US election

The shining city on the hill has become a citadel of darkness. Whoever wins, American optimism is dead

Is it the case that, rather than America being fatally drawn to Trump, he is simply running against a Democrat who presided over a huge inflation surge?

A diaspora of 120,000 in Pennsylvania fear Trump and could turn a state he lost by just 80,000 votes last time

Whoever wins the White House, this knife-edge campaign holds important lessons on policy, presentation and the new politics

The hordes outside Madison Square Garden looked normal. What they talked about was anything but

Already loathed by much of his staff for connections to Rupert Murdoch, the Washington Post’s British publisher Will Lewis is now under renewed fire for his decision to cancel an endorsement of Kamala Harris

Yes, polls are tightening and some early voting seems to favour Trump. But multiple signs suggest Harris is heading for a close victory

As November 5 approaches, here’s what you should be reading

The Reform leader’s attack on Labour over its activists volunteering for Kamala Harris has blown up in his face

The Democrats are united and have stuck to a plan that has worked so far. But if it goes wrong, the party could go into meltdown

If you fail to see beyond the Trump lies, the chaos and narcissism, you fail to understand why people might vote for him in the first place

Technical issues delayed the start of the blowhards’ audio chat. The delay was the best bit

In the aftermath of events in the US, it’s important not to fall into the same hyperbolic trap that plagued our media in the run-up to other recent elections

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

The close-knit ‘forgotten’ borough of Staten Island is a Republican stronghold – in stark contrast to the rest of New York City