America

The Reform leader initially registered his latest jolly as costing £12,500 - only for it to suddenly rise to £25,000

The American writer and activist tells us not to despair – the monsters may be pushing back hard, but momentum remains with progressives

The novel Shy Girl has been withdrawn over claims that ChatGPT was used in its creation – something the publishers failed to notice

The exiled writer/director knew that audiences really wanted empathy from Hollywood, not glamour

I used to feel joy at the prospect of visiting the US. But now it feels like entering hostile territory. Wish me luck at passport control

More than 1,300 dead, up to 3.2m Iranians displaced, shockwaves through the world economy - and the president is having the time of his life

The war is being overseen by senior US officials, including Pete Hegseth, with beliefs and attitudes towards non-believers that are almost medieval

The presenter was hurt after being mocked for being dubbed a "fantastic reporter" by the US president

The best way to prevent invasion is to become nuclear armed. The Iranians have learned this lesson – and other nations across the Gulf, Europe and the far east will be thinking the same

A woman in a US hospital had a sample taken of her cancer cells that went on to become the most important biopsy in all medicine. Is her family due compensation?

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The brand-obsessed director of the FBI has now designed his own customed Nike footwear

The shadow housing secretary went missing – but it turned out he was in the US for more than three weeks

The US president has thrown his support behind a rampantly pro-war broadcaster after a fellow MAGA pundit accused him of having a ‘micro penis’

Winners like Jessie Buckley, One Battle After Another and Sinners were predictable – but the fighting spirit of cinema offered a bit of hope

The foul-mouthed vinyl-botherer is leaving cinema behind to bring a "swashbuckling comedy" to London's West End

The US defence secretary’s department spent an incredible $93bn in one month, much of it on very weird items indeed

The Walking Dead, 28 Days Later, Fallout… zombies, nuclear wastelands and ruined cities dominate our screens

His new documentary series profiles delusional misogynists. Will the women in their lives ever push back against them?

The increasingly loopy president's public pronouncements are becoming more unhinged by the day

The Reform leader was snubbed by the president on his latest trip to America

Trump may not have a plan, but the Iranians do. And Americans aren’t going to like it

Prediction markets are a way of betting on the future. But have members of the Trump administration been using them to profit from secret military knowledge?

Even his MAGA base thinks it’s madness. But amongst the outrage, there are still some Americans who cling to magical thinking, and to the idea that it’ll all work out fine

Somewhere along the line, the American right became detached from the importance of “truth”, and we all know whose fault that is. But how did it happen?

The Minnesota bloodbath was all his idea. For now, he’s safely in the White House – but one day he could make a very useful scapegoat

Donald Trump takes on the world and loses - as imagined by Henry Morris

Trump’s Iran war has been launched with no evidence, no intelligence and no plan

The Iran War will inevitably lead to the collapse of Trump’s political project. It’s tempting to welcome that prospect – but it could make the president even more dangerous

Ken Burns, the great documentary-maker, returns with a masterful study of the American revolution. The resonances for the present day are hard to miss

Now we've Taken Back Control, the likes of the Sun and Mail are demanding we unquestioningly support a mad American president