Politics

JD Vance thinks space aliens are ‘demons’. Who can blame him?

Of course the vice-president is obsessed with extraterrestrials – look how bad things have gotten on Earth

Bondi firing a reminder that even ultra-loyalists get dumped by Trump

Attorney general was key part of effort to go after enemies but even she could not satisfy whims of mercurial president

Democrats cheer Trump’s firing of Pam Bondi and attack Epstein files ‘cover-up’

Hakeem Jeffries predicts Pete Hegseth could be next as party alarmed by damage done by ‘terrible’ attorney general

UK drug exports to US spared tariffs under deal critics say will cost NHS billions

‘Partnership’ on drug pricing also gives patients in Britain greater access to potentially life-extending treatments

‘Slavery bounded his life’: Thomas Jefferson’s views on race

A new book by historian Annette Gordon-Reed explores the former US president’s writings on race throughout his life

Israel's death penalty law marks a new phase in its dehumanisation of Palestinians

A government that openly embraces violence against Palestinians has now enshrined into law a policy of lethal force