US president was elected to be Not Trump ... he has overpromised and underdelivered

‘The American people are growing tired of the role of government in their lives. They are sick of lockdowns and masks for Covid’

The actor stars alongside Frances McDormand in Joel Coen’s new film version of Macbeth

Hundred Years’ War still raging in the French and British Embassies in D.C.

As the party focuses on the wrong things, many still wonder if Biden is up to the job

Technology titans lacked foresight as to how world is becoming more digital than physical

He could have been president, but his tragedy is that he walked a path he knew to be wrong

‘Consider the things the court brought down on us by pre-emptively purloining victory for George W Bush’

Maureen Dowd: Arizona senator sweeps through the US Senate like a silent film star

AOC has failed to consider that people can disagree with her without disagreeing with her identity

Tragedy of 9/11 was followed by blunders from men seized by hyper-masculinity

Afghanistan horror exemplifies climate-damaged, rights-opposing land of dread

Joe Biden did the right thing getting America out of there. But he did it badly

Former president’s tone-deaf bash at Martha’s Vineyard was a tale of the disinvited

Report on Andrew Cuomo’s sexual misconduct makes clear his top adviser enforced culture of secrecy and fear

GOP overwhelmingly stuck with Trump, perpetuating his sick mythology about Capitol riots

Politics of addressing climate change still debilitating as planet sizzles

Trump insiders and Facebook execs rewrite history to distance themselves from failure

Vermont senator’s bond with Joe Biden could have profound effect on the lives of Americans

A new book explores the influence close friends have exercised on US presidents

Paying taxes is an expression of citizenship – you can’t belong to the club and not pay your dues

With an intelligence report imminent, not since the 1950s has the capital been so riveted by the possibility of aliens hovering

The star of Mare of Easttown is back on the sides of buses. Without airbrushing

Bill Bratton says defunding the police has led to rising crime and officers ‘leaving in droves’

The actor has drawn on his experience of addiction to portray the fashion designer Halston

Liz Cheney has sacrificed herself to call out the former president – but she has a lot to answer for

96-year-old former president has been snubbed by his Demoratic successors – until now

This year’s Oscar contenders are less about escapism and more about our sad reality

United States should have respected the country’s reputation as a ‘graveyard of empires’

President’s son illuminates American family experience of extreme highs and lows

US president’s self-restraint is refreshing – but he is free to say whatever he damn well pleases

Obama’s legacy looks dull as Biden is hailed as a transformational, progressive champion

New York governor’s appealing act – protective father-at-the-head-of the-dinner-table – turned out to be a ruse

Trump era skewed the understanding of journalists as impartial watchdogs

Maureen Dowd: GOP leaders attempting to bridle the ex-president are on a fool’s errand

Criminal charges would be welcome after craven Republicans refused to convict him

Maureen Dowd: What happened in Washington on Wednesday was a heartbreaking disgrace

As I had Thanksgiving alone, no doubt my Trump-loving family poured one out for him

The radioactive American president is sabotaging the transition as the pandemic rages

Disintegrating diva can give in to fantasy and leave rest of us to cold, unforgiving reality

President’s conspiracy schtick gets nowhere as Joe Biden’s Cinderfella story bewitches

Even if Joe Biden wins on Tuesday, it will not be easy to restore what has been lost

A lot of voters seem relieved to step back in time with a sentimental old-school Irish pol

The Borat actor on his new film and why he is reluctant to be a celebrity

Rupert Murdoch’s younger son on quitting News Corp and not watching Succession

Steroid-pumped US president looks to public gatherings and more bogus Covid-19 claims

In a moment that feels biblical, the implacable coronavirus has come to the US president’s door

Maureen Dowd: Donald Trump is in position to reshape US supreme court long past his time in office

President’s eager tone on tapes shows how keen he was to impress Bob Woodward

Maureen Dowd: The US president’s daughter eyes the driver’s seat when her papa is done with it

Maureen Dowd: The virtual Democratic convention delivered real results

The US is rapidly moving past such caricatures. Besides, women should be angry

Biden’s running mate can expect an unprecedentedly rough time from Team Trump

Donald Trump’s tragic errors of judgment have plunged his country into a nightmare

The billionaire on life with Grimes and Baby X, Trump, Tesla, tunnels and blasting off

Youngest woman to serve in Congress shows up anachronistic attitudes for what they are

The scary gulf between Fauci and Trump has life-or-death consequences for Americans

It’s the difference between fibs and whoppers, white lies and white supremacy

Maureen Dowd: Occupant of the White House is badly out of step with US national psyche

I grew up in the shadow of two powerful patriarchies, the Catholic Church and the police. Both institutions attracted an element o(...)

The dynamic between sports and politics considerably more torrid this season

Maureen Dowd: The euphoria of seeing a first black president has given way to desolation and racial strife

US president trolls as Twitter and Facebook refine their algorithms to monetise rage

Humanity showing through everywhere except, ironically, with the unmasked president

Man tasked with leading US out of valley of death appears removed, shirking responsibility

US Democrats always set standards that come back and bite them

US TV’s great misanthrope is relieved that social life and handshaking are out of fashion

Maureen Dowd: US president turns to Jared Kushner, another uninformed man-child, in coronavirus crisis

New York governor has superficial parallels in style to Trump but his motives are purer

Dr Anthony Fauci has been battling both coronavirus and White House misdirection

Coronavirus badly exposing president’s lack of empathy and blame-shifting

US president psychologically incapable of responding to complex and uncertain virus

The coronavirus is immune to conspiracy theories, nasty diatribes or nicknames

An unfettered Trump, playing out his own movie script, setting a torch to Washington

Wealthy candidates Trump and Bloomberg clash amid memes, trolls and web warriors

Democrats should be terrified as the president re-enacts The Godfather payback scenes

Impeachment process shows Trump the most brutishly powerful Republican of all time

He had savaged all his fellow Republicans and yet here they were, his Praetorian guard

Ken Starr and Alan Dershowitz’s laxity on sexual assault will further energise women voters

Maureen Dowd: Meghan brings a refreshing dose of semi-radical chic to the royal family

As Nancy Pelosi said, don’t mess with us when it comes to words like that

‘I’ve been pleasantly surprised that Trump has done exactly what he promised’

President has become an Ahab-like figure chasing something that could sink him

Trump has duped the GOP into helping Russia to undermine US democracy

Bloomberg v Trump would be a battle of New York giants, but is there much between them?

Democrat’s resignation amid revenge porn scandal shows risks of desire to document everything

President’s cancelling of newspaper subscriptions is the act of an angry lover

Film an allegory for this era: ‘A cynical world where you can’t beat the house and money wins’

The speaker is in a fine mood now she has turned her attention to reining in Trump

‘If the president has done what has been alleged, then he is stepping into a ... minefield’

Democratic debate shows how president has altered the way US experiences politics

Trump is no gun nut but orphaned child image shows him devoid of human empathy

Candidates who in the past might have headed the presidential pack are struggling in the polls

Mueller hearings shamed Republicans and failed Democrats thirsting for impeachment

US president has shifted from subtlety to let toads of racism leap straight from his mouth

It is a deranged proposition that Nancy Pelosi is the problem in dangerous era of Trump

House of Representatives speaker has defied critics and written a third act for herself

Maureen Dowd: Arrogance of former vice president’s operation came spilling out on the debate stage

Despite claims of displaying weakness, US president called off dangerous strike on Iran

President wallows in mendacity and amorality in a way unique in history of the office