America

The greenback is the global reserve currency, but its preeminent position is not guaranteed. Could it finally be knocked off its perch – and if so, what could take its place?

Judge Trump and Vance by their assaults on those they disagree with, not First Amendment babble

It was hard to find anyone who had a good word to say about the president in New York. The tariffs have made that impossible

The president has Voice of America, a US version of the World Service, in his sights. But the motivations for his war on journalism go far beyond cost-cutting and anti-woke

In the shadow of the bomb, two men fought to create the smallest swimsuit in the world

The Reform leader finally catches up with what the rest of the world has known all along – that Trump’s tariffs are a complete disaster

Who knew about his plans to reverse his tariff policy, and who benefitted?

The Sun's political editor was sent to the United States and filed a story that was 1,000 words of pure baloney

The idea that digital regulation is an attack on free speech is a myth, largely perpetuated by allies of big tech

Young men used to worship Trump’s buddy - now they are rinsing him while he struggles on a video game livestream

Trump’s dangerous adviser believes in an economic theory that was disproved 200 years ago

If Trump and his vice-president have a genius for anything, it’s global media dominance

The petulant far right billionaire rips up jobs, risks lives, makes Nazi salutes and taunts anyone who disagrees – then complains

Nothing could prepare me for the experience of going to a gym sauna in the US

Global finance's hopes that the White House would drop tariffs led to them jumping on a piece of fake news

The Tesla owner was livestreaming himself playing Path of Exile 2 when a torrent of abuse flooded the game's chat feature

Keir Starmer’s chumminess towards Trump has protected the UK from the worst of his tariff madness. But it also risks a rift with the EU

No complex calculations have gone into these import taxes - just reckless back-of-an-envelope stuff

The US president has relentlessly attacked the institutions of American life. But there is one thing that he cannot defeat, because if it falls, it will take him – and the US – down with it

The only answer for Britain is to build closer ties with our single biggest trading partner – and that is not the US

The GDP hit from being out of the EU is far worse than the one we’re facing from the White House

The last time the US imposed blanket tariffs it led to global economic and political disaster. This time could be just as bad. How can the rest of the world defend itself?

The US giants have become sprawling conglomerates, precisely the kind of fat, complacent companies they once set out to disrupt

Researchers have developed a promising vaccine for pancreatic cancer, but its future is uncertain due to Robert F Kennedy Jr

JD Vance and Pete Hegseth are both desperate to succeed Trump in the White House. But a star podcaster could beat them to it

No matter how loudly we call for a return to the customs union and the single market, Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer are not going to listen

The White House correspondents’ dinner will lose its traditional comedian amid fears of upsetting the notoriously thin-skinned president

What happens if Donald goes the same way as his father – and what if he already has?

As Trump attacks America’s top academic institutions, more and more researchers are deciding to leave – and most of them have one destination in mind

Trump doesn’t understand anything about economics – might his aggressive stance on Europe have some unintended consequences?

Relocated to Florida and posting claims Penelope Keith killed JFK, will the former comic come home for his own wellness festival?

He was one half of Milli Vanilli. So was he a failure, a fraud – or an extraordinary success?