US presidential debates: the 10 most memorable moments
Ahead of Biden and Trump’s first debate of the 2024 election cycle, here are some memorable moments from history
June 2023
Pat Robertson obituary
US TV evangelist who sought the Republican presidential nomination and helped make religion central to the party’s politics
May 2023
‘Trump’s not a good sport’: Chris Cillizza on presidents at play
George HW Bush was the most sportsmanlike modern president but Gerald Ford was the best athlete, author says
April 2023
Incite, smear, divide: why are the Tories and Labour copying the tactics of America’s vilest strategist?
Nels Abbey
Lee Atwater was master of attack and dog-whistle politics. We should be alive to his methods and their effects – not emulating them, says writer and broadcaster Nels Abbey
May 2022
Sushi, Pacific lobster … cheeseburgers: Japanese food fit for a president
Joe Biden’s hosts have treated him to Tokyo’s finest cuisine, but entertaining US presidents hasn’t always gone to plan
January 2022
Donald Trump’s former attorney general William Barr to publish his memoirs
The book, to be published in March, will divulge details from his tenure as attorney general for George HW Bush and Trump
December 2021
Bob Dole obituary
Longstanding Republican leader in the US Senate who lost the 1996 presidential election to Bill Clinton
June 2021
Donald Rumsfeld obituary
Defence secretary who took the US military into the Iraq war with a business approach to planning that had disastrous consequences
October 2020
The Man Who Ran Washington review: James Baker as Republican titan from an age long gone
Peter Baker and Susan Glasser are superb on the ‘Velvet Hammer’, who served Reagan and the Bushes but also reached across the aisle
June 2020
Trump's Berman disaster suggests William Barr is not so smart after all
Lloyd Green
The attorney general lied about the US attorney from New York, had to fire him, and landed the president with a big problem
December 2019
George HW Bush's grandson Pierce announces run for Congress
Bush joins crowded 2020 race to replace Pete Olson, a Republican retiring from Texas’s 22nd district
July 2019
Ross Perot obituary
Ross Perot: billionaire who ran for president dies aged 89
April 2019
Observer special report
Love, hate … indifference: is US-UK relationship still special?
From Winston Churchill to Donald Trump’s state visit in June, the history of transatlantic ties has hinged on personalities as much as politics
March 2019
William Barr: attorney general plays Republican spear-catcher again
Nearly 30 years ago, Barr protected George HW Bush during Iraqgate. He knows what his job with Trump entails
December 2018
Project Syndicate economists
George HW Bush was fiscally responsible – unlike Donald Trump
Jeffrey Frankel
The late president tried to tackle the budget deficit by doing a deal with Democrats to raise taxes
Hadley Freeman's Weekend column
So now George Bush Sr is celebrated as a titan of unity. How on earth did we get here?
Hadley Freeman
References to Bush’s support for Hillary Clinton have been reverently repeated, as has his unlikely friendship with Barack Obama
Datablog
My data sketch: George HW Bush's inaction on Aids
Washington mourns George HW Bush as Trump gives cold shoulder to Clintons
George W Bush delivers eulogy at his father's funeral – full text
