Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris for US president in statement signed ‘childless cat lady’
Singer also addressed AI images shared by Trump which falsely depicted her endorsing his campaign
JD Vance
Stories about Donald Trump's US presidential election running mate JD Vance
US media must stop ‘sanewashing’ Trump’s deranged speeches
Donald Trump’s gibberish is being played down as news outlets make him sound sane and rational
Conservative Catholics could swing US election in favour of Trump and Vance
Many Irish Catholics are drawn to the disruptive energies of Trumpism as they engage in what they see as a ‘spiritual war’ against liberalism
So, you want children. But can you afford them?
The increased cost of raising children is one of the main reasons why people are having fewer of them, says the World Economic Forum
‘I’m not weird. He is.’ Why does one word rattle Donald Trump so much?
The Democrats are beating the former US president at his own game: mean jokes
Bobby’s kid: the new champion of Trump’s vision of Republicanism
Despite Robert F Kennedy jnr withdrawing from the presidential race, his political career is not over yet as he hints at a future official role in Trump’s administration
It’s going to be a very ugly slugfest between the Unserious Man and the Untested Woman
Trump is jealous of Kamala Harris’s looks, her crowd sizes, her star power and her vivacious, bodacious vibes. That’s a good start
JD Vance surfaces the strange, sometimes openly hateful language of the fringe right
Since the 1960s, parties have been more circumspect in courting far right votes, but Vance knows those votes have not disappeared
‘Tampon Tim’ nickname for Walz is not just Republicans being weird again
Laura Slattery: From jokey monikers to ‘menstrual surveillance’ concerns, periods are now extra-politicised in US while remaining taboo almost everywhere
Trump blames Iran for email hack and insists only publicly-available information stolen
New York Times releases poll showing Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump by four points in each of key Rust Belt states Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania
Who is Tim Walz? Kamala Harris’s running mate is known for progressive policies and plain speaking
The Minnesota governor has garnered an enthusiastic following in his party in recent weeks
Pilita Clark: Beware the march of the childless voter
JD Vance’s comments betray a serious misunderstanding of where the world is heading in the first half of the 21st century
‘Weird’ is the new word of the US presidential campaign. Here’s why it’s ruffling feathers
Republicans pride themselves on sticking to the American normal. That’s why the Democrats’ strategy is hitting them exactly where it hurts
A childless cat lady from California’s guide to the trendy terms and themes in US politics
At a time when 29 heads of state or government across the world are women, many Americans fear racism and sexism will prove insurmountable obstacles to Kamala Harris defeating Trump
Trump’s pitch for ‘crypto-president’ is a merger of the bizarre
Facts and truth can be fluid both in the world of the bitcoin bros and the former president Trump
Janan Ganesh: The Republican right is a confused mess on foreign affairs
JD Vance and his ilk are probably unaware of the contradiction in their worldview. They haven’t thought about it enough
Maureen Dowd: JD Vance’s draconian views on women almost make Trump look enlightened
Vice-presidential nominee doubles down on ‘traditional marriages’ and ‘childless cat ladies’
What does JD Vance’s Catholic conversion tell us about Donald Trump’s running mate?
Vance does not so much flip-flop as ruthlessly shed anything that does not serve his ambition
JD Vance is part of a new generation of aristopopulists seeking regime change
Worldview: Vance’s thinking draws on a serious body of conservative political, policy and intellectual ideas from recent years
Kamala Harris suddenly presents Americans with a gender election
The fight to restore abortion will be placed at the centre of Harris’s campaign, while Trump has suddenly become the old man in the race
Jennifer Aniston hits out at JD Vance for calling childless women ‘cat ladies’
Donald Trump running mate calls childless women ‘miserable’ in interview with Fox News
I am partly responsible for JD Vance’s rise to be Donald Trump’s running mate. Sorry
When I reviewed Hillbilly Elegy, the film based on JD Vance’s memoir, I didn’t anticipate its potential to become one of the few movies to change history
Seine-itary conditions: Paris mayor takes a dip in ‘clean’ river as Olympics approach
Planet Business: Hillbilly Elegy streams jump, Burberry changes its chief executive again, and companies that moved their headquarters from California to Texas
The favourite: Seven days that shook America and reshaped Donald Trump’s election campaign
Last weekend’s attempted assassination has electrified the former president’s base and rallied party rivals. As he extends his lead in the polls, the clock ticks on Joe Biden as pressure to quit the race increases
Usha Vance’s career puts her in awkward contrast with husband JD Vance’s political persona
A political cipher, Usha was a registered Democrat, now her husband is Trump’s vice-presidential pick
Ohio storyteller JD Vance makes Appalachia-to-vice-president pitch to ‘forgotten’ Americans
Donald Trump’s running mate and self-styled hillbilly gives condensed life story to Republican convention over almost 40 minutes
Who is JD Vance? Rhetorical bomb-thrower, Trumpian conservative, symbol of the American dream
Vance realises that class divides are becoming chasms that people no longer cross with ease
JD Vance makes extraordinary leap from Rust Belt poverty to potential US vice-presidency
Not many people get to call out Donald Trump out for an idiot and enjoy his good graces afterwards
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