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Pumped-up White House videos about Iran conflict are extreme even by recent US standards
George W Bush
Donald Trump’s pressure-cooker approach to Iran was always going to explode
It suits Iranian militants to prolong confrontation by drawing their enemies into protracted regional conflicts
‘This screams cover-up’: Pam Bondi faces fury over handling of Epstein files
Key committee hears US attorney general accused of ‘incompetence’ and ‘jaded cruelty’ over abuse survivors
‘Every 10 years, US likes to pick up some crappy little country and throw it at the wall’
‘Every ten years, the US needs to pick some small crappy little country and throw it against the wall.’ This is at least part of the reason for the Venezuela operation
Donald Trump and JD Vance not invited to funeral of Dick Cheney
Biden and Bush were in attendance for Republican’s service, along with all other living former US vice-presidents
Dick Cheney was the most influential and consequential US vice-president in living memory
The architect-in-chief of America’s ‘war on terror’ was later vilified for relentlessly hawkish foreign policy
Former US vice-president Dick Cheney dies aged 84
Death of Republican politician who served alongside George W Bush announced in family statement
‘They called you crooks when you were the best of us’: Bono joins ex-presidents in praising US aid workers as agency is shut
U2 singer sends recorded message with George W Bush and Barack Obama to USAid staff hit by cuts
George Clooney’s Good Night, and Good Luck: The Broadway audience gasps at Musk’s ‘Nazi salute’
New York Letter: The actor was called a traitor 20 years ago for condemning George W Bush. Today, the problem is worse
Trump is like the boy who got everything he wished for. What will he do with it?
The billionaire businessman has managed to connect with millions of ordinary Americans in a way the Democrats cannot
Maureen Dowd: At Jimmy Carter’s funeral, Donald Trump was narcissist non grata
Here was Carter, the righteous, ascending to heaven, as Trump, the felonious, ascended again to the Oval Office
Jimmy Carter’s final miracle sees five living US presidents come together for poignant funeral
Barack Obama was seated beside Donald Trump with former vice-president Mike Pence just behind them
Trump tariff threats fail to rattle markets, but risks linger
Markets seemingly see threats of 25% tariffs on neighbours Mexico and Canada this as typical Trump bluster
The album that nearly finished U2: The story of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb and its new ‘shadow’ LP
How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb features 10 tracks from the recording sessions that made some of the band wonder if they’d have anything to release
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices