The US never fully recovered from the Great Recession. One of the benefits of the $1.9 trillion Covid relief package unveiled last night by President-elect Joe Biden is that — in addition to helping Americans hurt by the pandemic — it could help America accomplish that goal. At that point, US politics can safely return to arguments about whether tax ...

Shortly after the US Capitol was stormed, an American Airlines Group Inc flight from Washington to Phoenix faced its own insurrection. Despite entreaties from flight attendants, some passengers belligerently refused to wear masks and chanted “fight for Trump” and “USA!” The situation became so tense that the pilot took to the intercom and threatened to “put this plane down in ...

French President Emmanuel Macron’s knack for top-down statist dirigisme hasn’t been very visible when it comes to rolling out Covid-19 vaccines, with the country’s immunisation campaign among the slowest in the world. But it’s now on full display in the supermarket sector. Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire took to the airwaves to pour scorn on a potential $20 billion bid ...