America

Vance is an odd choice. Insights from his memoir only make the decision stranger

Women presidents in film get into all kinds of trouble, mainly because they’re not at home taking care of their kids and cooking for their husbands

Kamala Harris has made a flying start to her presidential campaign, and so far Trump has no answer

Almost everything you have heard about Donald Trump and Project 2025 is true. And it is every bit as terrifying as it sounds

What the golf-mad presidential frontrunner’s game says about him

Harris must learn how to construct a voter coalition in the places that matter through actions, not words

The Democrats are facing an uphill battle to maintain control of the White House

Donald Trump is now the ageing, rambling candidate in the US election – and his flaws were on show in Milwaukee

It is a great virtue, and a great gift as well, to know when to stop. Especially when you’re at the top

The ‘Trump can’t lose’ rhetoric now, at last, has some serious competition

American philosopher Thomas Kuhn's controversial thinking turned normal science on its head

With Biden gone, perhaps some of the truth might get through to Trump’s supporters after all

Kamala Harris is underrated. Now she must quickly define her message – and hope to avoid a drawn-out challenge

It was the toughest of decisions - now the Democrats face many more

As a result, Russia and China will be pushed closer together

After this, they absolutely deserve to lose the election - it’s just that the world can’t afford them to do so

The disappointing reality is that the American people won’t vote Joe Biden back into office – not being Trump won’t be enough

The cinema looks at the clash of realities that is the US – and makes movies out of it

The would-be VP is a cynical extremist who will do nothing to moderate Donald Trump’s worst excesses

The extraordinary iconography of Donald Trump’s defiance after the attempt on his life – and how it speaks to the American psyche – makes it even more important that Joe Biden quits the race

The attempt on Donald Trump's life was appalling. But his presumptive running mate is wrong to point his finger at Democrats

With an eye for the smallest detail as well as the big picture, Trump became a vital driving force of the family business empire

The party’s high command has been revealed as incompetent and out of touch

It was so dull that Churchill made his excuses and went to bed in the middle of it – even though it was screened especially for him

Donald Trump would put America and the world in danger. But he will beat this stumbling president

Despite his disastrous debate performance, the president and his party are welded together

The use of the word ‘hi’ as a greeting in Britain began in the early 1960s – probably influenced by American TV programmes and films

A plea deal has saved the Wikileaks founder from facing more years in prison on charges that were fundamentally unjust

Politics is very different on each side of the Atlantic - but the populist right is determined to bring US-style polarisation to Britain

A person considered to be a kind of sexual demon vis-a-vis his actors male and female can also make beautiful, great films