America

In 1956, Eisenhower humbled Britain. In 2026, Trump wants to humiliate the entire Western alliance

A peaceful nation now has planes full of soldiers landing at its main airport. As Greenlanders look out into the world, we ask: who will stand up for us now?

First Musk embraced the global hard right and now, by failing to limit images of child sexual abuse on X, he has added child abusers to his list of fellow travellers

I thought I’d have to explain why I wanted it printed - instead, the shop owner gave me a discount

X has been terminally polluted by Elon Musk to the point of making us nauseous

In 1961, before the first human reached space, a chimpanzee was strapped into a rocket and sent into the unknown

It's wildly overvalued, politically extreme and puts Trump first – but somehow has £1bn of deals to run Britain's tech infrastructure

A president without decency or any interest in policy runs America like a TV show: gripping its audience with shocks, suspense and relentless action

The shooting dead of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis is the fault of Trump, Noem, and the bullshit conspiratorial ecosystem they’ve built around themselves

In 1968, a US bomber carrying nuclear weapons crashed in Greenland. That time the bombs didn’t detonate and there was no catastrophe. But the nation now faces a new US threat and the outcome could be much worse

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MAGA’s youth wing gathered for a weekend-long event in Arizona. Proceedings were overshadowed by arguments over a notorious neo-Nazi

Trump’s raid on Caracas gives the US control of Venezuelan oil, and shows that America is now a nation that acts without restraint. The lessons for Britain, and Europe, could not be any clearer

Maduro was a foul dictator. But what happens next could be as bad - or worse

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Crime, corruption and cruelty show how leaders like Trump and Bukele exploit power, and why they must be stopped

Zohran Mamdani didn’t just win an election – his and Rama Duwaji’s story mirrors the city they now represent

As his poll ratings tank ahead of November’s midterms, splits are emerging in his MAGA movement. Can the Democrats unite and capitalise?

As America retreats from the world into its own sphere of influence, the resulting vacuum will bring more confrontation, uncertainty and disorder. And in almost all cases, Trump won’t care

A hard core of American Catholic ultra-conservatives look at the White House and like what they see. The new man in the Vatican takes a different view

A turbulent 2025 unfolded in striking contrasts – from apocalyptic climate disasters and surging global protests to the ever-present threat of war

The president is moving beyond politics – and seeking to claim control of what Americans watch

If they check my social media posts at the border, I might well be on the first plane back, which tells you Trump’s talk about free speech is nothing but a sham

Every year the president hosts a White House reception for the Washington press pack. This year he’s cancelled it, which perhaps shouldn’t be a surprise

The president’s social media messages about the murdered director reveal him as a humourless, bitter bigot

If you want to get near the US president, your face has to fit. And if it doesn’t, sorry - it’s time to go under the knife

A new strategy statement from the US makes clear that America is imploding, and that its main enemies are not Russia or China but Europe’s democracies

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is the most terrifying film ever made. So why did I watch it when I was 11, and why does it still have a hold on me?

Martial law is on the way in the US - because violence and civil strife, real or imagined, are the dark core of Donald Trump’s aggressively authoritarian governing ethos