America's leaders are old and growing older. As part of a new series that looks abroad for inspiration on how to fix flaws in the US political system, we ask whether Norway's young MPs have the answer ...

It's notoriously hard to get new laws passed in the US and few believe the looming election reshaping Congress will solve that. Could the Swiss "people power" model help? The US political system seems ...

American democracy seems to be falling into an ever-greater crisis, with public approval of our political institutions continuing to fall as Donald Trump’s presidency becomes more and more ...

The American political train has gone off the rails, and it seems farther than ever from getting back on track. There has been a lot of finger pointing, with commentators blaming issues like ...

Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Midterm defeats can upend US presidencies. Think of Newt Gingrich’s new model Republicans in 1994, Nancy Pelosi’s ...

Vladimir Putin has furiously lashed out at the "rottenness of the American political system" as he threw his support behind Donald Trump. The Russian president's outburst came at the Eastern Economic ...

US intelligence officials have reportedly claimed that the United Arab Emirates attempted to manipulate the American political system, despite being a close political ally. Three unnamed sources told ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The US presidential election poses the No. 1 risk to the world in 2024 no matter who wins it, according to a political risk consultancy firm’s annual report. The Eurasia Group released its Top Risks ...

I spent a couple days last week at the University of Chicago’s yearly antitrust conference, where all the economists, lawyers and many journalists who care about competition policy gather. Former ...

A declining US superpower needs to rationalise its failures – glaring, monstrous crimes abroad, economic collapse at home – as a war against homegrown terrorists Attendees gather during a rally hosted ...