America

Anti-vaccine lies mean the disease is now spreading in Britain, the US and around the world. And this is just the start

Ideologues don’t like science because it confronts them with truths they can’t dismiss. Donald Trump seems to think he has a workaround

New York in the 1980s was riven by disharmony, corruption and excess. Jonathan Mahler’s new book explains how the city forged a would-be dictator

In the age of Trump and Vance, celebrity-led ‘Godcasts’ and prayer apps are pulling in millions, and liberal ‘New Atheism’ can’t match their energy – or offer of meaning

Considering the battles that raged within her, perhaps the thing about the singer that commands most respect is not her genius, but her persistence

The woman who aided, abetted and abused alongside Jeffrey Epstein should be in prison until 2037 – at least. But as Trump allies flirt with pardons and political revenge, could she go free?

The Telegraph columnist, Tory peer and one-time Brain of Brexit appears to have turned against his former hero

Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch are at loggerheads - but both know how hard it is to disentangle oneself from Epstein and the Maxwells

The ambitious justice secretary is to meet JD Vance at his Oxfordshire summer retreat as Kemi Badenoch "couldn't make it work with schedules"

More than 100 journalists have taken redundancy at the Washington Post as the Amazon founder oversees the departure of its most experienced staff

The New York Times grudgingly backed Andrew Cuomo in a confused and confusing non-endorsement endorsement

Only more centralisation can save the EU from fragmentation, irrelevance - and China

Thanks to Trump, the convicted sex offender is getting more consideration than her and Jeffrey Epstein’s victims ever did

The president’s eagerness to distort economic facts is a sure-fire way to follow Greece and Argentina into crisis

A belligerent and terrifyingly effective liar, Leavitt isn’t just Trump’s press secretary – she’s the very embodiment of his media strategy. But signs of strain are beginning to show...

The artist who recreates photographs as monumental charcoal pictures is at his best among the world’s trouble spots

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

I tried to buy cheap healthy food in the US – but it’s impossible

The split between the president and the paedophile seems to be more complex and more transactional than it first appeared

After decades of benefiting from investment, Dublin now finds itself stranded - with plenty of problems and few friends - in a dangerous new world

Jess Glynne has publicly expressed her distaste at the video while Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have clarified that they do not endorse the use of their brand for government policy

The technology firms of Silicon Valley want people to make way for AI by giving up control. That couldn’t be further from the European view

An unashamed member of the educated liberal elite, he parlayed his wit and access into a career of TV interviews and debates

Artificial intelligence makes more and more of our decisions. But two examples show it remains untrustworthy – and sometimes downright bizarre

As Ozzy Osbourne bows out, rock’s other shock legend returns to his roots – and reminds us who did it first

The president thinks tariffs make America stronger. The EU knows better - and walked away from a fight not worth having

The singer left the most famous soul label in music history almost as quickly as she’d arrived

The constitutional court remains untouched by chaos and is still the country’s most trusted institution

Trump’s policies have reduced the desperate stream of people trying to reach the US through Central America to a trickle

The CBS presenter's departure comes days after he mocked a payout to Trump over a baseless libel claim

Astronomer’s CEO and his head of HR have been shamed by the world. Does the punishment fit the crime?