Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
Toast of the town: The secrets to a successful diplomatic dinner
Formal encounters come with the diplomatic territory but it’s often around the dinner table that international trust are forged. Now Georgetown University students are learning the art of diplomacy over a meal.
Trump wants to censor the semiquincentennial – but museums have other ideas
Despite concerted pressure from the White House to only present “a positive view of American history”, curators are responding to the nation’s 250th anniversary by letting the past speak for itself.
Opinion
Unlike my handwriting, the Republican politicisation of penmanship does make sense
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King Charles charms Trump and Congress to put a gloss back on the special relationship
As Donald Trump’s relationship with Nato allies stutters, King Charles’ successful trip to Washington seems to have reaffirmed the special relationship between the UK and the US. American credibility, however, is still in doubt.
TMZ goes to Washington: Can the Hill survive the Hollywood treatment?
As politics and pop culture continue to converge, tabloid outlet TMZ has opened a Washington bureau. Will its merciless lens garner greater transparency or does it merely mark a new low?
How Karoline Leavitt became the world’s most famous White House press secretary
Among the long line of presidential press secretaries, a role not usually known for celebrity, few are in a league of their own – and none have captured the world’s attention quite like Leavitt.
Diplomacy on a plate: Peru’s Washington embassy is also the city’s best Andean culinary spot
With the latest winner of the Embassy Chef Challenge, chef Michael Ciuffardi, on its team, the Peruvian embassy in Washington is looking to strengthen international ties through gastronomy.
Who is Pete Hegseth? Trump’s war-hungry secretary of defense
The US secretary of defense’s press conferences on the US-Israeli war with Iran have scaled rhetorical heights not before seen at the Pentagon.
Donald Trump’s State of the Union address proves that he lives in Mar-a-La La Land, not the US
The US president’s State of the Union speech painted a very different reality to that of many Americans. And it might affect Republican prospects in the upcoming midterm elections.
Who is Stephen Miller? President Trump’s anti-immigration advisor
The far-right hand of Donald Trump is the driving force of the president’s most controversial policies.
