Hugh Tomlinson

Hugh Tomlinson

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Piece by piece, the US’s largest criminal inquiry is being dismantled and erased

    Donald Trump’s threat to sue the BBC is just a small part of his attempt to whitewash his role in the January 6 riots

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Trump’s U-turn on Epstein files aims to quash Maga rebellion

    There are signs that the president’s grip on his party is weakening for the first time since he retook power

    Tue, 18 Nov 2025

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Furious Trump dodges questions as Republicans prepare to vote on Epstein files

    The US president has tried to deflect scrutiny over his relationship to the late sex offender

    Sun, 16 Nov 2025

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    All smiles for Democrats – but for some, through gritted teeth

    The party is resurgent but split over its future, while Republicans fear Trump has lost touch

    Mon, 10 Nov 2025

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Zohran Mamdani fought an insurgent campaign and won

    His progressive policies earned him an emphatic victory. But not all Democrats are on board

    Thu, 6 Nov 2025

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Zohran Mamdani prepares to conquer New York

    On the campaign trail with the 34-year-old socialist set to become the Big Apple’s first Muslim mayor

    Fri, 24 Oct 2025

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Trump’s Argentine bailout stokes dissent among Maga faithful

    Anger over domestic issues makes Senate Republicans anxious as midterms draw closer

    Sun, 19 Oct 2025

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    CBS staff dismayed over anti-left views of new editor

    Right-wing opinion columnist Bari Weiss is set to start her new position as early as this week, raising concerns about partisan influence

    Sat, 4 Oct 2025

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Bari Weiss to take over as editor-in-chief of CBS News

    ‘Everyone is concerned,’ says a senior staff member as combative journalist set to move network closer to Trump

    Fri, 3 Oct 2025

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    The US federal government is heading towards a shutdown

    Democrats see a short-term spending deal as an opportunity to finally stand up to Trump

    Tue, 30 Sept 2025

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    ‘My family and I know there are costs to standing up to Trump’

    As the former FBI director James Comey is indicted by a vengeful president, Democrats fear for the future of the entire justice system

    Sun, 28 Sept 2025

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    How Trump’s ‘private’ police force is putting US democracy on Ice

    Fears are growing that next year’s midterm elections could be the next target for Ice agents

    Sun, 21 Sept 2025

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    US broadcasting watchdog savages Jimmy Kimmel

    Trump-appointed chair of the media regulator Brendan Carr has launched an unprecedented attack on free speech

    Sun, 21 Sept 2025

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Mandelson saga casts shadow over Trump’s UK trip

    The former ambassador's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein will focus attention on a scandal Trump is keen to avoid

    Sun, 14 Sept 2025

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Maga loses the man who brought the youth vote to Trump

    The first family mourn the White House insider whose extremist views reflected the Republican party’s major shift to the right

    Sat, 13 Sept 2025

  • 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

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