Inside Washington Articles

As usual, it has been an eventful week in American politics. And, as ever, everything that happens can be best understood by looking through the lens of polarisation. There is seemingly no event, domestic or foreign, trivial or of global importance, that does not end...

This is the pace of things in DC. One election is barely over, and the next has already begun. It is only three months since the midterms, and the new Republican-dominated Congress has just taken its oath, but all the talk is of 2016. The general election, which will...

Yesterday’s midterms gave full control of Congress to the Republicans. The Democrats lost the Senate, where they had held a majority for eight years, and fell even further back in the House. It leaves Barack Obama as something of a lame duck president for his final...

Scotland referendum The Scottish independence referendum barely registered here in the United States before the polls of early September showed a substantial swing, even a possible win, for the 'Yes' vote. But after that it was the first and last thing anyone wanted...