USA

Conspiracy theorists say a man in a black cap must be part of the plot to kill a president. But the truth is likely to be very different

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

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

The EU bans around 1,000 chemicals from its food products due to health risk. In the US the number is just seven

The shocking treatment of US deportees to El Salvador is just one attraction in Trump’s theme park of brutality. But why do so many Americans seem keen to buy a ticket?

In an extract from their new book Abundance, two leading US thinkers set out the fundamental problem with mainstream beliefs – on both the left and right

The shining city on the hill has become a citadel of darkness. Whoever wins, American optimism is dead

Harris has seized the momentum in the presidential campaign but still faces a tough battle with Trump

Vice-presidential picks don’t tend to swing US elections. But Kamala Harris’s choice, an authentic avatar of the Midwest, could change that

What the golf-mad presidential frontrunner’s game says about him

Almost everything you have heard about Donald Trump and Project 2025 is true. And it is every bit as terrifying as it sounds

The close-knit ‘forgotten’ borough of Staten Island is a Republican stronghold – in stark contrast to the rest of New York City

After Covid, the job fits the employee’s life, not the other way round – how can we handle that shift?

As Trump goes on trial, his fans are already paying the price for buying into his social network

The US media seemingly cannot resist even the most obvious of bait when it is delivered by the Republicans

Spurred on by fear of her endorsing Biden, the US right is turning on the singer and her gridiron star boyfriend. Bad move

Even before the recent racist murders in Jacksonville, governor Ron DeSantis has continually pushed anti-Black policies in the state

A Georgian lawyer has used the game-changing Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act in her indictment against Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani

Political disruptors from Joe Biden’s side of the spectrum could split the Democrat vote and open the door for Donald Trump

The death of the Czech-French novelist made me wonder if I exiled myself, just to get out of Ronald Reagan’s America

In this new world, a president should be no older than 65 – old enough to have the wisdom of age and the youth to still grasp what needs to be understood

Write the former president off at your peril – he epitomises the American dream and knows what makes us tick

A new contender has emerged in the Republican presidential race – the first African American to be elected to the Senate from the South since 1881

The Florida governor has taken on a formidable foe in a battle for the heart of American childhood

Two young Black Democrats expelled from the state’s legislature are channelling the legacy of civil rights resistance in the South

STEVE ANGLESEY on the latest sunlit uplands of sovereign Britain.

American justice is deeply flawed. Now the fight for reform is hotter than ever.