USA

The six warning signs as crypto is welcomed into the US mainstream

In a week, the Trump family’s wealth has increased by more than $6.5bn after their crypto company debuted on the Nasdaq

Riding the Beast to America

Millions of migrants passing through Mexico have risked their lives riding north on the cargo trains known as La Bestia. That number has dropped since Trump returned to office, but few believe US-bound migration is gone for good

If Farage starts deporting ‘illegals’, ‘legals’ better watch out

In a climate of fear, everyone is at risk of mistreatment – just look at the States

Jerome ‘Jay’ Powell, Federal Reserve chair

If anyone can stand up to Trump, it’s the affable and decisive Fed chair

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

Guns and bomb threats target US politicians

A house speaker killed, a state senator shot, bomb threats and online harassment – a growing hostility is redefining US politics

Low prices and tariff threats test Big Pharma’s ties to UK

AstraZeneca chief is irked by cost of doing business as Eli Lilly raises price of Mounjaro after presidential pressure

How wrestling got into the ring with networks and streamers

WWE and its martial arts stablemate UFC may have delivered a knockout blow to pay-per-view in the US

There can be no end to the war without Ukraine

Trump is right to pursue peace, but not like this

Culture wars: Trump removed from gallery of the impeached

Smithsonian accused of remaking the past to suit the president, but says move is temporary

How did A Little Life become the book of our times?

How did this 730-page novel concerned with horrific abuse become the book of our times?

Potential pardon for Maxwell is a political ploy

Speculation that Epstein’s ex-girlfriend could be surprise beneficiary of partisan US politics

Markets vote for Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell

If Trump tries to fire the head of the Fed, it would add a new level of economic uncertainty for the global economy

Americans think Trump is concealing Epstein’s ‘client list’

The US president’s closest aides loved to blame the Biden team for covering the sex offender’s tracks. Yet in power, they now call the client list a hoax. The trouble is the Maga movement is not buying it

The show’s over: Stephen Colbert is cancelled … and so is satire in America

The sorry tale behind a court case, the payment of $16m to Trump’s future library and the end of The Late Show

Trump’s threats to fire the Fed chair will decimate the dollar

The US president’s policy chaos continues, with serious  risks for the world’s reserve currency

Children face a death sentence because of anti-vaccine rhetoric

As RFK amplifies vaccination fears, beyond America millions of people will die unnecessarily from infectious disease

Texas was cursed with a perfect storm – but there’s a bigger picture

Last week’s floods were freakish, though climate change and forecasting cuts won’t help prevent future crises