Matthew Modine’s teenage obsessions: ‘In Utah, the Beatles were devil music’
The Full Metal Jacket actor, who stars in new horror film Wrong Turn, on Ernest Hemingway, Sean Connery, and why he turned down Top Gun
Republicans used oil industry-backed study to criticize Deb Haaland
Senators posed misleading questions as they cited findings of a widely criticized research report
Biden’s energy department revives loan program to boost clean technology
Program previously disbursed billions in loan guarantees to companies such as Tesla and the failed solar company Solyndra
World Book Day: five simple costumes anyone can make, even in lockdown
Are you left scrambling for paints and glue-guns every year? Never fear – here are some options that Donna Ferguson and nine-year-old Flora put together in less than 30 minutes
California’s snowpack signals another dry year, prompting calls to save water
Water resources officials found that the snowpack, which supplies a third of the state’s water each year, had a water content of just 61% of average
Budget 2021: devolved nations receive £2.4bn in additional funding
Rishi Sunak gives Scotland £1.2bn, Wales £740m and Northern Ireland £410m under Barnett formula
Budget 2021: key points at a glance
Rishi Sunak has delivered his budget – here are the main points, with political analysis
Rishi Sunak flags tax rises in budget as total Covid spending tops £400bn
Tax increases required for businesses and workers to repair public finances, says chancellor
Top 10 books about roots
From American giants such as Toni Morrison and James Baldwin to memoirs by Xiaolu Guo and Vladimir Nabokov, Nadia Owusu picks the best works that explore notions of home
HS2 to ‘rewild’ 127 hectares around its 10-mile Chilterns tunnel
Area to be seeded with 70 grass and flower species and planted with native trees to create wood pasture