America

The writer’s Reith Lecture, just reprinted, caused controversy in 1993 – but its conclusions seem oddly prescient

A tournament meant to unite the world is fast becoming a pageant of American belligerence and a celebration of a bullying president’s life and work

One museum in Washington DC makes clear that when it comes to its own military history, the US has a serious short-term memory problem

The Conservative peer has denounced the man he once cheerleaded for as ‘demented’

First Musk embraced the global hard right and now, by failing to limit images of child sexual abuse on X, he has added child abusers to his list of fellow travellers

Republican Randy Fine appears to fear the Danish territory could descend into a dangerous narco state unless Donald Trump gets his hands on it

In 1961, before the first human reached space, a chimpanzee was strapped into a rocket and sent into the unknown

The American-Asian artist’s brutal killing ended a life of huge promise – but her voice could not be silenced

The increasingly unhinged newspaper has published a series of articles supporting the US taking the Danish territory

The uncertainty of the plague years are back in the form of the US president, and we are left wondering who wants to help us

The broadcaster, now under the stewardship of Bari Weiss, ran a first-person piece extolling the virtues of the secretary of state

The channel's presenter Jesse Watters thought the most important thing about Renee Nicole Good's murder was the fact she had "pronouns in her bio"

The shooting dead of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis is the fault of Trump, Noem, and the bullshit conspiratorial ecosystem they’ve built around themselves

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Lab-grown gametes could transform fertility treatment – but biology is proving far harder to hack than technology

MAGA’s youth wing gathered for a weekend-long event in Arizona. Proceedings were overshadowed by arguments over a notorious neo-Nazi

The face of the Capitol riots has turned against Donald Trump, claiming he is the actual legitimate president of the US

Donald Trump's supporters have for years championed his opposition to getting entangled in overseas engagements. That all changed over the weekend

Trump’s raid on Caracas gives the US control of Venezuelan oil, and shows that America is now a nation that acts without restraint. The lessons for Britain, and Europe, could not be any clearer

The US president is said to have opposed María Corina Machado after she received the Nobel Peace Prize he coveted so much

Maduro was a foul dictator. But what happens next could be as bad - or worse

The billionaire's Hitler-praising AI chatbot is allowing users to remove clothes from people's photos without their consent

The 79-year-old gave a rambling interview about his excessive aspirin usage and how his hands got "whacked"

The Jeff Bezos-owned newspaper accused the New York mayor of hypocrisy after choosing a subway station built by a private firm

In the coming 12 months, one thing is for certain – the American war on science will only get worse

Putin and Trump want to destroy liberal democracy. Only Europe now stands in their way. Can the continent hold out against the twin threats from east and west?

Crime, corruption and cruelty show how leaders like Trump and Bukele exploit power, and why they must be stopped

Zohran Mamdani didn’t just win an election – his and Rama Duwaji’s story mirrors the city they now represent

As his poll ratings tank ahead of November’s midterms, splits are emerging in his MAGA movement. Can the Democrats unite and capitalise?

A Fox News commentator has a curious reason why the president's approval figures are in the doldrums

The MAGA administration has sanctioned five people amid concerns of free speech violations. Meanwhile, the New York Times 'must be dealt with'