Politics

Lexiter Larry Elliott has held back his paper’s ability to attack the decision to leave the EU

Dominic Cummings has praised Pete Hegseth – but America's extremist future defence secretary could help push Britain back towards the EU

Trump has nominated a “Russian agent of influence” to one of the most sensitive roles in US government

It’s not only what you spend but how you spend it that matters

The next Archbishop of Canterbury has an almost impossible job

New York expected victory for Kamala Harris. Now it’s in a daze, coming to terms with four more years

Westminster reacts in astonishment as Keir Starmer tells a joke and it is actually quite good

Reform and the Tories say a US/UK trade deal would ‘vindicate Brexit’. It would also put Britain last

Arrogant and stuck on broadcast mode, the Democrats have stopped listening to America

Many Americans liked what they saw in Trump’s first term and have just voted for more of the same. This could easily happen again in 2028

Donald Trump’s election has called into question the Euro-Atlanticism elements of Labour foreign policy

As the coalition falls, the chancellor was pushed to call an election earlier than he planned

If Trump sees himself as a Randian hero, expect nothing but indifferent self-interest for the next four years

The British press featured some bizarre coverage of the US election this week, even by its own standards

Biology is notoriously conservative about bold new ideas, so even the suggestion of modernising the evolutionary theory has caused a stir

It's likely that the public officials responsible for the collapse of the Novi Sad train station will evade accountability

The present inhabitants of Overloon and Venray definitely do not forget the battle to liberate their villages

A rudderless EU ignored Trump’s threat and is now terrified and alone. It has two choices – go into overdrive or become irrelevant

In making them a carbon copy of Reform, the new leader of the opposition shows she is neither thoughtful nor serious

As president for the second time, Donald Trump has scores to settle and a dark plan that posterity will be unable to ignore

A city’s reputation lies in tatters

A journey through Pennsylvania showed that, in the Rust Belt, this was not an election about character or abortion – it was about the price of eggs

And if he does give in to the Russian president, what will the consequences be for Ukraine and for Europe?

The ICC has cost huge amounts of money, is mired in scandal and in 22 years has sent only five people to jail. Why is it so useless?

If the prime minister doesn’t act now, chances are he never will

The former political adviser has mistaken himself for a visionary intellectual rebel. If that’s so, why is his legacy so small – and crap?

Spain is ready to halt its ‘golden visa’ scheme, closing off another route for Britons to settle in the EU

German politics is now a dysfunctional mess and it’s all Olaf Scholz’s fault. With Trump looming, the timing couldn’t be worse

Georgia’s disputed election has been hailed as a victory for Vladimir Putin, but murals in the capital paint a different picture

Feargal has shown what can be achieved when someone with a national voice shouts loud. We need someone to do the same in the fight against litter