Mehdi Hasan is a contributing writer for the New Statesman and the co-author of Ed: The Milibands and the Making of a Labour Leader. He was the New Statesman's senior editor (politics) from 2009-12.
Is it any wonder that approval ratings for the President and the United States are in freefall across the globe?
Trump says silent because “radical Islamic terrorists” aren’t part of his voting base – and “white supremacist terrorists” are.
The US leader’s latest praise for an authoritarian power grab is made scarier by not being an isolated incident.
Don’t expect the four-star general to stand up to his bullying, lying boss.
Early forecasts for Trump’s 2019 federal budget claim the deficit will nearly double to $984bn.
Putting Trump in charge of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is the political equivalent of putting a kid in charge of a candy store.
I have had to warn my ten-year-old daughter not to join in the anti-Trump conversations on her school bus; to keep her head down and avoid any political discussions. I worry for her safety.
They have gone from being obsessed with the personal lives of politicians to, basically, not giving a damn.
As the conflict in Yemen rages, there are plenty of signs that times are changing.
The party of Lincoln is now very much the party of Trump.
