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Under investigation in the U.K., Rupert Murdoch may well find that his toughest test will be in the U.S.

The British phone hacking scandal is reminiscent of the Watergate scandal of the 1970s. Resignations, non-denial...

Is the News Corp. CEO being deceitful, demented or just stubborn?

Both Murdochs have contempt for everyone, but James’ contempt is smug, while Rupert’s is angry

The News of the World scandal is a lot like the comedy The Front Page, only without any redeeming qualities

A weekly politics podcast with columnists Andrew Coyne and Paul Wells

PM David Cameron calls an emergency parliamentary session

South Sudan celebrates the birth of a nation, while Ontario struggles to contain a C. difficile outbreak

Andrew Coyne on how the culture of corruption did not just infect Rupert Murdoch’s empire, but much of the British establishment

For Murdoch, the benefits of being highly successful outweighed the costs of being deeply unloved