Gavin Newsom has extolled California’s ‘subnational’ relationship with China. Credit: California Governor’s Office
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Do California Democrats have a CCP problem? Arcadia’s mayor has been exposed as an agent of Beijing

William Liang

13.05

Zohran Mamdani’s NYC budget doesn’t add up The Mayor is kicking the financial can down the road

Seth Barron

13.05
SARMs are often used to increase athletic performance and muscle-building in the gym. Credit: Getty

SARMs are the dark edge of youth fitness culture

Josiah Gogarty

13.05

Starmer’s downfall mirrors Johnson’s Two-party politics is falling apart at the seams

Loic Fremond

13.05

Jess Phillips fell short as a champion for women Her resignation from Government leaves key Labour pledges unfulfilled

Joan Smith

Tuesday, May 12

12.05
'I'm whatever LA needs me to be.' Credit: Getty

Is Spencer Pratt the hero LA needs?

Joel Kotkin

12.05

The ‘beta mum’ trend is a new kind of virtue signaling A laissez-faire approach to parenting has turned into a humblebrag

Valerie Stivers

12.05

Reviving Biden’s foreign policy will doom the Democrats The Iran war has provided the Left with an open goal

Ben Burgis

12.05

Labour MPs don’t have a plan after Starmer His successor is at the mercy of the party — and the bond market

Wolfgang Munchau

Monday, May 11

11.05
Page is rumoured, but not confirmed, to be playing Achilles in Nolan’s film. Credit: Getty

Elliot Page as Achilles is not as far-fetched as it seems

Spencer A. Klavan

11.05

Is Australia heading for a Reform-style insurgency? One Nation’s by-election success has drawn comparisons to Nigel Farage’s party

Rocco Loiacono

11.05

Starmer’s limp speech has sealed his fate The gap between lofty promise and actual delivery will never be reconciled

Jonny Ball

11.05

Putin has no intention of ending the Ukraine war The Russian President hopes that America will be distracted by the Middle East

Bethany Elliott

Sunday, May 10

10.05
Another bad day at the office. Credit: Getty

UniCredit Russia withdrawal weakens Germany’s hand

Jack Smith

10.05

Don’t blame Covid for violent young women Teenage girls are buying into dangerous online subcultures

Kristina Murkett

10.05

Brown and Starmer are trapped in a cargo cult of New Labour Handing out government roles is no substitute for leadership

Peter Franklin

10.05

Labour collapse risks accelerating Birmingham’s decline Local election results have left the city council deeply fragmented

Rakib Ehsan

Saturday, May 9

09.05
Site photo of UFO sighting with FBI graphic overlayed. Credit: US Department of War.

Trump’s UFO files are victory for transparency

Avi Loeb

09.05

Virginia Supreme Court decision is a blessing in disguise for Democrats The ruling will force the party to address deep-seated structural problems

Michael Baharaeen

09.05

How Labour lost its grip on Newcastle The city was once emblematic of the Left’s voting coalition

Chris Middleton

Friday, May 8

08.05
'While it’s clear that Trump has abused his relationship with the DOJ, Obama was no saint during his presidency, either.' Credit: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert/CBS

Obama is a hypocrite to call out Trump’s justice record

Kyle Sammin

08.05

Living funerals: a troubling consequence of secularization Cheery approaches to death strip it of its meaning

Niall Gooch

08.05

Spain’s migration experiment is far from a success story Claims about economic growth miss the deeper impacts of this influx

Krzysztof Tyszka-Drozdowski

08.05

Hantavirus outbreak is not an omen for lockdowns Transmission between humans is exceedingly rare

Ammad Butt

08.05
Nigel Farage was the big winner from the overnight results. Credit: Getty

Have these local elections killed the two-party system?

John Oxley

Thursday, May 7

07.05

Javier Milei’s libertarianism is falling apart His economic policies are losing support across the region

Nick Burns

07.05

FDA fruit-flavored vape approval risks new youth addiction crisis The commercialization of drugs is increasing

Kevin Sabet

07.05

Inflation, not Labour infighting, explains Britain’s bond yield spike European nations are performing better on borrowing

Andrew O'Brien

Wednesday, May 6

06.05
Turner died at 87. Credit: Getty

Ted Turner built a media machine that turned on him

Oliver Bateman

06.05

Trump’s Project Freedom U-turn shows limits of coercion Iran has always viewed American ships as an offensive tool

Daniel DePetris