America

The Republican party used to have principles. Not any more

In a draining digital age of new problems and new tech, the planet’s most powerful leaders are all in their 70s – and increasingly at war with reality

Far right nationalistic beliefs are now run-of-the-mill daily rhetoric in US public life

As temperatures rise and insurance markets get spooked, voters and populist politicians still want to spend less on the environment

The prime minister needs to retain a strong relationship with Donald Trump’s America – but not any price

An impulsive reign has taken a deadly turn in Iran that could end in years of conflict in the Middle East - and an authoritarian power grab at home

The president used to disdain cryptocurrency. But legal bills, greed and the chance for leverage over the markets have changed all that

Rain or shine, Trump craves adoration – which was his motivation for the spectacle to mark the US Army’s 250th anniversary all along

Gere is no fan of Trump or America’s current political climate. So, like an increasing number of US citizens, he left for Europe

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The world saw through the spectacle for what it was: the whim of a self-styled strongman in need of flattery and adoration

Like the hapless Fantasia character, Donald Trump has learned that wielding the axe without experience, humility and understanding ends in chaos

A new book suggests that we should appreciate flashes of genius without believing that they make a person uniquely special

Experiments to combat climate change using ‘iron fertilisation’ to boost plankton growth, first proposed in the 1980s, remain unproven and contentious

The Belgian is – temporarily – replacing Tintoretto in one of the Venice’s sacred spaces. But first he wants to talk about Trump

The movies used to belong to auteurs. Now the industry is mining viral meme content like Skibidi Toilet for new ideas

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