Politics
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Why is Trump’s alleged strike on Venezuela shrouded in so much secrecy?
TODAY'S BIG QUESTION Trump’s comments have raised more questions than answers about what his administration is doing in the Southern Hemisphere
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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What have Trump’s Mar-a-Lago summits achieved?
Today’s big question Zelenskyy and Netanyahu meet the president in his Palm Beach ‘Winter White House’
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Alaa Abd el-Fattah: should Egyptian dissident be stripped of UK citizenship?
Today's Big Question Resurfaced social media posts appear to show the democracy activist calling for the killing of Zionists and police
By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published
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Biggest political break-ups and make-ups of 2025
The Explainer From Trump and Musk to the UK and the EU, Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a round-up of the year’s relationship drama
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Donald Trump’s squeeze on Venezuela
In Depth The US president is relying on a ‘drip-drip pressure campaign’ to oust Maduro, tightening measures on oil, drugs and migration
By The Week UK Published
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Why is Trump killing off clean energy?
Today's Big Question The president halts offshore wind farm construction
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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Bari Weiss’ ‘60 Minutes’ scandal is about more than one report
IN THE SPOTLIGHT By blocking an approved segment on a controversial prison holding US deportees in El Salvador, the editor-in-chief of CBS News has become the main story
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Is there a Christmas truce in the Starmer farmer ding-dong?
Today’s Big Question There’s an ‘early present’ for farmers but tensions between Labour and rural communities remain
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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Democrats vs. Republicans: who do the billionaires back?
The Explainer Younger tech titans join 'boys' club throwing money and support' behind President Trump, while older plutocrats quietly rebuke new administration
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Last updated
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The Kennedy dynasty: the future of America’s most famous political clan
The Explainer All you need to know about the family’s younger generation
By Alex Kerr Published
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Is Keir Starmer being hoodwinked by China?
Today's Big Question PM’s attempt to separate politics and security from trade and business is ‘naïve’
By The Week UK Published
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Why, really, is Trump going after Venezuela?
Talking Points It might be oil, rare minerals or Putin
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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Is Trump deliberately redacting Epstein files to shield himself?
Today’s Big Question Removal of image from publicly released documents prompts accusations of political interference by justice department
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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Somali-Americans: a fraud scandal draws Trump’s fire
Talking Point Democrat officials turned a ‘blind eye’ to fraud, but Trump administration’s response has been predictably disproportionate
By The Week UK Published
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