Donald Trump says attempts to limit artificial intelligence are part of ‘sick conspiracy’
US president says he is only ‘guardrail’ needed to control AI despite growing alarm over the technology
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‘We honour the heroes and the generation that stepped up’: 9/11 remembered 25 years after attacks
Donald Trump and JD Vance attend memorials at the Pentagon and New York to honour those killed during September 11th attacks
JD Vance pitches himself as Trump’s political heir at Republican midterm convention
Vance praised Donald Trump as ‘the toughest SOB in American politics’
Grief, fury, conspiracy: inside Turning Point USA after Charlie Kirk’s killing
A year since his assassination, the movement Kirk started is reckoning with the void he left behind - and a revolution that eats its own
An obscene national exercise: Ireland tries to assuage Donald Trump’s toddler volatility
When vengeance and gold are the objectives of the world’s most powerful man, nothing and no one is safe or sacred
JD Vance caught between Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson
Iran dispute exposes divisions within coalition of online personalities that helped return the president to power
JD Vance says he is doing ‘God’s work’ and is okay ‘if that leads to the end times’
US vice-president would feel ‘not shocked if the antichrist was walking among us’
‘JD Vance is a dirtbag’: A bumpy ride for US vice-president on Maine road trip
Senate seat is perceived as critical to the overall balance of power
As Trump poll ratings slide divisions threaten to fracture Republican Party
World View: The party has always been a fractious coalition, but more recently a split has emerged between the libertarians and a putative ‘national conservative’ tendency
Jon Ossoff might just be the Democrats’ best answer to the US decade of chaos
There’s much more to the Georgia senator than a controversial barb about one of Donald Trump’s aides
Smithsonian Museum targeted by Trump administration as culture war plays out across US
Saving America’s Story, a 162-page report released last month by the White House, has horrified some historians
Europe has no choice but to wish Marco Rubio well, even if it is through gritted teeth
Americans who support reckless wars are sometimes also the most likely to defend democratic Europe
Why Maga sees Europe as an ideological battleground
From the vice-president down, US officials have cast themselves as being on a mission to save western civilisation from the Continent
Netanyahu calls UK ‘the Islamic Republic of Britain’
Relations between UK and Israel have become increasingly strained since Andy Burnham took over as prime minister
What If Reform Wins by Peter Chappell: an enjoyable but horrifying read
The author, a London Times reporter, imagines a chilling future for the UK under a Farage premiership
Iran warns Gulf states: tell Trump to desist or we hit you hard
Tehran seeks to deter US strikes by raising prospect of severe economic disruption across region
The field marshal remaking Pakistan’s place in the world
Asim Munir is trying to refashion Pakistan’s place in the world — and bolster his power at home
Drone strike on Egyptian port signals potential new front in US-Iran war
Tehran, Washington, Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthis continue attacks on sites across Gulf region
Trump, Netanyahu and Zelenskiy attend Lindsey Graham’s funeral in Washington
US president tells memorial service the late senator for South Carolina ‘never saw a war that he didn’t like’
US prolongs pause in attacks on Iran as peace talks continue
Tehran accuses Ukraine of deadly attack on Iranian vessel in Caspian Sea
Could Hunter Biden be the man to bring the family name back to the White House?
Few Americans have been pilloried as mercilessly as Joe Biden’s son over the past decade, but now there’s talk of him running for the White House
Why has the Iran-US ceasefire memorandum frayed?
Vague wording of provisional agreement left critical issues, including Tehran’s nuclear programme, to second phase of talks
Back to square one: Kamala Harris is the Democrats’ leading candidate for election 2028
Lingering presence of Harris and the sudden, disgraced end to Graham Platner’s Senate bid underlines dilemma facing Democratic Party
No strait answer as US and Iran are stuck in cycle of strikes
Trump pushes to get ships moving through Strait of Hormuz while Iran resists dilution of its control over waterway
Legacy of the Declaration of Independence is the latest flashpoint in a divided America
You won’t find any mention of the struggle for democracy in the official July 4th celebrations by the Trump administration
America’s 250th birthday hijacked by Trump’s personal branding
An event that was meant to celebrate an exceptional nation has been cornered by one man
Peter Thiel’s Irish gathering is not part of some secret plot. It’s more blatant than that
The tech billionaire’s anti-democratic ideals have been out in the open for years
Trump’s claims outpace reality in Iran negotiation
US president Trump appears to be describing his preferences as fully negotiated deals. Could a succession of disputes sink the whole venture?
‘If it doesn’t work out, I’m blaming JD’: Vance faces political peril as Trump undercuts Iran talks
US vice-president’s bid to secure a rapid peace deal with Iran is being complicated by Donald Trump’s combative rhetoric
UN begins efforts to evacuate ships from Gulf
Washington agrees to waive sanctions on Iran for 60 days
Oil prices hold decline amid signs of peace talks progress
US waiver would allow some sales of crude and fuels from Iran
Shares slip as SpaceX rout clouds Iran deal optimism
UK shares largely shrugged off news of prime minister Keir Starmer’s resignation
Binyamin Netanyahu’s Iran gamble leaves Israel isolated as Trump turns to diplomacy
After a war meant to weaken Iran, a US-led deal exposes Netanyahu to severe political and strategic fallout
Salman Rushdie in Dublin: ‘What happens when language does not work any more?’
Award-winning novelist warns that people across the world ‘in danger’ of being unable to communicate
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