America

Right young things: meet the Trumpian twentysomethings taking over Washington

8 February 2025 9:00 am

Washington, D.C. ‘What made you open a restaurant?’ I ask Bart Hutchins, the owner of Butterworth’s, a French-style bistro turned…

Britain could learn from Trump’s approach to foreign policy

8 February 2025 9:00 am

The Foreign Secretary describes his approach to diplomacy as ‘progressive realism’. One can legitimately ask what is progressive about a…

What economists don’t get about Trump’s tariffs

8 February 2025 9:00 am

We already knew that most economists are quite bad at economic policy. Unfortunately, foreign policy appears not to be much…

America has seen sense on aid. When will we?

8 February 2025 9:00 am

The new administration in Washington has somewhat startled its critics by issuing a blizzard of executive orders during its opening…

How to solve a problem like the Chagos Islands

1 February 2025 9:00 am

Very soon – as soon as the mutual courtesies now being exchanged between the new American President and his British…

Peter Mandelson’s rocky path to Trumpworld

1 February 2025 9:00 am

The muddle about who’s to be the next British ambassador in Washington has been only a small part of the…

Will Trump remember his allies?

25 January 2025 9:00 am

I had thought that having to be inaugurated indoors would have cramped Donald Trump’s style. Not so. The rhetoric with…

The Trump resistance is dead

25 January 2025 9:00 am

The special relationship is dead, long live the special relationship. On Friday, at a ‘Stars and Stripes & Union Jack…

Which were the most destructive fires in history?

18 January 2025 9:00 am

Swing states Where would Canada and Greenland rank if they became US states? – Canada would be, by far, the…

Am I a MAGA icon?

18 January 2025 9:00 am

‘Traitor!’ the woman yelled at me the instant I entered the beautifully decorated living room of a famous actress. It…

Empire of Trump: the President’s plan to make America greater

18 January 2025 9:00 am

‘The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation,’ said William McKinley, America’s 25th commander-in-chief, who happens to…

J. D. Vance is the future of MAGA

18 January 2025 9:00 am

The vice-presidency of the United States has always been the butt of jokes. ‘I don’t plan to be buried until…

The architectural provocations of I.M. Pei

11 January 2025 9:00 am

When first considering architects for the new Louvre in 1981, Emile Biasini, the project’s head, liked that I.M. Pei was…

The growing wealth gap between Britain and the US

4 January 2025 9:00 am

New year predictions are always rash, but it feels as though one aspect of the story of 2025 can already…

Portrait of the year: Subpostmasters scandal, Rishi in the rain and Syrian rebels topple regime

14 December 2024 9:00 am

January After an ITV drama, the government suddenly proposed to do something about the unjust prosecution of sub-postmasters. Junior doctors…

Elon Musk is wrong about the Roman Empire

14 December 2024 9:00 am

I was in Washington D.C. during The Election, living halfway between the Capitol and White House. Concerned friends suggested I…

Why does James Baldwin matter so much now?

14 December 2024 9:00 am

The rise of Queer Studies and Black Lives Matter has led to renewed interest in Baldwin – who was exasperated in life with being categorised by colour or as ‘gay’

Portrait of the week: Labour’s ‘plan for change’, falling productivity and 20,000 wolves in the EU

7 December 2024 9:00 am

Home The Labour government announced a ‘Plan for Change’ that it refused to call a reset. Sir Chris Wormald was…

What Scott Bessent’s appointment means for Trump 2.0

30 November 2024 9:00 am

How rare it is to be given a second chance. That’s what the American people have handed Donald Trump. His…

Musical chairs at Mar-a-Lago

23 November 2024 9:00 am

Welcome to the United States of Disruption. From his ‘Winter White House’ in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, Donald Trump has been busy…

Welcome to life on Planet Elon

16 November 2024 9:00 am

On 13 July this year, an assassin’s bullet grazed the ear of Donald Trump as he turned his head on…

Why Trump changed his tune on crypto

16 November 2024 9:00 am

This column comes to you from Atlanta, Georgia, where but for one giant ‘Trump Stands Up For Families’ billboard and…

How to process your Trump trauma (with orange soup)

16 November 2024 9:00 am

It’s amazing how many people have responded to what they think of as the shattering catastrophe of Donald Trump’s victory…

Not even close: how Trump confounded the pundits

9 November 2024 9:00 am

It was supposed to be close. On the eve of election day, Donald Trump was up just 0.1 per cent…

American titan: Inside Donald Trump’s remarkable political comeback

9 November 2024 9:00 am

Palm Beach, Florida Donald Trump’s bid to take back the White House has been triumphant. It is a decisive victory…