frost, a progressive Democrat, focused on issues of concern to younger voters. “I come from a generation that has gone through more mass-shooting drills than fire drills,” he said. Photo: Giorgio Viera/Agence France-Presse, Getty Images
USA

First Gen Z Democrat secures Florida house seat in US Midterm elections

Supporters react as they watch news of projected victory for Democratic candidate for Governor Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro at a 2022 U.S. midterm election night party for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 8, 2022. REUTERS/Quinn Gablicki
USA

Republicans favored to win US House in close-fought midterm elections

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World+Biz

Biden signs inflation act, hands pen to Manchin

US President Joe Biden departs after delivering an update on his administration's coronavirus disease (Covid-19) response in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building's South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, US, June 2, 2021. Photo :Reuters
USA

US Senate Democrat unveils 'billionaires tax' for Biden agenda

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USA

US judge rules DACA program illegal, suspends new applications

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Coronavirus chronicle

Democrats clear path for approval of Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid package

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Global Economy

Dollar wallows near multi-year lows after Democrats take control of Senate

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US Election 2020

Democrats win one Georgia runoff and lead in second, moving closer to US Senate control

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US Election 2020

Edison Research projects Democrat Warnock win in Georgia

US President Donald Trump participates in a phone call with Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley October 4, 2020, in his conference room at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Not shown in the photo also in the room on the call is Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Coronavirus aid hopes evaporate as Trump ends talks with US Democrats