Politics

Wall Street craves stability - which is why an unstable president is causing stock market drops

The recent scenes in the Oval Office were horrifying – but the disdain Trump showed to Zelensky is not as new as it seems

Reform’s leader has seen his party and Brexit sabotaged by Trump. Now he faces stinging criticism from one of his own MPs

A French senator has given a powerful speech setting out how the continent must deal with the twin threats from America and Russia

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

It was an understandably subdued prime minister’s questions until the Conservative leader reverted to type

Trump is breaking up the old post-war alliance designed to protect Europe from Moscow. If the US withdraws support, can the continent go it alone?

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

Kemi Badenoch doesn’t see Trump’s regime as authoritarian – she sees it as the Conservatives’ blueprint for power

For a golden period, the Tuscan hill town ruled the art world. Now its treasures are reassembled in a remarkable exhibition

So many European nations can boast enviable success stories in different fields. If you put them all together, what do you get?

A collective called the 1000 Artists have followed in the composer’s footsteps by releasing a silent protest album

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

Thanks to Putin’s aggression and Trump’s greed, the UK has regained its international status

Starting ‘by accident’ 10 years ago, the Profanities Embroidery Group has been described by the comedian Kathy Burke as a punk version of the Women’s Institute

The current state of the continent’s politics may be alarming, but that does not mean history will inevitably repeat itself

Today, highway robbery is common on Spanish motorways

The reality of German culture is more ancient, beautiful and varied than the extremist politicians understand

Nigel Farage has staked his political life on slavish support of Donald Trump. Now it seems to be coming back to bite him

We’d all like more money for public services - but in a world where the US has abandoned Europe, more money for the military is the only way

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

The disastrous Oval Office meeting with Zelensky showed that Trump is slavishly devoted to Putin. Why?

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

The Trump Zelensky disaster was unbearable to watch and revealed the inescapable fact about Trump – and the US

As the industry says visitor spend has slipped behind our European rivals, an insider’s view of why some EU tourists have dropped Britain from their travel plans

Pope Francis came close to anointing his personal choice of heir. But the conclave will consider a broad group from progressives to Trump supporters

The prime minister’s cut to the aid budget will cause horrendous suffering and weaken Britain

What happens next will define the prime minister’s legacy – and shape the futures of Britain and Ukraine

Britain’s troubled manufacturers are facing even more red tape and cost. Can the government do a deal in time?