The lawfare state
A court’s barring of Trump from running for president is the culmination of America’s dysfunctional reliance on the legal system.
ByDonald Trump
Donald John Trump, born in 1946, is president of the United States, after beating Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. His previous term in office was from 2017 to 2021. His first presidency was marked by drama and controversy. Find our latest news and comment here.
JFK and the myth of the great martyr-saviour
How the assassination of President Kennedy began the age of American conspiracy.
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Maga’s foolish embrace of Javier Milei
If this is all it takes to be a populist, then populism has no meaning.
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Is Joe Biden toast?
The US president is expected to lose the 2024 election. But polls suggest there’s still one way he could win…
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Donald Trump: American vampire
He strengthens himself by weakening supporters, rivals and the United States.
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Elon Musk owns Donald Trump now
The former president has returned to a platform that is little more than a circus.
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The ex-president’s booking photo will energise his base.
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The Republicans don’t deserve Chris Christie
Ahead of a Fox News debate, he’s the only candidate willing to denounce Donald Trump’s election lies.
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Democrats are losing the country music culture war
America’s white working class anthems tell stories the left want to forget.
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The chaos and confusion of Donald Trump on trial
The criminal charges against Donald Trump could send him to prison — or help propel him back into the White…
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The end of globalisation
With war in Ukraine and China’s Belt and Road project faltering, the era of open commerce is over. Who will…
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Everything is wrestling
American public life is an extension of the nation’s most sordid sport.
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Why the EU has out-Trumped Trump
Europe has proved far more adept at building walls than the former US president was.
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Is Johnson now so different from Trump?
The Conservatives have failed to learn from the Republicans’ mistakes.
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Donald Trump puts US justice on trial with him
Even the former president’s Republican rivals have boosted his claim that his arrest is politically motivated.
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Donald Trump is back in court, and this time it’s serious
The former president faces federal charges under the Espionage Act, but he is already trying to leverage the case to…
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On the Trumpist front lines of the Saudi golf takeover
At Donald Trump’s golf club in Virginia, I watched new money hijack a venerable sport.
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The dark reality of Ron DeSantis’s disastrous campaign launch
It was embarrassing for the Florida governor and Elon Musk. It could be a tragedy for American democracy.
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CNN’s Town Hall let Donald Trump have the last laugh
E Jean Carroll convinced a civil jury that the former president assaulted her, but the US’s culture of impunity is…
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As strongman leaders around the world begin to fall, has authoritarianism peaked?
Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro both tested the democratic system and lost power. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan could be next.
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