United States | The populists are on top
Trump and Sanders win New Hampshire
Both parties’ establishment players face a harder road ahead

Will Elon Musk’s cash splash pay off in Wisconsin?
A judicial race has become a referendum on the billionaire’s behaviour

DOGE comes for the data wonks
America may soon be unable to measure itself properly
Texas troopers are in more and more lethal car chases
An unremarked cost of greater border security
Elon Musk is powersliding through the federal government
But to what end?
The cover-up is worse than the group chat
A wiser president would admit a lapse and be grateful for the chance to prevent a more devastating blunder