America

The clarity of emotion she expressed over strings and a rhythm and blues beat came as naturally to her as breathing

The pain she suffered at the hands of powerful men was ultimately too much to bear, but 2025 will be remembered as the year of her vengeance

US conspiracy theorist Naomi Wolf has taken umbrage at Trafalgar Square's tree for its relatively restrained decorations

The X owner compared the European Union to the Nazis - just a week after calling for anyone using the label to be treated as inciters to murder

A new strategy statement from the US makes clear that America is imploding, and that its main enemies are not Russia or China but Europe’s democracies

The journalist who had an affair with RFK Jr while profiling him writes beautifully. But letting a vaccine-sceptic loon off the hook is inexcusable

At 86, the author has finally written a memoir, and it’s everything you’d want it to be

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is the most terrifying film ever made. So why did I watch it when I was 11, and why does it still have a hold on me?

It was the size of the Empire State Building, could move at motorway speed and was a symbol of American power

Martial law is on the way in the US - because violence and civil strife, real or imagined, are the dark core of Donald Trump’s aggressively authoritarian governing ethos

A lot of those ranting MAGA Twitter accounts aren’t based in the US - but the reason for that isn’t what you think

The charmless US host’s mindless questioning makes his UK counterpart look like a heavyweight intellectual

Putin’s friend and emissary has manipulated Steve Witkoff to the point where the US special ambassador is known as “Dim Philby”. And Ukraine is paying the price

After years of scary AI movies, the tech is now portrayed as heroic – just as the industry’s humans come into its sights

It may be Thanksgiving, but as the country emerges from the longest government shutdown in history, life is about to get harder for many Americans

The billionaire has boasted that his much-derided AI tool can now be used to mock your friends for their looks

The White Lotus actress is a registered Republican, but that isn’t a reason to troll her – our idea of liberal Hollywood is a myth

A new documentary series turns the director into a Hollywood saint – and dulls some of his brilliance

Eugene Hütz and his band turn the Council of Europe into a carnival of defiance

Joyce Carol Oates’s brutal dismissal of the world’s richest man has enraged him – and reminded us of her own brilliance

A tweet from five years ago wasn't quite as obsequious as the GB News presenter's recent interview with the US president

The short-lived former prime minister has thrown her support behind the president's billion-dollar legal threat to the corporation

The president's favourite British presenter pitched him a series of less-than-penetrating questions in a rambling interview

I'm always shocked to my core when I remember that only relatively few people consistently care about rape and sexual assault

Jeffrey Epstein knew “how dirty Donald is”. It is becoming increasingly difficult for Trump to hide it from his core supporters

That is what the New York Times seems to think – but surely I can’t take all the credit

A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself

In Trump’s eyes, Cheney was a non-person who did not even merit a comment upon his death

According to the right wing, both in Britain and elsewhere, major cities are ridden with violence and crime

Luck has played a part in how the world’s billionaires gathered their wealth. The issue arises when they don’t quite see it this way

Zohran Mamdani’s design team created a campaign brand that was vibrant, diverse and utterly unlike that of his rival