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The affordability crisis that upended global politics last year continues to ripple across some of the world’s biggest democracies — punishing incumbents and undermining longstanding political alliances. New international POLITICO polling shows the voter frustration with persistent financial strain remains a deeply potent force today. In five major economies, The POLITICO Poll found ongoing cost-of-living…

Ohio gubernatorial hopeful and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy urged conservatives to reject “Groyper transgressions,” becoming the latest Republican to weigh in on the ongoing debate in the party over antisemitism. “If, like Mr. Fuentes, you believe that Hitler was “really f-ing cool,” or if you publicly call Usha Vance a “jeet,” then you…

Republicans are making mail-in voting a core part of their midterm battle plans — a sharp contrast with President Donald Trump’s efforts to abolish the practice as they scramble to turn out his base. In Wisconsin, the state party is preparing a full-court press of mailers, emails, phone banks, door knocks and digital ads to…

Former first lady Michelle Obama on Monday appeared to push back on President Donald Trump’s controversial remarks about the death of Hollywood couple Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. In an appearance on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Obama shared that she and her husband, former President Barack Obama, were supposed to see the Reiners on…

Politics Trump’s Free-Speech Warrior? Behind the curtain with Darren Beattie, one of the new president’s most provocative personnel picks. (U.S. Department of State) “Everything is possible with Donald Trump,” one State Department source familiar with the hiring told The American Conservative.  This person was speaking of the shock retention of Darren Beattie as the acting…

Politics Will Trade Policy Be America First’s Iraq War? There are better and worse ways to do things, and there is no reason to dig in on the worse ways. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) There’s a fine line between conviction and partisanship. A helpful rubric is whether you have stopped asking the question, What if we’re…

Foreign Affairs On Iran, Trump Should Ignore Netanyahu A nuclear deal with Tehran would serve U.S. interests. Credit: KPG-Ivary President Trump has made a habit of dropping major news when Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the White House. In early February, during a joint news conference with the Israeli leader, Trump debuted his plan…

Economics Cold Breakfast in America From corn flakes to Legos, the consumer is on the business end of “economics.” ((Photo by Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images) Not long ago I found myself flipping through a biography of John Harvey Kellogg, the impresario of dry breakfast cereal. It was a very dull book. But it…

Foreign Affairs Erdoğan’s New Turkey—and Old? The “neo-Ottoman” dreams of American Turkey-watchers exceed reality. For Americans steeped in a post-Cold War “unipolar” understanding of world affairs, the foreign policy of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan can be hard to fathom. Whether in buying Russian-produced S-400 air defense systems over Washington’s loud objections in 2020, triangulating between Ukraine…