Strange hair, billions in fortune and a magical ability to climb the polls despite statements that would sink other politicians. Long before Donald Trump terrified the U.S. establishment, Silvio Berlusconi was doing it in Italy. Silvio Berlusconi, Rome, 20 January...
Latin American demagogues such as Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez have made careers with invective and outlandish accusations. Have they met their match in Donald Trump? We asked News-Decoder correspondents, who have lived all over the world and observed many leaders,...
The death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has greatly raised the stakes in the presidential and congressional elections. Justice Antonin Scalia’s chair draped in black, Washington, DC, 16 February 2016(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) How will the death of...
By Emefa Agawu “I cannot believe you’re calling during the Super Bowl half-time show!” I could hear the voice on the other end of the phone falter for a moment before a broad smile stretched across Kathy’s face. She chuckled and then said good-naturedly into the...
Obama, Bush, Clinton, Palin — Deborah Charles covered them all. Here’s what it was like for a woman on the campaign bus. What word best describes Barack Obama? Hillary Clinton? George W. Bush? Deborah Charles covered four U.S. presidential campaigns, and...