Anthony Zurcher
@zurch.bsky.social
BBC North America correspondent. A Texan who explains US politics to Brits, UK politics to Americans & Canadian politics to everyone. Views expressed ≠ BBC's
From Trump's "Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again" order... I'd love to bring back more Art Deco buildings, but I don't think it could be considered "classical" by any definition...
August 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
From Trump's "Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again" order... I'd love to bring back more Art Deco buildings, but I don't think it could be considered "classical" by any definition...
Rest in power, General Zod.
August 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Rest in power, General Zod.
The White House Rose Garden’s transformation into the pool deck at Mar-a-Lago is nearly complete.
August 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The White House Rose Garden’s transformation into the pool deck at Mar-a-Lago is nearly complete.
For those wondering, this is the new flagpole on the north lawn of the White House. Honestly, I expected bigger. Not quite used car lot sized.
June 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
For those wondering, this is the new flagpole on the north lawn of the White House. Honestly, I expected bigger. Not quite used car lot sized.
During Donald Trump's presser with British PM Keir Starmer, the American president refered to the United Kingdom as the European Union and dropped the pages of the trade agreement on the ground. Starmer picked them up. (photo by Stefan Rousseau of PA)
June 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
During Donald Trump's presser with British PM Keir Starmer, the American president refered to the United Kingdom as the European Union and dropped the pages of the trade agreement on the ground. Starmer picked them up. (photo by Stefan Rousseau of PA)
Leaving X means abandoning spirited debate with those who have different views about important issues, such as whether I “like brown meat.”
June 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Leaving X means abandoning spirited debate with those who have different views about important issues, such as whether I “like brown meat.”
My favorite part of the Strom Thurmond memorial at the South Carolina state capitol is the touch-up job they had to do to reflect that he had a love child with a teen who worked for his family’s housekeeper.
May 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
My favorite part of the Strom Thurmond memorial at the South Carolina state capitol is the touch-up job they had to do to reflect that he had a love child with a teen who worked for his family’s housekeeper.
Trump, in Abu Dhabi, is coy about possible additional travel tomorrow: “So we'll be leaving tomorrow, as you know, almost destination unknown, because we're getting calls. Could you be here? Could be there? But probably going back to Washington, DC tomorrow."
May 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Trump, in Abu Dhabi, is coy about possible additional travel tomorrow: “So we'll be leaving tomorrow, as you know, almost destination unknown, because we're getting calls. Could you be here? Could be there? But probably going back to Washington, DC tomorrow."
Fighter jet escorts for Air Force One seem to be the thing during Trump’s visit to the Mideast. Each visited country is flashing their hardware. These F-16s are from UAE.
May 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Fighter jet escorts for Air Force One seem to be the thing during Trump’s visit to the Mideast. Each visited country is flashing their hardware. These F-16s are from UAE.
In remarks to U.S. soldiers at a base in Qatar, Trump says he “won three elections. Some want us to do a fourth.” He also called the Biden Administration “grossly incompetent. Evil. Really evil. Bad people.” He says the damage the Biden presidency did to the country was “unimaginable.”
May 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
In remarks to U.S. soldiers at a base in Qatar, Trump says he “won three elections. Some want us to do a fourth.” He also called the Biden Administration “grossly incompetent. Evil. Really evil. Bad people.” He says the damage the Biden presidency did to the country was “unimaginable.”
How big gifts from foreign nations used to be handled.
May 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
How big gifts from foreign nations used to be handled.
Some personal news, as they say. Last night at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, I was honored to receive the first-ever Center for Integrity in News Journalism Award for fair and impartial White House coverage. www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
April 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Some personal news, as they say. Last night at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, I was honored to receive the first-ever Center for Integrity in News Journalism Award for fair and impartial White House coverage. www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
Newsmax team - and Rudy Giuliani - get to ring the opening bell on a day when Trump's tariffs crater the stock market...
April 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Newsmax team - and Rudy Giuliani - get to ring the opening bell on a day when Trump's tariffs crater the stock market...
Uhhh. Ooops? www.huffpost.com/entry/chuck-...
March 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Uhhh. Ooops? www.huffpost.com/entry/chuck-...
Can they ban whatever this is please?
March 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Can they ban whatever this is please?
Going through old stuff at my mom’s house. Found the floppy disks from my Apple II+.
March 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Going through old stuff at my mom’s house. Found the floppy disks from my Apple II+.
February 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Plenty of seats available for Liz Truss’s speech here at CPAC.
February 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Plenty of seats available for Liz Truss’s speech here at CPAC.
That Indian motorcycle you've been saving up for is about to get more expensive.
February 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
That Indian motorcycle you've been saving up for is about to get more expensive.
Talk about unintended consequences... www.bbc.com/news/article...
January 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Talk about unintended consequences... www.bbc.com/news/article...
Here’s a short video that shows how nothing is left in some neighborhoods.
January 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Here’s a short video that shows how nothing is left in some neighborhoods.
Yesterday, I was in the press pool as Donald Trump toured the devastation from the Pacific Palisades fire. Here’s some of what we saw.
January 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Yesterday, I was in the press pool as Donald Trump toured the devastation from the Pacific Palisades fire. Here’s some of what we saw.
California Governor Gavin Newsom waits by himself on the LAX tarmac for Trump to get off Air Force One.
January 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
California Governor Gavin Newsom waits by himself on the LAX tarmac for Trump to get off Air Force One.