America

Donald Trump swore he would face down the world – then blinked first. His aura is damaged for ever

Is it too much to hope that, eventually, Trump’s constant lying and backtracking will be enough to bring down his administration?

However his works might have been assembled and whatever dissembling he did when talking about his life, Jerzy Kosiński was a master storyteller

Is the increasing influence of American linguistic usages in Britain making us stiff-upper-lip types more ‘touchy-feely’?

The media often describes terrorists as manifestations of evil, or as zombie-like products of indoctrination, but we urgently need a better account than that

The paper's political editor has finally got the move to America he has publicly been angling for

In a world reordered by Trump, The Handmaid’s Tale is now more relevant than Nineteen Eighty-Four

After months of defending his hero, the former prime minister has finally realised the president has no interest in aiding the war-ravaged country

The firm which owns the president's Scottish course has been issued with a warning it's at risk of being struck off after failing to file its finances

He is a life-long property developer. So how the hell did he end up as America’s top international negotiator, on everything from Ukraine to the Iran nuclear deal?

The oversight board Mark Zuckerberg set up has criticised him, and ruled that anti-Muslim content should be removed. Will he now silence them?

A serious artist, the Austrian actress made the fatal mistake of failing to live up to something she had never been in the first place

If the president manages to oust Jay Powell, head of the US central bank, the results for the US and the global economy could be disastrous

Recipients of a genuine email from the Trump government were convinced it was a fake. Others believe a 1960s spoof conspiracy is real

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