America

The experiences of Iraq and Libya show what happens when the west attacks but has no plan.

Trump wants to decapitate the Iranian regime. But the danger now is a proliferating conflict that runs out of control

Charles Kushner – Jared’s dad – spent two years in jail after secretly filming his brother-in-law with a prostitute. So naturally Donald Trump made him ambassador to France. It’s been a disaster

The battle for Labour is to keep US-style bigotry out of Britain. To do that, it cannot simply change its language on immigration and race. It must also change policies

They’re the single largest demographic group in America and arguably the most politically influential – yet they seem to attract the ire and contempt of political figures from all sides

Four years after the all out invasion, Ukrainians want more than just warm words. They want real help to end this war. Trump isn’t going to give it – so it’s down to us

If the president thinks he’s about to lose control of Congress, there’s a range of tricks he could use to steal the election. It will take a nation of millions to stop him

Weiss made a career by playing the media outsider. But now she’s running CBS – and despite declining audience and newsroom turmoil, there’s no way she can lose

The powerful sociopaths who gathered around Epstein, who attended his parties and wrote him crawling emails asking for favours, need to be held accountable. The UK is starting out on that process. America – now it’s your turn

For a while it looked as if Elon Musk would dominate the world of electric cars – but then he turned out to be a basket-case. Now there’s a new global leader in town

She supported Trump, the January 6 riots and spouted antisemitic conspiracy theories. Now she’s renounced the president and appears on liberal chat shows – but is her conversion all it appears?

The former chair of the US National Intelligence Council says that America’s security apparatus is so damaged the UK is holding back intelligence from the US

With his own man as chair of the Federal Reserve, and infuriated by the Supreme Court ruling on tariffs, the president might now seek to manipulate the currency for political ends

The US secretary of state told his audience he was only being tough on Europe because he loved it. It was almost as offensive as JD Vance a year earlier

The actor talks gangsters from New Jersey to Washington DC – and why he feels ‘sick’ about the state of his country

There’s still a way the Amazon boss can save his legacy, even as his hitman Sir William Lewis walks away from the wreckage of the great American newspaper he owns

MAGA opponents Bad Bunny and Green Day will provide the entertainment for the NFL’s big game - and the president is staying away

In a major essay, a historian of contemporary Russia describes the deep networks of global power and political corruption that Epstein exploited to make his fortune

The enormous span of the right wing pundit’s ambition is becoming increasingly clear

Economic facts are catching up with the political untruths of the Trump administration

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It’s the one lesson that power-mad authoritarians always forget – and nowhere embodies that truth more than Afghanistan

The Welsh illustrator is staring down the barrel of 90, but still raging about an ‘unimaginably awful’ president – and laughing about the Gonzo genius of his own partnership with Hunter S Thompson

Amazon’s $75m documentary about the first lady is a shameful waste of time and money

The Orange Man Boy’s speech was so full of lies that I had to do something. But as a former US vice president told me, it’s probably not the best way to deal with him

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The task of the post-second world war architects was daunting; but the challenges facing us now are much more complex. Here are six recommendations for revitalising Europe in the new era

The worry has been that the president might try to stay for a third term. But he’s declining so fast it’s not even clear he will finish his second

The effects of lawless law enforcement have been seen to horrific effect in Minnesota. It mustn’t happen in the UK

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