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Hugh Tomlinson

US Correspondent

Photo of Hugh Tomlinson

Hugh Tomlinson

US Correspondent

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    ‘The US is no longer an ally’. Now it’s time to build a brave new alliance

    If Nato is ‘damaged beyond repair’, Europe must strengthen its own defences and stop relying on America to come to the rescue

    Sun, 12 Apr 2026

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Who’s next? Bondi the latest loyalist dumped as Trump lashes out

    Trump firing his attorney general just a month after he sacked his homeland security secretary paints a picture of a White House in chaos

    Sat, 4 Apr 2026

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    White House chaos intensifies after Iran downs two US warplanes

    The eventual rescue of missing US pilot caps a week of confusion for the president as he loses his grip on the conflict

    Sat, 4 Apr 2026

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Gulf states urge Trump to ‘finish the job’ as US considers targets for ground troops

    Saudi Arabia have called on the US to topple Iranian regime and reopen the Strait of Hormuz

    Sun, 29 Mar 2026

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    One war Trump has planned down to the last detail: subverting the midterms

    As November’s crunch elections approach, the leader of the free world is bent on beating the Democrats any way he can, and doesn’t care who knows it

    Sun, 29 Mar 2026

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Divided by the war, Maga and America First are threatening to rip apart Trump’s presidency

    The departure of the White House counterterrorism chief over the president’s ‘betrayal’ has brought Republican splits into the open

    Sun, 22 Mar 2026

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    ‘Marco, JD, you guys have shitty shoes’

    President turns cobbler as Trump buys Oxford dress shoes for colleagues who are ‘afraid not to wear them’ – even if they don’t fit

    Sun, 15 Mar 2026

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    US weighs ‘boots on ground’ option as offensive drags on

    ‘All options open’, says White House press secretary, but deploying elite troops inside Iran is dividing Republicans

    Sun, 8 Mar 2026

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    The attack on Ali Khamenei analysed

    For Israel to target and kill Iran’s supreme leader took knowledge and precision. Former military officials comment on the attack and what might happen next

    Mon, 2 Mar 2026

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Trump pledged to end forever wars. Now he has embarked on a conflict fraught with risk

    The US president’s military advisers were unable to give him the assurances he demanded of a quick victory. But he went ahead anyway, with no clear endgame in sight

    Sat, 28 Feb 2026

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Complaints resurface over Romeo’s reign of ‘terror’ in New York

    Former colleagues of the new civil service leader describe an ‘atmosphere of bullying’ at consulate

    Sun, 22 Feb 2026

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    ‘Fools and lapdogs’: Trump blasts his supreme court judges over tariff defeat

    Stung by a rare rulingagainst him by conservatives he appointed, the US president sees red. Hugh Tomlinson reports from Washington

    Sun, 22 Feb 2026

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    The trainee minister pledging to restore the faith of Texas Democrats

    Rising Democratic star James Talarico aims to break the GOP’s 30-year hold on the Lone Star state – and its monopoly on Christianity

    Thu, 5 Feb 2026

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Handling of Trump material in Epstein files fuels cover-up claims

    The latest documents about the paedophile financier also raise questions for a number of powerful men linked to the president

    Sun, 1 Feb 2026

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Governor defiant in face of Trump threat to send troops to Chicago

    Bullish billionaire JB Pritzker has rallied Democrats with his vow to oppose any move by the president in court

    Sun, 31 Aug 2025

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Bolton raid is Trump weaponising justice to crush his foes

    The FBI’s swoop on the president’s ex-national security adviser is a show of power and a stark warning to his enemies

    Sun, 24 Aug 2025

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Red carpet or not, Zelensky faces uphill struggle with Trump

    The Ukrainian president gets another chance to win over the White House – but he’s unlikely to receive the same deference as Vladimir Putin

    Sat, 16 Aug 2025

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Europe left in the cold as Trump plans to offer Putin deal

    This week’s summit is fuelling concerns the US president will offer concessions to the Russian leader and sideline Kyiv

    Sun, 10 Aug 2025

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Donald Trump can’t make the Epstein scandal go away

    White House news blitz comes as Ghislaine Maxwell is transferred to ‘Club Fed’ minimum security prison

    Sat, 2 Aug 2025

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Trump’s relationship with Putin ‘at breaking point’ after Kyiv blitz

    The US president has performed a complete U-turn, deploying nuclear subs to Russia and bringing forward a deadline on sanctions

    Sat, 2 Aug 2025

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