America

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?

He is a life-long property developer. So how the hell did he end up as America’s top international negotiator, on everything from Ukraine to the Iran nuclear deal?

The oversight board Mark Zuckerberg set up has criticised him, and ruled that anti-Muslim content should be removed. Will he now silence them?

Half a century ago, a humiliated America scrambled out of a losing war. But parallels with Ukraine show little has changed

If the president manages to oust Jay Powell, head of the US central bank, the results for the US and the global economy could be disastrous

Recipients of a genuine email from the Trump government were convinced it was a fake. Others believe a 1960s spoof conspiracy is real

The greenback is the global reserve currency, but its preeminent position is not guaranteed. Could it finally be knocked off its perch – and if so, what could take its place?

It was hard to find anyone who had a good word to say about the president in New York. The tariffs have made that impossible

The president has Voice of America, a US version of the World Service, in his sights. But the motivations for his war on journalism go far beyond cost-cutting and anti-woke

The Brexiteers exploded with delight over what they thought was a vindication of our decision to leave the EU. Then it all fell to pieces

The withdrawal of USAID has ended the system of Aids treatment and research in the most affected country on earth