From Springsteen to Jimmy Barnes, is any rocker safe from rightwingers?
Andrew Stafford
Conservatives have long tried to co-opt ‘heartland’ rock songs about the decline of the white working class. Now it’s anti-immigration campaigners’ turn
March 2015
Sharknado films 'the worst ever', says Sharknado star David Hasselhoff
Michele Bachmann sinks her teeth into meaty Sharknado cameo
January 2015
Point of view
Peter York: against authenticity
Nigel Farage, Oprah and countless artisan food outlets are all for it, but authenticity is now a vacuous concept. By Peter York
March 2014
Ana Marie Cox column
The GOP doesn't just have a woman problem, it doesn't understand women
Ana Marie Cox in Fort Washington, Maryland
CPAC 2014: Rand Paul wins 2016 straw poll with appeals to personal liberty
January 2014
Vladimir Putin and David Silvester seem not to understand what a gay person is – so here's a handy guide
Hadley Freeman
Hadley Freeman: Putin's winter Olympic comments and Silvester's flood warnings remind us that one can get remarkably far in life while being utterly confused about gay people
November 2013
Government shutdown just the start for America's Biblical revolutionaries
Katherine Stewart
Katherine Stewart: Texas evangelical leader David Barton threatened a Tea Party challenge to Senator John Cornyn – a truly apocalyptic scenario
October 2013
Cif belief
Oh Lord, can't we keep religion out of politics?
Teresa Wiltz
Parks but no recreation, as the shutdown closes US monuments
Michele Bachmann says withdrawal from Congress not due to investigations
The best of Michele Bachmann: the rise and fall of a Tea Party star
Michele Bachmann: I will not run for Congress in 2014
April 2013
Thatcher funeral: anti-gay Republican Michele Bachmann to attend
One-time presidential hopeful and darling of the Tea Party has described homosexuality as 'part of Satan'
March 2013
US republicans and conservatives flock to CPAC – in pictures
Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, Donald Trump and other stars of the American right converge in Maryland for the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference
January 2013
Fiscal cliff deal in balance as House of Representatives weighs options
Hopes of avoiding tax rises for majority of Americans reside with Republicans as prospect of Tea Party rebellion lingers
November 2012
Michele Bachmann on course to return to Congress after close re-election win
Polls give Tea Party favourite narrow lead over Democratic challenger in Minnesota, Jim Graves
July 2012
Boehner joins criticism of Bachmann over Clinton aide comments
John McCain defends Huma Abedin from attacks by Michele Bachmann
