In a long and menacing – but also boring – speech to Congress, Trump mocked his opponents. Across the aisle the resistance was stirring

US president said his horrific blow-up would make ‘great television’ – the White House has never seen anything like it

The British prime minister is the latest would-be Trump whisperer from Europe to butter up a capricious president

Special adviser showed instinctive feel for authoritarianism as he addressed the president’s first full cabinet meeting

Sitting side by side like a couple announcing their engagement, the world’s most powerful man and Donald Trump gushed about their relationship to Sean Hannity

In the White House’s venerable East Room, it became clear that Trump 2.0 is entering a dangerously expansionist phase

Hours after the Washington plane crash, the president’s desire to politicise tragedy was breathtaking in its audacity

Karoline Leavitt’s debut press briefing was standing room only – and she was slick, pugnacious and fiercely loyal to her boss

Planet-sparing Paris agreement goes out the window, along with punishment for January 6 insurrectionists, as Donald Trump glories in his return to power

The president cast himself as a holy warrior in a speech that made 2017’s ‘American carnage’ theme seem almost innocent

The president did not air grievances or dwell on the past, but sounded an alarm call about the future under Trump

Memorial service heard of humility and integrity amid a hyper-partisan, smash-mouth political landscape of 2025

A rare moment of wistful self-reflection on the last day of campaigning in the US election gave way to trademark rants and insults

Under the bright lights of the US presidential debate stage, Harris was judge, jury and executioner, baiting Donald Trump at every turn

After overcoming technical issues, Trump used the two hour interview to rehash the stuff that he trots out at every campaign rally

Ex-president’s retelling of attempted assassination at Republican national convention turns him into a figure that transcends politics

The president’s calls to ‘lower the temperature’ demonstrated the power of incumbency, as both candidates strengthen their hands