America

The chancellor should be targeting the big oil, tech and energy firms to raise extra revenue – it’s an untapped tax goldmine

Vance has gone from punchline to the man who punches first and asks questions later. And he’s a heartbeat from the presidency

China may soon become the most powerful country on earth – but the UK media has taken its eye off the ball thanks to the circus in America

The veteran broadcaster’s straight-talking dispatches from Washington DC in feverish times have seen him called the ‘harbinger of daily astonishment’

If the UK was part of a Europe-wide army there would be sufficient forces to protect Ukraine without the need for US assistance

The president’s funding freezes, gagging orders and ideological purges are wreaking havoc on US scientific research

Despite all the warning signs the first time around, the world is paying a very heavy price for Trump 2.0

The excesses of the social justice movements will not be missed – but something even worse has come to take their place

Keir Starmer’s decisive action on Ukraine has seen him overtake the Reform leader in a new poll

After years supporting the US president, his Oval Office humiliation of Volodymyr Zelensky was a step too far even for Axel Springer’s MAGA-loving boss

The Ukrainian president, well versed in dealing with hecklers, was not fazed by a fringe journalist who appeared not to know his history

Michael Wolff’s new book on Trump and his court reveals a president whose elixir is a cocktail of conflict and confidence, and for whom everything is spectacle