Author: Reporter

Democrats spent billions of dollars warning American voters that Donald Trump posed an imminent threat to democracy, that his economic policies would benefit only his wealthy friends, that he was literally a fascist. In the end, voters did not care — or if they did, it did not matter. And now, after Kamala Harris’ decisive loss, Democrats enter a second Trump presidency with no clear leader, no clear plan, and no agreement on what caused them to be so wrong about the 2024 election. “I think there needs to be a cleaning of the house, there needs to be...

Donald Trump has said he would not be a dictator, “except for Day One.” According to his own statements, he has got a lot to do on that first day in the White House. At noon on January 20, 2025, Trump will begin his second term as President of the United States, following his victory in the 2024 election. Central to his administration’s early days will be Project 2025, a comprehensive ultra-conservative blueprint aimed at realigning long-established policies with absurd right-wing priorities. Trump’s first day back in office is expected to include swift moves on his autocratic agendas, with...

An inevitable fact of interviewing Ridley Scott is that, whatever movie he is about to release, you will find him already knee-deep in his next project. Scott, Hollywood’s perpetual rolling stone even at age 86, may be preparing to unveil “Gladiator II,” one of his biggest epics yet, but at the moment he’s got the Bee Gees on the brain. Scott is developing a biopic on the Gibb brothers. On a recent Zoom call from his office in Los Angeles, he was surrounded by meticulously plotted storyboards. Scott is enthusiastic about the project. “I think the word is beyond...

As it became clear that criminally convicted Donald Trump was returning to the White House, the Florida man who posed for photos with then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern during the Capitol riot popped a bottle of Trump-branded sparkling wine. “Y’all are in trouble,” he said after taking a sip in a video shared on social media. Rioters who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, are celebrating Trump’s victory and hoping he makes good on his campaign trail promise to pardon them. Trump did not mention the January 6 defendants, whom he has called “hostages” and “patriots,” during his...

Hungary’s fiery, right-wing leader says Donald Trump’s victory will help his own battle against immigration and multiculturalism and restore traditional family values. In Argentina, a president who once bear-hugged Trump at a political conference in Maryland is attacking his critics as rats and parasites, ranting against what he calls a corrupt elite and calling climate change “a socialist lie.” Trump’s second term could realign U.S. diplomacy away from traditional international alliances and more toward populist, authoritarian politicians, according to both those leaders and outside observers. PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBÁN OF HUNGARY Two days before November 5’s election, Hungarian Prime...

Like many other young women living in communist East Germany, Solveig Leo thought nothing about juggling work and motherhood. The mother of two was able to preside over a large state-owned farm in the northeastern village of Banzkow because childcare was widely available. Contrast that with Claudia Huth, a mother of five, who grew up in capitalist West Germany. Huth quit her job as a bank clerk when she was pregnant with her first child and led a life as a traditional housewife in the village of Egelsbach in Hesse, raising the kids and tending to her husband, who...