In 2001, he was appointed North America Correspondent of "The Times", based in New York. He arrived three weeks before the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, but had returned briefly to London and was aboard the QE2 en route to New York when the Twin Towers fell. In 2005 he began writing business features and news stories for "The Sunday Telegraph" and the following year joined "The New York Sun" as national and foreign editor, writing a well regarded weekly political column.