German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says the European Union can be an “alternative to imperialism and autocracy” and can forge ...

‘Sprint toward autocracy’: Trump’s first year in office has been a norm-busting, boundary-pushing power play - From gutting ...

The FBI search of a Washington Post reporter’s home on Jan. 14, 2026, was a rare and intimidating move by an administration focused on repressing criticism and dissent. In its story about the search ...

BERLIN — Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz hailed the European Union on Thursday as an “alternative to imperialism and ...

For most Americans and Europeans alive today, a world of anarchy probably never felt quite real. Since 1945, the United States and its allies crafted and maintained an order that while neither fully ...

Government officials in Hangzhou have grand ambitions to make their city in eastern China a global center for artificial intelligence—and the funds to try to make it happen. In June, they pledged $140 ...

To the editor — The Somali community in Minneapolis is being persecuted by Trump after accusations by a right-wing You-Tube video with no evidence of fraud. The right wing's idol, Trump, has even ...

In Venezuela, U.S. President Donald Trump just made another giant step on his learning curve toward becoming a dominant autocratic ruler. Trump’s repeated failure to overturn his loss to Joe Biden in ...

The FBI search of a Washington Post reporter’s home on Jan. 14, 2026, was a rare and intimidating move by an administration focused on repressing criticism and dissent. In its story about the search ...

Max Hastings is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. His histories include "Inferno: The World At War, 1939–1945," "Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy 1945–1975" and "Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962." In ...