USA

‘Mr President, you’re not the king of the United States of America’

The Vermont senator and voice of the American left talks Trump

Trump’s Argentine bailout stokes dissent among Maga faithful

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

The big picture: Bryan Sansivero’s abandoned dollhouses

Dollhouses and toy cars fill a room in one of 15m abandoned US homes

Tech billionaire Thiel claims regulators are the ‘antichrist’

One of Silicon Valley’s most influential donors rails against ‘legionnaires of the antichrist’

The grid: Jane Hilton’s modern-day cowboys

The British photographer’s portraits of ranch hands at home offer an intimate look at ‘the new Americana’

All eyes on Weiss: new CBS news chief keeps US guessing

Will the controversial founder of the Free Press website be the ogre that liberals fear?

China’s grip on minerals threatens AI boom in US

Country’s tightened chokehold on rare earths spurred a tariff backlash and could undermine supply chains

Trump sends the National Guard to Chicago

The president’s military deployments to US cities are unprecedented. They are also on shaky legal ground

Trump plans to ‘use American cities as training grounds’

The US president has directed troops to enter ‘war-ravaged’ cities including Portland and Chicago and use ‘full force’

What to read to understand Wall Street

Three books that explain the ambitions and fears that power America’s financial world

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

Here’s a video I’d like to share: Trump bagging TikTok for his investor pals

By overruling Congress’s ban on the Chinese platform, the US president has richly rewarded his tech and media allies

A House of Dynamite is terrifyingly plausible

Rebecca Ferguson excels in Kathryn Bigelow’s muscular political thriller about an imminent nuclear attack on the US

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

‘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

Luigi Mangione and the American way of death

Before Charlie Kirk, there was Brian Thompson, whose killer has been anointed a folk hero. Mangione’s case is a story about America’s self-destructive appetite for violence in the age of Trump

Kennedy’s staff warn that he is dismantling US public health

Health secretary is undermining decades of effective vaccine and prevention systems

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