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Under cover of the pandemic, while the outside world as distracted, the Venezuelan government is carrying out an evil act: It is seeking to destroy a pair of charities. One

Poland and Hungary are threatening to veto the EU budget because they don't want to be forced to adhere to the "rule of law." If the EU caves in to

"Trump failed because he picked bad people" is an insufficient explanation. In truth, he failed because his so-called populist project was a lie. He never wanted to drain the swamp,

Why are so many senior Republicans going along with this farce? Why are so many of their friends in the media enabling this assault on democracy? I've tried twice to

Abortion was banned in Poland already: exceptions were made for rape, incest, a mother in danger of dying and fetuses so malformed they wouldn't survive. The new law takes that

Nothing said at the debate matters more than this: If Trump politicizes the civil service, American government is finished. Someone's unqualified second cousin will be making important decisions about water

Mark your calendars: Today we have witnessed the first major political arrest in Poland since 1989. A prominent government critic, a lawyer, has been taken into custody on dubious charges,

Good morning! 24 days to go until the election - which means 24 days to think about how you can help make sure it is free and fair, and what

On the one hand, Trump denial of the coronavirus has killed tens of thousands of Americans and crashed the economy; he is undermining the armed forces, alienating allies and helping

Good Morning! My book is published today in both the US and the UK. The publishers could not agree on the title - for a moment there, it even got

He is nervoushttps://twitter.com/thierrybaudet/status/1254388642379968512 What is an "ultra-globalist", actually?

Delighted to report that @nytimes has posted a recipe from my 2012 Polish cookbook, From a Polish Country House Kitchen, co-written with @DCrittenden1 (it's for barszcz - beetroot soup)https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020984-barszcz-classic-p