United States

Some critics are already calling it one of the most important films of modern times. Steven Spielberg’s powerful new movie ,The Post, might be set in the Nixon years, but it could hardly be more timely, with much to say about truth, the free press, and the power of the US Presidency.

Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, discusses the President’s alleged remarks about Haiti, El Salvador and African countries.  

David Miliband,  former foreign secretary and current president of the International Rescue Committee, says America’s “moral standing is under severe strain” with President Trump in power.

“Hate-filled, vile and racist” – that’s how President Trump’s comments on immigration have been described by a leading Democratic Senator who heard him refer to Haiti, El Salvador and African countries as “shitholes”. It’s not just Democrats either. House Speaker Paul Ryan described the remarks as “very unfortunate, unhelpful.” From President Trump himself, there has…

If you believe the headlines that followed the publication of the White House exposé Fire and Fury last week then Donald Trump is incompetent with the attention span of a toddler. But what do the people who voted for him make of his first year in office? We’ve been to a Trump heartland in West…

Just a handful of excerpts from Fire and Fury enraged the US President so much he threatened legal action. Now Michael Wolff’s entire book is out, published four days early, and it’s just as damning of Trump’s White House as the administration must have feared. The author claims Trump’s entire staff think he is “like…

The eastern U.S. has been in the grip of a big freeze for more than a week. It’s been so cold that Niagra Falls has frozen over and snow has fallen as far south as Florida. If all that wasn’t enough, the eastern seaboard is now braced for a ‘bomb-cyclone’ that’s set to bring blizzards,…

Journalist Joshua Green is the author of “Devil’s Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency”, which details how Mr Bannon helped deliver the presidency for Donald Trump. He discusses the relationship between the President and his former Chief Strategist.

First, Donald Trump’s lawyers have demanded that a book painting a deeply unflattering portrait of the president and his administration be stopped. Michael Wolff’s book “Fire and Fury” isn’t due out until next week, but excerpts in the press have already provoked unbridled rage in the Oval Office. Paraic O’Brien reports from Washington.

Hundreds of Hollywood writers, directors and actresses have launched a fighting fund to help American women sexually harassed at work take legal action. The Time’s Up campaign, backed by British stars including Emma Watson and Thandie Newton – is designed to help women in low paid industries who can’t afford to pay for their own…

US President Donald Trump has praised the United Nations Security Council after it voted to impose new fuel sanctions on North Korea. All 15 nations backed the measures which aim to cut North Korea’s petrol and oil imports by 90 per cent in an attempt curb its missile programme.

By an overwhelming majority of 128-9, the United Nations General assembly has declared America’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel as “null and void”. Dozens of countries abstained but it’s unclear how many were deterred by President Trump’s threat to cut off funding to states which opposed his declaration. And the United…

In the heart of the Nevada desert, Area 51 has become the holy grail of conspiracy theorists – home, they say, to a top secret US military base for the study of extra-terrestrials. But now it has emerged that the theorists might not have been that far off. It has been reported that the Pentagon…

He calls himself the Antichrist Superstar. Now armed with a new album, Heaven Upside Down, Marilyn Manson is playing sell-out concerts across the UK. He’s back on tour despite breaking his leg after two giant prop firearms fell on him during a previous show. He talks about his controversial music and the shock-rock tactics which…