Hi, it's Manvine here.
You might have noticed that we've been covering the USA quite a bit over the last few months,
from Donald Trump's foreign escapades in Venezuela and Greenland,
to the turmoil at home with ice in Minnesota.
The state of the United States has rarely been more fraught, and we can't quite look away.
So now is the perfect time to introduce you to a brand new podcast from The Times,
the state of it USA.
Joining its UK sister show covering Westminster,
the state of it USA will bring you the latest insights and best gossip about US politics.
Katie Balls, the Washington editor of The Times, joins us from the US Capitol,
where she's been embedded with MAGA insiders for the past year,
while longtime US columnist Gerard Baker brings his 30 years of experience reporting from New York to help us understand what on earth is going on.
New episodes are out every Wednesday, so do subscribe now to make sure you don't miss one.
Here's a taste of the very first episode.
Hello and welcome to The State of It USA, a new podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times.
I'm Gerry Baker.
I'm editor-at-large at The Wall Street Journal and a columnist for The Times.
I used to be editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal.
Despite my accent, I've lived in the United States for 30 years and am an American citizen.
I became one a few years ago.