Rhian Lubin

Senior US News Reporter

Rhian Lubin is a senior US reporter at the Independent, focusing on US breaking news and politics, and has a particular interest in environment stories. As a former features writer and climate journalist at the Daily Mirror newspaper in the UK, she has reported around the world on the climate crisis. Rhian was named Environment Journalist of the Year at the 2023 British Press Awards.

<p>Caverns National Park’s Big Room is the largest single cave chamber by volume in North America</p>

How discarded bag of Cheetos threatens cave’s delicate ecosystem

<p>A former FBI official warns Trump could be a Russian asset if he wins the election. Trump is pictured with Putin in 2018 </p>

Ex-FBI official warns Trump could be a Russian asset

<p>Musk’s daughter has slammed the tech billionaire (right) for the ‘sexist’ post he wrote about Taylor Swift (left) after she backed Kamala Harris for president </p>

Musk’s daughter slams ‘heinous incel nonsense’ over Taylor Swift offer

<p>Kamala Harris responds to Donald Trump’s accusation that she will ‘confiscate everyone’s guns'</p>

Harris reminds voters she’s a gun owner during debate with Trump