George Bush

The Observer view on US and Nato withdrawal from Afghanistan | Observer editorial

This shabby, half-hidden retreat by western forces abandons a nation to mayhem, civil war and terror

Observer editorial

04, Jul, 2021 @5:00 AM

Rumsfeld’s much-vaunted ‘courage’ was a smokescreen for lies, crime and death | Richard Wolffe

We are still living with the catastrophic consequences of Rumsfeld and his gang. And it’s not as if this chain of events was unimaginable at the time

Richard Wolffe

01, Jul, 2021 @4:30 PM

Donald Rumsfeld obituary

Defence secretary who took the US military into the Iraq war with a business approach to planning that had disastrous consequences

Harold Jackson

30, Jun, 2021 @10:20 PM

Bush: ‘Anglo-Saxon’ ideals show pro-Trump Republicans ‘want to be extinct’

Former president speaks as lone anti-Trump Republican seeks House seat in Texas special election

Martin Pengelly in New York

01, May, 2021 @1:00 PM

George W Bush reveals he voted for Condoleezza Rice in 2020 US election

Rice, who served as secretary of state for former president from 2005 to 2009, told Bush ‘she would refuse to accept the office’

Jada Butler

23, Apr, 2021 @2:20 PM

George W Bush on Trump’s Republicans: ‘Isolationist, protectionist, nativist’

Ex-president laments ‘when we scare people about immigration’ as he signals he is out of step with modern Republican party

Martin Pengelly in New York

20, Apr, 2021 @4:42 PM

George W Bush is back – but not all appreciate his new progressive image

The 43rd president’s tour to promote his new book hasn’t been well received for those who remember his ‘war on terror’ days

David Smith in Washington

19, Apr, 2021 @6:00 AM

Trump’s enablers want us to forget what they did. We can’t let that happen | Arwa Mahdawi

If we want to avoid repeating history, we must hold Republicans such as John Boehner, George W Bush and Cindy McCain to account, writes Arwa Mahdawi

Arwa Mahdawi

13, Apr, 2021 @1:19 PM

Lee Daniels: ‘Studios will give you about $10 to make a black movie’

The maverick director makes the films no one else would dare to – persuading Oprah to break her acting drought, and Nicole Kidman to pee on Zac Efron. What’s his next coup?

Hadley Freeman

20, Feb, 2021 @12:00 PM

George Shultz obituary

Secretary of state to Ronald Reagan who worked with Mikhail Gorbachev to help end the cold war

Ewen MacAskill

07, Feb, 2021 @10:46 PM

Obama, Clinton and Bush pledge to take Covid vaccine on TV to show its safety

Trio’s promise comes as FDA works towards deciding whether to authorize a Covid-19 vaccine

Adam Gabbatt

03, Dec, 2020 @4:18 PM

More than a second gentleman: why Doug Emhoff is Kamala Harris’ secret weapon | Hadley Freeman

I’m not obsessed with Doug, but he could probably be my pub quiz subject