No one, from the president down, knew when the report would come or what it would say

Pugilistic progressives may not stomach rich kid like Beto when US is in eat-rich mood

Trump’s messy break-up with his lawyer shows he does not give or deserve loyalty

The painful reality is he is head of a family that has messily spilled into the tabloids

Celebrity supersedes criminality. How can you see clearly when you’re looking into the sun?

The world’s richest man has become a folk hero due to his row with ‘National Enquirer’

Cat’s cradle of dirty tricks trips up putative dognapper along with Paul Manafort

Trump feels heat of vengeance against the wicked man in the White House

Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s vocational drive contrasts with President Trump’s opportunism

Madam Speaker can count, legislate, horse-trade and stroke – plus she’s very, very tough

Sea of empty seats on arena tour a sign of delusional Bill and Hillary’s lack of relevance

Trump’s genius for hate and division has driven us into a canyon that won’t be easy to exit

Trump’s promise to punish Wall Street for ‘getting away with murder’ was another con

Those who eroded America’s moral authority in the 2000s are now its moral guardians

Former presidential candidate wonders whether 1987 controversy led US down road to Trump

Mastermind of Fox News hate-breeding techniques provided playbook for president

The Saudis need the US more than the US needs them. Yet they continue to be coddled

If Republicans had wanted to vet Kavanaugh, Judge would already have been subpoenaed

Blasey Ford dealing with dark forces not in play during Hill-Thomas episode

The US president may be widely shunned but at the bottom of the world he has found a loyal mate

Running the rule over moral leadership and being only second world leader to give birth

The Trumps have often been compared to a mob family – and with good reason

How the US president might set the agenda for another day of self-aggrandisement

Perhaps it’s an Oedipal thing, that Putin reminds Trump of his authoritarian father

Hostility that so easily flows from his fingers now defines his immigration policy

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 'I wake up every day and I’m a Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx. Every single day'

Maureen Dowd: Try as she might, nobody is buying the blond saviour routine any more

Former US president’s threadbare routine of maudlin self-pity does not work any more

New book by aide Ben Rhodes gives insights into former president’s – superior – thinking

White House, FBI, Hollywood, tech sector, education, media are all snake-oil salesmen

Friday’s referendum is fractious vote, dividing families and friends on long-hidden issue

Maureen Dowd: Everything is plausible in Trumpworld

The US president’s brawls and scuffles might just see him lose his grip

The ‘X-Files’ actor tells Maureen Dowd about his New York novel based on the Ulster myths

Deal to denuclearise North Korea could help pave way to second term as US president

Former first lady could be caustic, but she also championed causes such as literacy and Aids

Maureen Dowd: William Friedkin revisits old haunts for his new film about exorcism

How has digital era led women to have sex with people who don’t appeal to them?

Maureen Dowd: the family circle around US president fails to act as moderating influence

After all those years of criticising George W Bush on war, Donald Trump is now letting himself be guided by the former president’s(...)

Firing Rex Tillerson by tweet left the US president high on all the chaos

Damage from gender chasm awaits Trump and Republican Party in midterm elections

On the surface things are improving but an instant fix for sexism is wishful thinking

His tangerine skin was caked with make-up but the kind woman took the vicious snake in

We can’t even summon the energy to break the choke-hold that the NRA has on Republicans

Maureen Dowd: the qualities required – and now lacking – of a US president have never been more clear

Interview: Actor also details behavior of ‘Kill Bill’ director Quentin Tarantino

Melania’s rebellion shows how this administration is a shattering moment for the US

Maureen Dowd: As men fall, women are rising. Now the gender apartheid has to end

Al Franken resigns for wet kisses while Trump skips past his braggadocio on groping

For Thanksgiving weekend - a list of things (mostly Trump related) that don’t bother me

Maureen Dowd: Institutional feminism died during the Monica Lewinsky affair

‘He’s overselling all the time. Donald Trump is not a problem-solver’

Former US president complains Obama did not forge better relations with Pyongyang

Producer protected himself by giving to liberal causes and cultivating friends in politics

Facebook’s Frankenstein moment in US election shows its power to warp democracy

New York Times columnist interviews Taoiseach in Dublin

The US president is becoming ever more crazed, isolated and self-destructive

Can two belligerent leaders living in fantasy worlds taunt us into a nuclear war?

US president fails to fathom how empowered Bobby Three Sticks is to look into his dealings

US president is trapped in a caricature of masculinity that corrodes his judgment

US president thrives on the same philosophy espoused by Littlefinger in ‘Game of Thrones’

Maureen Dowd: Steve Bannon wants to cut taxes for the poor. But the president’s too busy being played for a sucker

Strongman reflex: US president’s vile tweets indicate his deteriorating psychological condition

Stuck in loser gear, the Democrats need fresh talent and a clear message

So much for the notion that Melania moving into the White House would restrain the president

The US leader is constantly creating the kind of havoc that could end his presidency

Donald Trump’s latest antics merely cement his image as the highchair king

Obama’s controversies pale compared with the daily traumas of the current White House

Fortuitously, a tape from that fateful wintry meeting popped up in my mailbox

The Republicans have voted for something that will cause them a lot of pain in the future

Flashy marketing could not mask healthcare Bill was a wealth transfer to the rich

Everyone is tiptoeing around the mad king in his gilded, sparse court

George W Bush’s return to the public stage shows just how far likability can get you

In his heyday, ‘President Action’ used fake news to sell himself as a chick magnet

A fine-tuned machine spewing chaos, cruelty, confusion, farce and transfixing craziness

The president has breathed new life into everything from feminism to Senate hearings

As the first lady vanishes, her absence from her husband’s side is making her a folk hero

For Trump, having the press corps captive in the White House is like mainlining heroin

Downside of election result is people overeating and numbing out, says producer

The Facebook cofounder and funder of Hulk Hogan’s Gawker case is now on team Trump

As Trump’s swearing in approaches, finally bipartisan consensus: It’s time to flip out

In trying to get Hillary over the line, the president forgot why voters chose him in 2008

Clinton and Trump could not run for presidency without indulging worst instincts

The story of how Trump and Clinton rose is a tale of power, influence, class and ambition

The Donald dismisses the women accusing him as not attractive enough to assault

Trump won’t prepare for tonight’s debate, even as his future hangs in the balance

White House hopeful’s gossipy, shrewish character traits have been on show for years

Letting Democratic candidate evade all criticism is not good for her or the country

Donald Trump is sorry he has to sacrifice so much to make America great again

Faced with the unpredictable Trump, Hillary may be best bet to defend US establishment

And after all the cries of ‘Lock her up!’ Hillary Clinton finally gets what’s coming to her

On his way up Barack Obama criticised Hillary Clinton. Now he must praise her

Nominee and Whitehouse hopeful continues to brag his brash way to general election

Release of inquiry pages confirms suspicious links to Saudi royals rather than Iraq regime

What should disturb the US president is that the email transgression is not a one-off

After Brexit vote, the French aren’t Wilde about the world’s two most infamous blonds

Billionaire’s behaviour casting serious doubt on whether he is qualified to be US president

Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren have a private chat about running together

The Democrat’s failure to fully acknowledge the email controversy is just one barrier