As Lord Mandelson prepares to work with re-elected President Donald trump post-inauguration, The Independent looks at his rise from one of the UK’s first spin doctors

The world’s richest man flexed his muscles to tank lawmakers’ first pass at a spending bill – will they fare better in round two?

The Russian president told one reporter he was ready to meet Donald trump, who he said he had not spoken to for years

Watch a live view of the US Capitol after a Donald trump-backed spending bill failed in the House of Representatives vote on Thursday.

Derby Board of Education members reportedly said that parts of textbooks and other learning materials did not reflect fairly on trump’s first presidency

Democrats have mocked the tech billionaire’s big-foot influence with the incoming administration

Putin says he is open to talks with Donald trump, saying ‘we will have things to discuss’

The border is the number one priority for President-elect Donald trump

A day before potential shutdown, House rejects package hastily assembled after trump and Musk scuttled prior deal

A provision to transfer the land that is the site of the old RFK Stadium from the federal government to the District of Columbia is no longer included in Congress’ short-term spending bill that lawmakers are racing to pass before a government shutd ...

trump and Elon Musk commanded Congress to derail bipartisan resolution and bring on shutdown

Even before he assumes the presidency, trump has sent the Canadian government into paroxysms with trade threats

Keir Starmer understood to be on the cusp of appointing Labour grandee to key post at start of trump presidency

Vladimir Putin says he is ready to compromise over Ukraine in possible talks on ending his war and has no conditions for starting discussions, as he boasted about Russia’s military achievements during his annual marathon televised news conference.

Lord Peter Mandelson last served in government 14 years ago when Gordon Brown was prime minister

trump called for the elimination of the debt ceiling on Thursday. Here’s what to know about the statutory limit

trump rejects bipartisan plan, causing Congress to spiral as lawmakers try to wrap up for holidays amid Friday deadline

Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a way to fund the government, or federal agencies will shutter

The president-elect claimed tariff is his ‘favourite word’ and threatened to impose a levy on all goods entering the US

Terms of the multi-year deal weren’t announced, but it should end specualtion that the ABC News anchor is on his way out after the network settled a defamation case with Donald trump.