America

Disruption has failed – and America looks diminished and declining

How a small Manhattan exhibition in 1938 helped launch one of the most celebrated artists of the modern age

European football's governing body has somehow become the moral voice of FIFA's increasingly absurd competition

Women are getting the needle with the president – but history shows many examples of the use of knitting as a tool for protest

The architects of the Constitution drew it up to restrain men exactly like Donald Trump. He’s a scar on the July 4 celebrations

Revolution is the national myth of the US. But another country’s quieter history shows its importance may be overstated

Trump banned non-Americans from using Anthropic’s most powerful model. That decision has now been reversed, but it sets a dangerous precedent

The vice president has gone from hillbilly to hypocrite, and Communion exposes the gulf between belief and behaviour

Fresh analysis of dietary trials raises some awkward questions about UPFs and evidence-based science

It’s all about Trump – it was always going to be all about him. Did you really expect anything else?

Two hundred and fifty years after the Declaration of Independence, MAGA is working in concert with the British far right to rebuild the UK in a Trumpian image

Trump wants to change the rules around building in the great wild spaces of the US west. But if he gets his way, something fundamental will be lost that can never be won back

Trump’s escapade against Iran achieved nothing. Instead, it cost huge amounts in both money and lives, and he can’t get Israel to stop fighting in Lebanon

The former Federal Reserve chair is dead at 100. Once regarded with awe, the financial crisis made clear he wasn’t what he appeared

The newly-minted trillionaire says Ro Khanna should be sued or jailed for citing Lancet figures claiming USAID cuts could kill 4.5 million children

A 79-year-old US man with weight problems was given priority access to a powerful new injectable treatment in April. Who could it have been?

His TV show axed, the former minister for Brexit opportunities is dipping his toe back into the world of politics

Last Week Tonight viewers might have been confused as to who Britain's most popular politicians are - and they wouldn't be alone

Organised criminals have been abducting and disappearing people in Mexico for years. But the same is now happening in the US, and there the perpetrator is even more powerful

Graham Platner looked like the perfect Democrat candidate to fight the Maine senate contest at the coming midterm elections. He won the nomination – and that’s when the problems started

Netanyahu knows that this is his chance to defeat Iran, the goal he has pursued for his entire political career. He’s not about to let the opportunity go

The night was tacky, over-commercial and at times just downright weird. But I’ve followed the sport for years and a fighting legend finally got the victory he deserved

US President’s media business co-owns technology firm now backed by Britain

The president's son has insisted social media posts suggesting he sought insider information about a White House punch-up were faked

Former chief of staff Mick Mulvaney would have stopped the money-grabbing mixing of political and family business

On a tour of the president’s fighting cage, the first thing you notice is that it’s huge: like some horrific thing from outer space. But if you get your camera out, be careful. The Secret Service are watching

He has committed a huge number of crimes and for most people, that would mean prosecution and jail time. But despite Trump’s rampant corruption, there’s a problem

Elon Musk is asking people to believe that his company is going to dominate the AI market of the future, which will be worth the entire value of today’s US economy. Sound likely to you?

Steven Spielberg's new aliens movie arrives at the perfect moment for US conspiracy culture

It’s outdated, overlong and deadly dull. The Three Lions should line up for Jerusalem instead

A show built on conflict and acerbic one-liners ended in too much hugging and learning

The president's attendance at the NBA Play-Offs saw him booed by supporters - until he once again fell asleep