Jonathan Caine: My experience of Biden and his team suggests that we shouldn’t fear his presidency – but need to engage

In ensuring that the Belfast Agreement is properly understood and appreciated in Washington, the British Embassy needs to be at the top of its game.

Ben Roback: Vice-presidential debates usually don’t matter. Tonight’s does – because either contender could be president soon.

With Trump’s health still uncertain and Biden an even older man, Pence v Harris may turn out to be very important indeed.

Ben Roback: Introducing the real winner from the Democrat primaries to date. Trump.

His campaign team are likely to be rubbing their hands with glee at the prospect of facing off against Sanders.

Ben Roback: Impeachment and scandals – the backdrop to the 2020 election is set

“Read the transcript” has become the à la mode at Trump rallies, replacing previous favourites including “Lock her up” and “Build the wall”.

Ben Roback: Democrats risk overplaying their response to the Mueller investigation

Obsessing with a Washington debate about impeachment is a gift to the President, who repeats a far simpler message.

Ben Roback: Trump’s state visit. Problems abound. But interests – trade, defence, the Special Relationship – endure.

The visit should serve as a timely reminder that the last especially outlasts any individual President or Prime Minister.

Ben Roback. America’s mid-terms. Not so much a blue wave as a blue ripple.

The Republicans made gains in the Senate, the Democrats won back the House – but that’s not enough to give them the stranglehold on Trump that they wanted.

Ben Roback: Is Trump looking more and more like a one-term president?

He pledged in his campaign to drain the swamp. By 2020, he could find that the swamp has drained him.