Billionaires are in notably bad odor with many people on the left. Socialists have long held that large stores of private wealth are tantamount to violence against those in need. But regular nonradical folks not on the left are fed up, too. Howard Schultz’s potential independent White House bid is simply infuriating, and it’s maddening […]

In front of around 500 people, Jeremy Corbyn strode on to the stage to the sound of about six hands clapping. “Thank you so much for that warm reception,” he said. The reception had not been warm at all, but these were the words he had already decided to say, and so say them he […]

Pat Fitzgerald, 67, has long loved being a Catholic, and the part he loved maybe most of all, for the past quarter-century, was his role as a spiritual mentor at retreats for students at a church-affiliated high school in Indianapolis, where he lives. But he has been told that he’s not wanted anymore. His crime? […]

To the Editor: “How Mitch McConnell Enables Trump,” by Adam Jentleson (Op-Ed, Feb. 19), helps put the power machinations of the Senate majority leader in true perspective. Senator McConnell’s talents are not used in the aid of his country, the institutional preservation of the Senate as part of the constitutional system of checks and balances, […]

With the Venezuelan crisis nearing a showdown, President Trump gave his saber a new rattling on Monday, warning the Venezuelan military in a speech to abandon President Nicolás Maduro or “lose everything.” Yes, the military should abandon Mr. Maduro, who has guided one of Latin America’s richest countries to total ruin, and join the opposition […]

To the Editor: Re “Is Nancy Pelosi a Climate Skeptic?” (column, Feb. 16): Bret Stephens presents us with a fake binary choice. Either we gear up to fight climate change as if it were an alien invasion, placing capitalism in jeopardy, or we treat it as a “real but manageable problem” like global poverty, worthy […]

MILAN/LONDON (Reuters) – Italian power grid operator Terna has hired Spanish bank Santander to scout investors that could plow cash into its transmission businesses in Brazil, Peru and Uruguay, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Terna could raise 200 million to 300 million euros from the process, two of the sources said. The […]

MOSUL, Iraq — Sitting in a room in a burned-out house here in 2017, a group of Iraqi Special Operations Forces soldiers and I watched with surprise as two Islamic State fighters appeared on the live video feed of a security camera. The two fighters were preparing to fire a rocket-propelled grenade in our direction. […]

In case you haven’t noticed, long-established political parties across the democratic world are blowing up, with Britain’s Labour Party just the latest to fracture. Could America’s parties be next? Could we have our first four-party election in 2020 — with candidates from the Donald Trump far right, the old G.O.P. center right, the Joe Biden […]

As international state craft goes, a bilateral agreement between the UK and Ireland to honour pensions and social welfare arrangements is about as dull as it gets. But when it comes to Brexit, dull is a good thing. The deal provides reassurance and clarity to tens of thousands of people on both sides of the […]