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Something tells me US president Donald Trump would love to be a Roman emperor. The mythology of unrestrained power with sycophants doing his bidding would be seductive.

Australia’s ‘rose-coloured’ view of the US has been shattered and the prime minister will be forced into previously unthinkable decisions at a time of escalating global conflict

The HBO show highlights a health-care crisis we can no longer afford to ignore—and the risk to patients is very real.

Motivated by grievances against allies and foes, US president is ‘tearing down’ the modern global order, analysts say.

As in life, trust matters in international politics. Vital for cooperation and reciprocation, trusting someone nevertheless leaves one vulnerable should they break faith and pursue self-serving goals. As US political scientist Andrew Kydd recognised, trust is the belief that someone “prefers mutual cooperation to exploiting and suckering others”.

Rather than answer a reporter's question, Trump advisor Stephen Miller shot back inquires of his own—then accused the reporter of evading his questions.

In her groundbreaking book, Canada and the Blackface Atlantic: Performing Slavery, Conflict and Freedom, 1812-1897, Cheryl Thompson, professor of performance at Toronto Metropolitan University, maps the transnational flow of minstrel culture and racial ideologies, revealing how blackface performance — and the racism it reflects — was not strictly an American…

Even many Republicans oppose some of the president’s signature policies

So much for unleashing American energy.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: No US president has inflicted so much damage, on so many, in so short a time. Finally, there are positive signs of resistance to Donald Trump

Charging an electric car still isn’t as quick as grabbing gas. But it’s getting there, and the tech is moving faster than ever.