Archive - News Reel: Real news and analysis from Andrew Buncombe

Federal judge blocks Trump’s executive order halting refugee admissions - and I was in court

'The president has substantial discretion to suspend refugee admissions...but that authority is not limitless'

Feb 27 •

Andrew Buncombe

January 2025

I interviewed Jimmy Carter - there will never be another US president like him

The 39th president’s policies are receiving a fresh assessment but in terms of personal qualities he already stood alone

Jan 11 •

Andrew Buncombe

December 2024

Assassination of top executive reveals just how broken America is

US healthcare system is rigged but gleeful response to shooting is shameful

Dec 9, 2024 •

Andrew Buncombe

October 2024

Tim Walz and the true definition of ‘Midwest Nice’

Has Kamala Harris's running mate been fooling us all along?

Oct 10, 2024 •

Andrew Buncombe

August 2024

Chasing 'local' angles' at the Republican National Convention

At any big event it's crucial to stay alert for just who might roll into town

Aug 15, 2024 •

Andrew Buncombe

April 2024

Exclusive: World Party’s Karl Wallinger’s final interview about new music, change and life by the sea

20 years after aneurysm that almost killed him singer-songwriter poised to release original material

Apr 24, 2024 •

Andrew Buncombe

March 2024

Trying to get inside the heads and hearts of Trump's most loyal supporters

Everyones loses when we don't talk to 'the other side'

Mar 18, 2024 •

Andrew Buncombe

January 2024

Back in the USSR: New book of dispatches by celebrated correspondent Rupert Cornwell

When The Independent sent Cornwell to Moscow in 1987 he received bird's eye to serious history

Jan 4, 2024 •

Andrew Buncombe

October 2023

The Donald Trump I saw is more dangerous than ever

Dispatch from former president's Iowa rally - paid for by Substack readers

Oct 27, 2023 •

Andrew Buncombe

September 2023

The mysterious case of the missing high school sports coach

Joe Kennedy insisted there was nothing more important to him than getting back to his student athletes

Sep 20, 2023 •

Andrew Buncombe

August 2023

Tribute to man who devoted his life fighting to save orcas of the Puget Sound

To very end Ken Balcomb was champion of killer whales and environment

Aug 28, 2023 •

Andrew Buncombe

July 2023

Meet the Sri Lankan families still fighting for justice

Almost 15 years after end of nation's bloody civil war, still no answers as to what happened to 'the disappeared'

Jul 11, 2023 •

Andrew Buncombe

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