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New York Times (October 27)

2026/ 10/ 28 by jd in Global News

“Trump has failed.” Voters should “hold him to account,” remembering his “failure to keep his campaign promises, his attempts to undermine American democracy and his flagrant corruption. They should be thinking of the Republican Party’s acquiescence to this abuse of power, and they should hold Republicans accountable.” Doing so “will tell the world that Mr. Trump does not represent most Americans. It will demonstrate that a country that starts to slide toward autocracy can move back to normalcy…. Most important, it will create a desperately needed check on Mr. Trump during his final two years in office.”

Tags: Abuse, Acquiescence, Autocracy, Corruption, Democracy, Failed, Flagrant, Power, Promises, Republican, U.S., Undermine, Voters

Wall Street Journal (October 26)

2026/ 10/ 27 by jd in Global News

“President Trump’s trade war has cast Canada’s aluminum smelters as the enemy—and U.S. businesses and consumers are paying a price.” During his second term, Trump “stripped Canada of its exemption and raised the tariff rate on aluminum to 50%.” Since “smelters in Quebec run on cheap hydropower,” this significantly “pushes up prices for American industry.” Prices for aluminum in the U.S. have soared “to a record premium over global benchmarks, punishing home buyers, data-center developers, automakers and grocery shoppers.”

Politico (October 25)

2026/ 10/ 26 by jd in Global News

France has become “the sickest man of Europe…. The European Union’s second-biggest economy is being dragged into a vicious cycle of fiscal and social crises.” While many considered the nation spoiled, “few had thought a country that big and powerful would end up on the front line of a European debt crisis.” It’s not just a matter of fixing the economics. There’s a “malaise” and “many indicators show France has lost confidence in itself.”

Tags: Confidence, Crises, Debt crisis, Dragged, Economy, EU, Europe, Fiscal, France, Malaise, Powerful, Sickest, Social, Spoiled, Vicious cycle

The Guardian (October 23)

2026/ 10/ 25 by jd in Global News

“France sneezed, and Europe has again caught the cold. The wave of unrest which began with teenagers at a high school soon drew in hundreds of thousands of people nationwide and then spread across the continent.” The sentiment that “the social contract has broken” is spreading, along with calls, especially from young people, for solutions. With so much focus on the “electoral supercycle” that “may redefine the continent’s future,” it’s important to remember that “what’s happening on the streets is shaping it, too.”

Tags: Cold, Continent, Electoral supercycle, Europe, France, Future, High school, Nationwide, Redefine, Sentiment, Sneezed, Social contract, Solutions, Unrest, Wave, Young people

New York Times (October 23)

2026/ 10/ 24 by jd in Global News

“The revocation of a political opponent’s citizenship has long been a tool of authoritarian repression.” The Trump administration is borrowing heavily from this unfortunate playbook. The latest case, flimsily based on paperwork from a quarter century ago, involves a federal investigation into Representative Ilhan Omar’s citizenship. The investigation “is a chilling example of the federal government using its immense power to silence a critic.” The administration’s current tactics “evoke dark periods in American history,” something that “should disturb all Americans, regardless of whether they agree with Ms. Omar’s political views.”

Tags: Authoritarian repression, Chilling, Citizenship, Critic, Federal investigation, Government, Immense power, Omar, Political opponent, Revocation, Silence, Tool, Trump administration

The Economist (October 21)

2026/ 10/ 23 by jd in Global News

“Two spectres stalk financial markets. One is the fear that surging bond yields will make the rich world’s shaky public finances unsustainable, triggering a nasty fiscal crisis. The other is the worry that the revenues from artificial intelligence needed to keep the data-centre boom going will fail to arrive.” On the upside, it’s unlikely to be both. “If AI stocks collapse, bond yields will fall.”

Tags: AI, Bond yields, Boom, Data centers, Fear, Financial markets, Fiscal crisis, Public finances, Revenues, Rich world, Shaky, Stalk, Stocks, Surging, Triggering, Unsustainable

Barron’s (October 21)

2026/ 10/ 22 by jd in Global News

“While many investors hope Iran seeks a peaceful solution to the current standoff,” respected options strategist Michael Schwartz, believes “Iran is using the hostage crisis playbook.” He points out that “the longer Iran resists the U.S., the more respected Iran becomes in the Middle East. Also, Iran’s influence over the Strait of Hormuz has exposed an American weakness,” leading him to believe “elevated oil prices, a primary driver of inflation, could last until President Donald Trump leaves the White House.”

Tags: Elevated oil prices, Hope, Hostage crisis playbook, Inflation, Influence, Investors, Iran, Middle East, Options strategist, Respected, Standoff, Strait of Hormuz, Trump, U.S., Weakness

The Times (October 19)

2026/ 10/ 21 by jd in Global News

Taiwan is “the coming crisis no one is ready for…. President Xi’s best chance of securing the island may be while Trump is in office. The global impact would be worse than Covid.” On top of pre-existing factors, “the mishandling of other geopolitical events by Trump is sharply increasing the risk of a crisis over Taiwan erupting while he is in office.”

Tags: Erupting

MarketWatch (October 19)

2026/ 10/ 20 by jd in Global News

“More home builders are cutting prices on new houses even as their construction costs increase, as buyers flee the housing market.” Excluding the pandemic, “buyer traffic to newly built homes” slumped to the lowest levels since 2012. “The average price cut was 6% for the seventh month in a row, and 65% of builders were also using incentives to boost sales.”

Tags: 2012, Boost, Buyers, Construction costs, Home builders, Housing market, Incentives, Newly built homes, Pandemic, Prices, Sales

The Economist (October 17 Edition)

2026/ 10/ 19 by jd in Global News

“Never in the field of human conflict was so much risked by one man for so little. Donald Trump is threatening to cripple Ukraine in its fight for survival—and to expose Europe to Russian aggression—seemingly for the pitiful prize of minimising his losses in next month’s midterm elections. The hard question is what Ukraine and its allies should do.”

Tags: Cripple, Elections, Europe, Fight, Human conflict, Losses, Pitiful prize, Risked, Russian aggression, Survival, Threatening, Trump, Ukraine

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