America

From the Pilgrims to Star Trek, every promised land ends up looking suspiciously like the one we left behind

Leading neurotechnologist Philip Low and the world’s richest man were once inseparable. Now, in an exclusive interview, Low explains why he calls his ally a power-mad narcissist – and predicts how Musk will react now Trump has turned on him

Digging into the details and data to separate the noise from the news

Trump is always one pen stroke away from upending the lives of thousands of people. After the past few weeks, I feel as if I’m on the chopping block too

Before Trump, there was William F Buckley Jr – the reactionary showman who shaped our modern culture wars

Elon Musk’s claims that the president is ‘in the Epstein files’ may hinge on photographs of him ‘surrounded by topless young women’

The big White House fallout is like watching a pair of young boys who’ve drunk too much Red Bull – it’s just a shame they’re the richest, most powerful men on earth

Trump’s disdain for ‘Good old Germany’ is well known. Will the chancellor hold his own on his first official trip to the White House?

Lewis’s new book, The Genius Myth, skewers rebel innovators who come to believe they can do no wrong. Remind you of anyone?

In dog-obsessed Chicago, pets dominate social life and identity, leaving non-owners feeling alienated, bemused and increasingly outnumbered

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

It’s high noon for American democracy. Can the Supreme Court hold the line against MAGA’s madness?

Yet another had right opportunist has exploited the opening in European politics that the left continues to ignore

Trump plays so often and is so obsessed with the game that his administration is now a golf course company with a government attached

The ‘white genocide’ story overlooks the suffering faced by the majority of South Africans. It also ignores the entire history of Apartheid

In Brussels, Americans are distancing themselves from Trump's policies - and they're taking their dogs with them

The US has long led the science world but now, researchers are moving abroad to continue their work

It’s possible to feel the deepest sympathy for Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis and still be appalled by the cover-up of his cognitive decline

Robert Prevost may have been born American, but his experience, views and values are as far from Trumpian as were his predecessor’s

Scientists at the University of California claim to have created a new colour, called ‘olo’, which is outside the human visual spectrum

What happened to her as a 17-year-old was appalling, but was it down to the failings of a brainwashed society obsessed with celebrity?

Loomer, rumoured to be Donald Trump’s girlfriend, is a hardcore right wing extremist. It’s a shame she’s also one of the most influential people in America

Russia and China’s superiority in the ‘High North’ could allow them to sever a key supply route between America and Europe

Donald Trump swore he would face down the world – then blinked first. His aura is damaged forever

Is it too much to hope that, eventually, Trump’s constant lying and backtracking will be enough to bring down his administration?

Despite the Canadian PM’s stunning win, it does not follow that being tough with the US will be good for Starmer or Britain

In a world reordered by Trump, The Handmaid’s Tale is now more relevant than Nineteen Eighty-Four

A massive 46% of our exports and imports are via Europe - so why not make that easier?