Thomas Adamson

Marine Le Pen brought the far right to France’s front door

World News Thomas Adamson - March 31, 2025

PARIS (AP) — For years, Marine Le Pen stood at the gates of power — poised, relentless and rising. She stripped the French far right of its old symbols, sanded down its...

Depardieu on trial, and so is France. A cultural reckoning in the #MeToo era

World News Thomas Adamson - March 25, 2025

PARIS (AP) — Gérard Depardieu once seemed larger than France itself. With his hulking frame, crooked nose, and volcanic charisma, he reigned over cinema for half a century — a national icon...