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MIGHT DONALD TRUMP TRY TO RIG THE MID-TERMS? / THE ECONOMIST

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A BOTCHED ELECTION ADDS TO PERU`S DEMOCRATIC DYSFUNCTION / THE ECONOMIST

Peruvian polls A botched election adds to Peru’s democratic dysfunction A strongman’s daughter will face a leftist or an ultraconservative i...

OUR MIDTERMS FORECAST PREDICTS PAIN FOR DONALD TRUMP / THE ECONOMIST

Department of prognostication Our midterms forecast predicts pain for Donald Trump Just how bad could things get for the Republicans? Photog...

PERU GRAPPLES WITH SELECTING NEW LEADER AMID ONGOING ELECTION CHAOS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Peru grapples with selecting new leader amid ongoing election chaos Two weeks after ballot, votes are still being counted, the election chie...

IRAN IS SANCTIONING AMERICA / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Iran Is Sanctioning America By choking off the Strait of Hormuz to oil flowing from pro-US Persian Gulf countries, while still shipping a su...

THE MAN WITH NO PLAN: HOW THE IRAN WAR IS HURTING DONALD TRUMP / THE ECONOMIST

The man with no plan How the Iran war is hurting Donald Trump An unpopular conflict and costly fuel could hobble his presidency Illustration...