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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.
The BBC is right not to pay damages to Trump
By apologising, the broadcaster has taken the sting out of Trump’s excessive attack
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PMQs review: Labour briefing wars hand Kemi Badenoch an easy win
When the Prime Minister tried to insist his team was “united”, the House descended into chaos
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Trailing Liz Truss on the Maga speaking circuit
Also this week: reflecting on Wilde, and American political lingo
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Venezuelans are thinking the unthinkable
Free-market populism has a new appeal in the socialist state
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The oil market has turned against Putin
New sanctions are not the result of political courage – they are an opportunity presented by the price of crude
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The Trump regime wants to make America white again
Maga is calling for naturalised citizens to be denied the same rights as US-born ones
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Why the Trump-Putin summit fell apart
The US president is scuppering his own efforts to negotiate peace
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Revolution is in the air
We must look squarely at the world as it is, in all its complexity – from migrant camps to new…
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Trump’s Gaza deal might not work
A fragile ceasefire requires international pressure to mature into long term peace
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Jonathan Powell and Tony Blair at the court of Donald Trump
The Brits who helped broker the deal in Gaza
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Trump’s hostage deal was the easy part
The release of the Israelis held by Hamas is reason to celebrate, but the real negotiations are only just beginning
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Give Donald Trump the credit
If peace in the Middle East holds, the American president deserves praise
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The US is a Latin American country
Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown ignores the United States’ Hispanic roots
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America’s Supreme Court faces its death
Trump has crushed the great institution into an impotent partisan mess
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The World Cup in the age of extremes
Next year’s edition, to be held in Donald Trump’s America, will only be the latest in a long history of…
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Has Kemi Badenoch actually read Terry Pratchett?
She claims he’s her favourite author, but his books have a few lessons for her
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Hamas agree to release hostages, but…
Donald Trump ordered Israel to “immediately” stop bombing Gaza in response
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Donald Trump, Charlie Kirk and the Claremonsters
Meet the philosophical cabal remaking America
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The fantasy of Trump’s “eternal peace”
The US president is deluded to think he can solve the Middle East
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