US politics
Will Biden support Ukraine’s attacks on Russia?
This time last year, Volodymyr Zelensky was touring western capitals, calling for weapons and money to launch a decisive summer…
Europe needs to step up on Ukraine
Vasyl, a burly, tattooed infantry commander who lost a leg to a Russian mine on the eastern front, sits swinging…
Emergency on Planet Biden
‘If aliens attacked Earth, do you think we would be safer under Joe Biden or Donald Trump?’ That’s a question…
Trumpvision: He’s making America watch again
Trump no longer needs the TV networks
Does Biden actually care about gay rights?
Joseph Robinette Biden, a practising Catholic, has travelled a long way when it comes to gay rights. In 1996, as Senator…
Ron DeSantis is the Republican party’s best hope
Florida governor Ron DeSantis is shaping up as the GOP’s best hope for next year’s US presidential election. Large parts…
You can't keep an American exceptionalist down
Like millions of other Americans I was riveted by the images of chaos and despair at the Kabul airport as US…
My week with the baying Antifa mob
Portland, Oregon In the days when you could still watch a nature documentary without feeling as if you were sitting…
Why this lifelong Republican has to vote for Biden
Why I’m voting for Biden
Let’s not forget all the decent cops out there
One victim of police brutality is police decency. Our son has a tutor, J., who works with autistic kids in…
America is burning – and it could cost Trump the presidency
Will civil unrest seal Trump’s downfall?
American police should not be above the law
In Minneapolis, where George Floyd was killed, a black entrepreneur had his bar destroyed before he even had a chance…
When will Joe Biden accept it’s all over?
In Iowa, Americans had to wait the entire night before a caucus winner was declared. Today in Nevada, the wait…
Ancient Athens would have been horrified by Trump’s impeachment
An impeachment trial is overseen by Congress and Senate, who both make the law and (in this case) sit in…
Bloomberg’s billions could be his biggest liability
If all it took to become president of the United States was massive spending on television and digital advertisements, Mike…
Dear Nigel: Don’t become the man who reversed the referendum result
Dear Nigel Believe it or not, I’ve been your defender. I’ve often told Americans, ‘Sure, he comes across as a…
The mesmerising mediocrity of Trump’s opponents
If you believe the headlines, President Donald Trump is in deep trouble. The great impeachment saga is gathering pace. House…
Even in New York they’re going nuts over Brexit
At the New Yorker Festival party in mid-October, my astute colleague hardly needed the caution. But you know how at…
Britain’s political system is broken. America’s isn’t
American liberals perceive it as a jarring inconsistency: my opposition to Trump and support for Brexit. Especially outside the UK,…
In Houston, Biden got his teeth into Sanders
To the extent Joe Biden is capable of actually formulating coherent sentences – a questionable proposition – he delivered an…
Don’t blame snowflakes – grown-ups are the idiots
San Francisco must be the virtue capital of the world. (The latest: just across the bay, Berkeley’s city council voted…
Forget Greenland, Donald Trump should buy Scotland
Donald Trump’s attempted purchase of Greenland may have fallen through but if he’s still in the market, there’s some prime…
Never Trumpers are back. Here’s why they will fail again
From the moment Donald Trump stepped onto the escalator in Trump Tower to announce his candidacy for president of the…
