Politics

Trump’s ambassadors: the loyalists and allies at the center of controversy

Kimberly Guilfoyle’s departure has renewed scrutiny of the president’s picks for diplomatic posts, from France to Jamaica

Anatomy of a lie: how misinformation is spreading through US midterm campaigns

Claims that James Talarico suffered a mental health crisis spread across rightwing media, offering a warning about disinformation ahead of the US midterm election

Trump should fear the BBC – these are the people who made Noel's House Party

The public broadcaster has often spoken truth to power, and can more than match the president’s prized unpredictability

Russian assassinations on Western soil demand violent retaliation

The only credible response to Russia deliberately murdering citizens of the United States or a European nation would be violent retaliation. This is not a hypothetical concern.

Where Democratic Senate Candidates Stand on 'Green New Deal' and Energy

Democrats have backed away from mentioning “climate change” on the campaign trail, shifting their messaging to focus instead on energy affordability.

Hegseth’s Pentagon initiatives hold promise

Last week, Secretary Hegseth gave a speech at Quantico to an assembled audience of military members to discuss the state of the military. Looking beyond the inflammatory rhetoric he tends to employ, the substance behind his six new initiatives to increase the warfighting capacity of the military is worth examination.

Trump's vote-buying scheme is a betrayal of conservatism

As the midterm elections draw near and Republican poll numbers continue to sink across key battleground states, President Donald Trump is attempting to offer voters an audacious proposal: Elect a GOP Congress in November, and the federal government will send every American five grand.

Why one of the US's reddest counties is losing faith in Trump

As the midterm elections loom, Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone travel to rural West Virginia, a Republican party stronghold, to explore how soaring gas prices, war in the Middle East and datacenter expansion are affecting Donald Trump's popularity among his base. Although the state remains staunchly Republican, there are signs of a new politics emerging – and local Democrats are looking to capitalize on it

‘Like selling wolves from Yellowstone’: how protected US sharks are being sold off to foreign aquariums

While anglers cannot take endangered sand tiger sharks, a loophole lets private firms catch the fish to sell abroad, profiting from Delaware Bay’s conservation success

Letitia James has never let the facts or law get in her way

Choosing which laws to enforce and which cases to pursue is an inherently political decision. Resources are limited, and priorities must be set. But when electing law enforcement officials, especially a state’s highest law enforcement official, voters should ask candidates to base their decisions on the facts and the law.

The Diplomat review

Keri Russell is still trying to stop a sea of berks who are one bad hair day away from starting a nuclear war – only this time, the cortisol levels and the sauciness have been ramped up even further

The Floating World by Ben Eastham review

Following the death of his wife, a critic-teacher takes a job with an art-washing multinational, in a cinematic novel that is full of ideas