A rising star in Georgia pairs bland governing with hot rhetoric

   John Prideaux, our executive editor, argues that making a spectacle of a Muslim gunman’s death is a deliberate political choice

   Meet the people betting Americans will swoon over Japan’s ancient pastime

   A lawsuit over climate change reaches the Supreme Court

   Shifting rules are failing students and universities alike

   Courts may take years to sort out legal standards for frontier firms

   If Democrats win the midterms, they may try

   The president’s desire to unleash the technology is running into political reality

   Charlotte Howard, our US editor, on the battle for America’s faithful

   The unexpected consequences of Republicans’ effort to redraw electoral maps

   What happens when states combine ineptitude with the death penalty

   With his spitefulness to the press, Donald Trump is giving it the chance to reform how it covers the presidency

   It may be too tempting for voters to resist, but passing it will come back to bite them

   America is working with Latin American governments to target gangs on land and at sea

   The soaring cost of health care is a problem for Republicans

   The Supreme Court must decide whether to limit the First Amendment or executive power

   Donald Trump’s faltering support among Christians creates an opportunity

   Oliver Morton, our senior editor, runs the rule over American investment in clean energy

   Steve Coll, visiting senior editor, on whether running against corruption still moves voters

   A lavish welcome in Washington won’t ease tensions

   The Senate race there could herald the end of split districts nationally or, just possibly, a resurgence

   The president’s disdain for wind is not killing it, yet

   A viral personal essay leaves its political implications unsaid

   Surveillance cameras are becoming the new data centres

   Restricting sales of the fuel would create more problems than it solves

   Even so, his fight with the press is taking a toll

   Democrats hope idiosyncratic politics and presidential missteps win a crucial seat

   John Prideaux, our executive editor, on declaring independence

   Conservative policy circles are mulling ideas to support two-parent households

   But he has other ways to snarl the midterm elections

   And why it could be Ken Paxton’s path to victory in Texas

   Whether it will act is another matter

   A polling error and a few good breaks could be enough

   New York’s socialist mayor wants a housing boom

   Charlotte Howard, our US editor, reflects on the lessons from that tragedy

   After 25 years, it may be time to reform the policies 9 11 inspired

   They are almost as mad at their leaders as they are at the president

   The swing voters of 2024 have abandoned the president

   Despite his unpopularity, Republicans have to bet on him to hold their congressional majorities

   Schools are relabelling offices faster than they are cutting them

   Competing water uses in the American West are getting harder to manage

   Shashank Joshi, our Washington bureau chief, on why the backlash against data centres is misguided

   That’s an improvement

   Its tariff retaliation is calibrated for maximum political pressure

   Unfunded mandates are crushing states and school districts

   Growing hatred of the facilities is reshaping the midterm elections

   His latest purge claims the army’s great reformer

   The country is awash in indignation

   John Prideaux, our executive editor, on Silicon Valley solipsism

   Democrats are suddenly competitive again in Ohio, once the nation’s bellwether