Ben Roback: Trump has banished Comey, but his Russia problems will prove harder to dispel

The President’s decision has aroused concern in both parties, and drawn attention once again to an issue he is desperate to shake off.

Nicky Morgan: I’ve voted for military action in Syria before – and am ready to do so again if necessary

A consequence of Brexit is a danger that the UK ends up having less influence on EU member states over such responses – or sanctions against Russia.

Lord Ashcroft: Protesting against the state visit doesn’t do Britain any favours, nor does it do Trump any harm

Whether or not we like the choice American voters made, we should respect it.

Ben Roback: Step forward the real opposition to Trump – Senator John McCain

The President targeted the Arizona Senator with stinging criticism during the campaign. McCain’s revenge has only just begun.

Ben Roback: The Republicans mull using the nuclear option to get their man into the Supreme Court

Gorsuch could be a conservative stalwart on the bench for decades to come, acting as a lasting pillar of Trump’s legacy.

Lord Ashcroft: In Michigan, Trump’s voters are pleased with what they see as his flying start

Democrats, meanwhile, are still searching for a response.

Lord Ashcroft: What do the voters expect from Trump? My new poll of 10,000 Americans reveals all.

Will he make America great again? What is more important – jobs or building the wall? And why do Democrats think Hillary lost?

The canting, self-righteous, liberal enemies of Trump who shouted “liar” at him – and failed

His critics have fallen for the Fact-Checking Fallacy: the illusion that in politics or journalism, accurate facts are all that matter.

Profile: the alt-right – Trump’s allies in his victory over Clinton

Together they turned the liberal establishment’s own weapons against it

Under half of Tory members are pleased at Trump’s win

And almost a third are displeased. None the less, the President-elect’s standing is up: almost half our readers hoped Clinton would beat him.

Timothy Stafford: In defence of the US Electoral College

Moving away from the current system would make America’s polarisation worse, not better.

Rebecca Coulson: Beware wanting to surrender democracy. For once you’ve done so, you may not get it back.

Only in a place or time where you hadn’t witnessed the effects on people of a lack of choice might you be willing to countenance it yourself.

Garvan Walshe: Castro, the post-truth dictator

Castro’s apologists find it too painful to admit they’ve raised a feeling of belonging above moral principle.

Lord Ashcroft: Now the Left blames the voters for America’s result – an arrogance that helps to show why it lost

Like the Conservatives after 1997, Corbyn’s Labour and some Remainers, America’s Democrats are failing to learn from their mistakes.

Nadhim Zahawi: Clinton didn’t lose because of racism or sexism. She lost because she had nothing new to offer

This result was a classic case of “it’s the economy, stupid”, as swathes of the traditionally Democrat-voting areas of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan turned red.