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Our new man in Washington sought to blame a well-liked journalist for past comments about President Trump

The case for green measures has never been clearer. But ideology in the US and internal battles in the UK threaten any progress

The protectionist president’s economic illiteracy and historical ignorance threatens a global trade war that no one can win

Despite a long history of vaccine misinformation, Robert F Kennedy Jr is still expected to come through a confirmation battle and become Donald Trump’s health secretary

Government is hard - but that doesn’t justify praise by Simon Case and others just for smashing things up

The Chinese artificial intelligence company has sent shockwaves through the tech community. How did DeepSeek do it?

Conspiracy theories are the oxygen that keeps Trump’s tribe breathing fire. The JFK files might not reveal anything new, but they will fuel his supporters’ distrust of the state

Two new polls show Britons are now firmly aligned with Europe, not the USA

The president’s opening gambits show those who tried to sanewash him were deluded

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Donald Trump is a ridiculous, laughable figure – but behind the showmanship and the foreground noise is something profoundly dangerous

American corporations are rushing to dump diversity and climate programmes as a far right regime takes power. Would the same happen here?

The Reform leader attacked Boris Johnson, who did make it into the Rotunda

The Democrats are in shock and disarray. But someone will need to stand up to Donald Trump

The journalist famed for his erroneous predictions is now claiming Donald Trump may block Keir Starmer's preferred US ambassador

Abnormal is the new normal as the MAGA president pledges a programme of outrage and reprisal.

We told you last week of Tory beliefs the former prime minister, not Nigel Farage, was the Brit with the ear of Trump's first buddy Elon Musk

The right wing channel went vox popping for Trump fans but at least one refreshed cheerleader had to be cut off in his pomp

Donald Trump is back in the White House, but two sets of his supporters are ready to go to war on each other - and be betrayed by the new president

A new book reveals why we are so polarised by the battle between left an right– and what we can do to lessen the gap between “us” and “them”

On defence, trade and tech, Europe is bracing itself for four years of threats and chaos

Fighting a ferocious election campaign, Kamala Harris declared “we’re not going back”. Yet, we're we are

The right are fuming that Keir Starmer won’t be in Washington for the president’s swearing-in. But no prime minister ever has

Trump is back. And so are long-buried American fantasies of national exceptionalism and conquest

Meta firing its fact-checkers is about more than sucking up to Trump. It kickstarts a global fight over the rules of the internet and free speech

The Republican presidents appear to have much in common. But their policies are poles apart and Donald must turn his back on Ronald to make his MAGA agenda work

Musk has used his social media platform as a lever to break into German and UK politics. But Zuckerberg’s changes at Facebook are even more insidious

This is not a game or a spectacle – it’s about the fate of a nation whose path towards independence is still unfolding

He wants it for the same reason Putin wants Ukraine

How a grumpy star, a broken piano and an improvised set added up to a timeless jazz classic recorded 50 years ago – the legendary Köln Concert