The latest news in US politics, with coverage of Donald Trump’s victory and the fallout from the US election in 2024.

One of the photos was of somebody else. It was from a Mexican news site, and showed a woman with dark skin and dark hair ...

But by the morning of November 6th Donald Trump had won the White House and his party had secured a majority in the Senate.

With 95% of votes counted, Mr Trump had increased his vote share in 89% of counties compared with 2020. That was true even in ...

If you think Donald Trump is too crass or cruel or incompetent to be president—if you are disappointed or even astonished ...

Wherever you live, Mr Trump’s presidency will affect you. Over the next four years, we will report on and analyse the effects ...

ON PAPER, Donald Trump’s return to the White House looks like Ukraine’s worst nightmare. America’s incoming president has ...

Alan Hollinghurst (pictured) has a knack for mining the micro-moment. His outsider heroes are attuned to slight shifts in atmosphere. The young, gay intellectual in “The Line of Beauty”, which won the ...

British farmers are not usually ones for public protest. While their continental colleagues block roads with tractors and ...

M ORE THAN a decade ago the Republic of Congo, an oil-producing country of 6m people in central Africa, wanted to improve its ...

Japan’s criminal-justice system includes long-term detention of suspects and overreliance on confessions. This “hostage ...

When Donald Trump claimed victory in the wee hours of November 6th before a fawning crowd at Palm Beach County Convention ...