Trump

Populist authoritarians don’t usually leave through the ballot box. The Democrats’ success offers lessons for others.

Refusing to concede and start the transition creates mostly hindrances, not disasters. But on key issues, obstructing Biden puts America in danger.

A house divided against itself can’t compete on the world stage.

The move, opposed by the humanitarian community, is part of the administration’s pressure campaign on Iran—and could hamstring Biden.

He was successful because only an iconoclastic president could have rejected false assumptions and failed strategies.

Europeans are relieved by Biden’s victory but will be very disappointed if they don’t heed the lessons of the past four years.

America’s democracy demotion, U.N. peacemaking in the age of plague, and Biden’s Putin challenge.

There’s a clear precedent for the president’s post-election scheming. It’s not a coup—but it’s bad enough.

Pro-democracy groups and foreign governments should be calling out Donald Trump’s attack on the country’s core democratic institutions. They aren’t.

The General Services Administration is ignoring congressional deadlines for answers about the stalled transition that has forced the Biden team to improvise.

A dive into Chinese-language media offers some clues.

After four years of hostility to journalists and a free press, the United States must repair the damage Trump has done at home and abroad.

Officials in the Pentagon see this week’s purges as a sign the White House will be even more aggressive in bending the Pentagon to its political whims.

As Putin refuses to congratulate Biden, all eyes in the Kremlin are on the president-elect’s new team.

Major world leaders are reaching out to the U.S. president-elect as Pompeo claims there will be a “smooth transition to a second Trump administration.”

Netanyahu has a wish list for the lame-duck president while Trump has a score to settle with Biden.