Edward Luce

In pardoning his son, the president has ensured that the distance between himself and Trump is now shrouded in fog

The danger posed by the president-elect lies most obviously at home not abroad

One irony of the president-elect’s campaign of destruction is that the government is in dire need of reform

America believes it has made more than enough sacrifice on fossil fuels

The president-elect has promised vengeance against perceived enemies

His re-election is an existential disaster for Democrats and a historic game-changer for allies of the US

A historically tight presidential race might not be over on the night — and multiple crises could follow

Rather than turning to Harris, US billionaires are again backing the man they once condemned

In a country divided into mutually hostile camps, no easy resolution to the polarisation seems likely

The brazenness of US politicians in the face of scandals is a defining feature of the era

Almost anything could tip the result in what is essentially a toss-up between Harris and Trump

The US president had hoped to disentangle from the Middle East. But the turbulence in the region could influence the election and define his legacy

The former president’s verbal decline and random meanderings are shrugged off as just more of the same

Three new books on the US look at the Clinton decade, the rise of conspiracies and the existential threat of November’s presidential election

Should Israel and Hizbollah get into a full-blown war, the turmoil could rapidly change the US political weather

A myth about migrants eating pets masks a calculated political bet

Economics is the part of the vice-president’s game that requires most work

The vice-president won the debate and shut down lingering fears of her inadequacy for the fight ahead

Trump pays no price for pouring frequent scorn on the very idea of serving one’s country

The Democratic nominee’s reluctance to do interviews will not help sell her to undecided voters