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Hugh Tomlinson

US Correspondent

Photo of Hugh Tomlinson

Hugh Tomlinson

US Correspondent

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    ‘It’s shocking we’re going through it all again’: scientists race for vaccine as Ebola ravages Congo

    Researchers warn that funding cuts have left the central African country vulnerable to the deadly virus and say a vaccine is potentially just months away

    Sun, 24 May 2026

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    ‘Utterly stupid, morally wrong’: Republican fury over Trump’s $1.8bn slush fund for Capitol rioters

    The president has unveiled financing for victims of political ‘weaponisation’, with party lawmakers fearing it will lead to disaster at the midterms

    Sun, 24 May 2026

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Republicans gain upper hand in midterms after southern states redraw voting maps

    Democrats say gerrymandering has diluted Black vote, amid fears of losing lead despite unpopularity of Trump

    Sun, 17 May 2026

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Maga finds a new hero as Republicans lose faith in Trump

    James Fishback, a 31-year-old nationalist, is winning support from those angry with the US president over the Iran war

    Sun, 10 May 2026

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    The latest attempt on the president’s life will further divide a post-truth America

    Within minutes of the attack at the White House correspondents’ dinner, claims that it was staged flooded social media

    Sun, 26 Apr 2026

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Tucker Carlson leads Maga rebellion against Trump over Iran war

    Former Fox News host apologises for ‘misleading people’ as rift widens among the right

    Sun, 26 Apr 2026

  • Hugh Tomlinson
    Team Trump wonder who’s next for the woodchipper

    Upset by falling ratings and soaring fuel prices because of his war against Iran, Donald Trump is searching for the next scapegoat within his depleted administration

    Sun, 26 Apr 2026

  • 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
    The Iran war and MAGA

    Is the war in Iran impacting MAGA support for Donald Trump, if so, why?  

    9 min • S1, E1332

  • 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
    ‘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
    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

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