Trump faithful gather to plot the ‘greatest’ leader’s second coming
Flanked by a life-sized golden statue of Donald Trump, attendees at the CPAC convention in Florida flout Covid rules and fulminate against the socialist tyrant Joe Biden as well as their less gung-ho Republican colleagues
A change is gonna come: the slow but sure arrival of the green energy age
The extreme snowstorms ravaging Texas and failure of the state’s electricity supply are a reminder that the fossil fuel era is on borrowed time
Cruz’s flight of shame meets a blizzard of condemnation
Using a crisis that includes an imploding power grid and a brutal snow storm as a reason to embark on a five-star holiday is not one of the optional responses outlined in any political manual, as Texas Senator Ted Cruz found out last week
Impeachment trial sees Trump leave stage not with a bang, but a whimper
The impeachment trial triggered by a violent attempt to overthrow a democratically elected president was comedic, bizarre and ultimately little more than a sideshow
Biden sidelines opposition to push through recovery plan
The speed at which Biden has dropped his bipartisan approach in order to get the Democrats’ recovery plan approved has taken political observers by surprise
Trump’s hold over Republicans remains strong as impeachment trial looms
Democrats view the second impeachment of the former US president as a way to ensure that Donald Trump will never again have the chance to hold a public position, while Republicans see an opportunity to divert attention away from the new administration
Trump’s legacy lingers on as his protégé lunges for power
An avowed conspiracy theorist and white supremacist, Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has emerged as the public face of the far-right QAnon movement as a schism develops within the Republican Party
Ireland will take a back seat as Biden seeks to fix America
Joe Biden’s misty-eyed rhetoric about the old country won’t necessarily translate into better business deals between the US and Ireland
America’s humble saviour
The battle to save the US from disaster is one that would be better fought by FDR or Lyndon Johnson, but Biden’s best weapons are his authenticity, humility and long experience
A legacy of conspiracies, extremism and cultural divisions
While many Trump supporters will grudgingly accept the US presidential result, right-wing militia, conspiracy theorists and white supremacists continue to call for a violent uprising
Journey out of darkness: a US presidential inauguration like no other
As Joe Biden’s inauguration takes place behind a ring of steel in Washington DC, the world waits to see if he can restore America’s standing – and what Donald Trump will do next
Reign of error: How Trump brought down the GOP
The Republican Party’s Faustian pact with Trump has left it morally and ideologically bankrupt
After four years, none of this should be a surprise
Trump’s refusal to condemn the neo-Nazis among his supporters, his calls to ‘liberate’ states during lockdowns and his silence on a foiled plan to kidnap Wisconsin state governor Gretchen Whitmer and put her on trial for treason all led to the events in Washington last week
A Promised Land: Obama’s memoir spends too much time on the moral high ground
The former US president settles no scores in the first volume of his latest autobiography, which is to its detriment
Trumps gather to plot out future for the family firm
There is much speculation about what’s next for the Trumps and, at Camp David, the family would have discussed politics, business and, no doubt, upcoming legal challenges
Biden starts to build his team as Trump finally bows out
It’s swings and roundabouts as incoming US president Joe Biden looks set to reap the benefits of the newly available vaccines, while Trump took credit for Obama/Biden’s work in rebuilding the economy
US politics turned into a theatre of the absurd by Trump and Giuliani’s antics
The US is sleepwalking into a constitutional crisis, as Trump aided by his sidekick, the erratic lawyer Rudy Giuliani, continue their power grab
Say it is so, Joe
As Joe Biden prepares to enter the White House 66 days from now, he is facing a humanitarian disaster, with coronavirus continuing to rage across the US in a welter of deaths and infections
Going, going . . . how Trump became the ex-president in waiting
Donald Trump’s entire brand was based on the illusion of success. Now, as the US presidency slips out of his hands, he faces an uncertain future of legal battles – but the political turmoil he unleashed across America shows no sign of going away
Trump feeling the blues as Biden’s votes finally add up
Trump’s legal strategy, in so far as there is one, is to try to prevent Democratic votes from being counted and to discredit counts that have already taken place, even though there is no evidence of any fraud or impropriety