Background
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The people, institutions, places, companies and issues our desk follows. Each page brings together our latest stories and a short note to help you follow along.
People
- Donald Trump 2
- JD Vance 1
- Joe Biden
- Kamala Harris
- Barack Obama
- Marco Rubio 1
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Pete Hegseth 2
- Mike Johnson
- Chuck Schumer
- Gavin Newsom
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Elon Musk 3
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Sam Altman
- Jensen Huang
- Jeff Bezos
- Andy Burnham 2
- John Healey 1
- Keir Starmer
- Rachel Reeves
- Kemi Badenoch 1
- Nigel Farage
- King Charles III
- Vladimir Putin 2
- Volodymyr Zelensky 2
- Benjamin Netanyahu
- Xi Jinping
- Narendra Modi
- Emmanuel Macron 3
- Friedrich Merz
- Mark Carney
- Anthony Albanese
- Ursula von der Leyen
- Pope Leo XIV 3
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan
- Kim Jong Un
- María Corina Machado
US institutions
UK institutions
International organizations
Countries and regions
- Ukraine 7
- Russia 5
- Israel and Gaza
- Iran
- Lebanon
- Syria
- Middle East
- China
- Taiwan
- India
- Pakistan
- Japan
- North Korea
- South Korea
- Canada 1
- Mexico
- Brazil
- Venezuela
- Argentina
- Australia
- Ireland
- France 5
- Germany 5
- Italy 1
- Spain
- Poland
- Turkey
- Saudi Arabia
- Egypt
- Sudan
- South Africa
- Nigeria
- Haiti
- Cuba
- Greenland
- California
- Texas 1
- Florida
- New York
- Washington, D.C.
Companies
Issues and events
- Climate change
- AI regulation
- Artificial intelligence
- Immigration
- Tariffs and trade
- Inflation 1
- Interest rates 2
- Jobs and wages
- Housing 1
- Gun violence 1
- Abortion
- Health care costs
- Vaccines
- Measles
- Bird flu
- Opioid crisis
- Mental health
- Weight-loss drugs
- Cybersecurity
- Social media 2
- Misinformation
- Data privacy
- Antitrust
- Hurricanes
- Wildfires
- Extreme heat
- Floods 1
- Energy 1
- Oil and gas
- Renewable energy 1
- Space exploration
- Elections 5
- Government shutdown
- Student loans
- Terrorism
- Nuclear weapons
- Free speech
- Refugees 1