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What has America ever done for us?
Jazz? The moon landings? Gerrymandering? On this 250th anniversary, it seems only right to think about this question
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Simon Schama: The founding fathers and the battle for America’s future
In 1776, visions of liberty and justice were fraught with compromise, conflict and contradiction. Today, the founders’ words still shape national identity
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My America: On the strangeness of pledging allegiance to the flag
An irreconcilable sense of alienation and belonging has been one of America’s many gifts to me
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My America: Can we keep this great experiment?
There are some who fear not, but I am optimistic. The students I meet are interested in defending their Constitution
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My fellow American: who should be remembered for the next 250 years?
Artists, thinkers and leaders from the US and beyond pick the person they think deserves to be honoured: from Abraham Lincoln to Dorothy Parker
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An American birthday worth celebrating
Though its founding ideals are threatened, the US has the capacity for renewal
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Trump will never back a US AI regulator, says outgoing tech adviser
Sriram Krishnan tells the FT the president is against government intervention as AI backlash grows
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John Roberts, the US chief justice playing the long game
Under him the Supreme Court has defied Trump, while at the same time expanding the scope of presidential power
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