Tinseltown loses its lustre: the home of American cinema is hanging on by a thread
If you can’t keep the film houses open in Los Angeles, what hope for the rest of the world?
LA after the fires: Like driving through a post-nuclear suburbia. The scale of destruction is unfathomable
The desire to rebuild the destroyed communities is strong. But residents know they cannot fully replace what has been lost
Trump blames Washington air crash on Democrats’ diversity and equality policies
Trump blames Washington air disaster on equality policies of Democratic administrations
Gavin Newsom’s small victory over Donald Trump provides chink of light for Democrats
Governor of California faces down US president in confrontation that speaks volumes for chasm between ruling and opposition parties
Donald Trump’s stunning first week back in the White House shows he’s on a mission to leave a legacy
For the president’s popularity in the US to last, he will have to make sure all his talk of a golden age translates into more money in ordinary people’s pockets
Donald Trump’s first day: A bishop’s plea for mercy; cancer vaccine promise; pardons for Capitol rioters
A bishop’s plea for mercy, a promise of AI cancer vaccines and a defence of pardons for Capitol rioters were among the extraordinary range of developments
Trump’s first hours: With each stroke of the pen came seismic hammer blows
Executive order pardoning January 6th Capitol rioters is the most eye-catching of a day of sweeping legislative action
Donald Trump returns to strike sombre tone of vindication and providential intercession
Icy, strained inauguration day is rich with human drama - and the abiding American theme of defeat and redemption
Donald Trump set to be sworn in as 47th US president, completing remarkable comeback
Among the first tasks on incoming US president’s agenda are starting mass deportations and keeping TikTok from ‘going dark’
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg bending the knee before Trump shows they stand for nothing
What is the point of having all the money if you can’t stand up for traditional American values or stick up the middle finger if someone is trying to intimidate you or put you in prison
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
‘Oligarchy is taking shape in America,’ warns Biden in farewell speech of lasting significance
Departing US president uses farewell address to highlight ‘dangerous concentration of power among a few ultra-wealthy people’
Sparks fly as US defence secretary nominee Pete Hegseth soldiers on before Senate committee
US Senate confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s proposed cabinet members began with the 44-year-old former Fox News television host
The Sequoia, like Jimmy Carter, redolent of a very different era
While the grand old former presidential yacht is bound for a maritime museum, it felt like Washington was saying goodbye to a political epoch as well as a unique president this week
Donald Trump becomes first US president in history to be recorded as a convicted felon
Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying records in 'hush money' case