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Despite victories from Covid to climate change, the president is hamstrung and the nation as divided as ever, says history professor Adam Tooze

During America's last surge of the coronavirus driven by the Delta variant, people who were unvaccinated but survived Covid were better protected than those who were vaccinated and not previously infected, a new study said Wednesday. The finding is the latest to weigh in on a debate on the relative…

Negotiators from Britain and America will hold discussions aimed at removing 25% duties on UK exports across the Atlantic, which experts warn threaten jobs

Andy Warhol’s America reveals how the artist reacted to being shot and his mother dying. Plus: Peter Jones has an erotic surprise in Dragons’ Den. Here’s what to watch this evening

Why Constitutional Crises and Political Violence Could Soon Be the Norm

Former US President Donald Trump's isolationist and protectionist "America First" policies seriously damaged America and its global leadership role. Raising tariffs on imports to the United States -- in particular, from China -- succeeded only in prompting other countries to impose reciprocal tariffs on US goods. Mr Trump's trade policy…

Late-night hosts discuss the Biden administration’s website for at-home test kits and Stevie Wonder’s video for voting rights

One year since he was sworn in as the 46th American president, voters are giving Mr Biden and his allies poor marks for their handling of the coronavirus and the US economy

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has told a gathering of America’s mayors the Biden administration’s coronavirus relief bill is “like a vaccine” preventing catastrophic economic damage

Any leader would have struggled in the circumstances, but Biden’s campaign promises set the new president a high bar, writes Andrew Buncombe

Don't just take it from me; take it from the Framers and other early American statesmen: "Democracy" has long included representative democracy as well as direct democracy, and "Republic" was used to refer to regimes that were not representative.