Terror designation may expand legal case for more aggressive action as US masses military in Caribbean after months of deadly boat strikes

US is creating an opportunity for other global players to step in by skipping summit in South Africa

Taylor Greene has defected from Trump on everything from US foreign policy to inflation to the ongoing Epstein files saga

Broadcaster investigating fresh allegations about editing practices on Newsnight programme

Trump administration announces trade deals to eliminate tariffs on certain foods and other imports from Argentina, Ecuador, Guatemala and El Salvador

The Irish-American bond, our enduring and rewarding friendship, is bigger than any politician

Recent controversial comments by Donald Trump and others have – at best – overstated any links between paracetamol use and rising autism diagnoses

American football is another strand of elite American society that has refused to permit Trump into its inner circle

Sanae Takaichi drew criticism for requiring staff to work in the wee hours in a country scarred by ‘death from overwork’

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Republicans who have contorted themselves into whatever shape requested by the president are beginning to think about the post-Trump era

If Russia strikes the UK, they won’t stop at Ireland, a German professor of international politics warns

Trump threatened legal action against the BBC for its editing of a speech he made in 2021

Bill negotiated by Republicans and a group of Democrat-aligned senators extends government funding to January

Co-leader Tino Chrupalla defends Putin and suggests Poland may threaten Germany, widening divisions at the top of the far-right party

Summers routinely corresponded with Epstein and sought the financier’s advice on how to handle a female acquaintance

US president faces pressure from the right, where there is dissatisfaction with his focus on foreign policy rather than cost-of-living concerns

Epstein sought to exploit remnants of relationship with Trump until his arrest on federal sex-trafficking charges in 2019

Portugal star on the verge of securing his place in a record sixth World Cup

Long-running saga has pitted Trump, a friend of the financier for many years before later disavowing him, against his base