Prime Minister Starmer will be more hawkish than any Tory

The US border crisis spells trouble for Ukraine Lawmakers seem unable to cobble together a funding package

Philip Pilkington

The SNP is a spent force New polling paints a worrying picture for Humza Yousaf's party

Who benefits from a Rishi Sunak regicide?

Sunday

28.01

The Gaza war draws its first American blood How will Joe Biden respond to the deaths of three US troops in the Middle East?

Is Ireland’s American dream coming to an end? War in Gaza has become a wedge between the two countries

Saturday

27.01

John Fetterman: an unlikely conservative ally

Where does repatriated African artwork really end up? Only wealthy private owners stand to benefit

Friday

26.01

Portland county to dismantle DEI programme The board today announced that it was defunding the million-dollar initiative

China’s Bitcoin boom poses a threat to Xi

Do Democrats secretly support Texas on the border crisis? Greg Abbott has done them a favour by challenging the federal government

Can we really trust Tony Blair with NHS data? The former PM wants to sell health records to boost research

How TED was captured

Why is the WHO calling critics ‘conspiracy theorists’? The organisation is trying to avoid scrutiny over its pandemic treaty

Thursday

25.01

Briefing: Donald Trump’s radical 2024 agenda The former president is looking to capitalise on the country's Rightward drift

Netflix’s The Kitchen glamourises poverty

Panda La Terriere

It’s time to ditch the Doomsday Clock Endless warnings of nuclear apocalypse are unscientific and unhelpful

William Finlator

Was Jon Stewart always this insufferable? The presenter's late-night return is no cause for excitement

Eliza Mondegreen

PopCons: a new Tory group destined to fail

Canada’s trucker ruling is a victory for civil liberties Trudeau's use of the Emergencies Act was judged an abuse of power

Wednesday

24.01

Nikki Haley’s voters can still punish Donald Trump The former president needs her coalition to win the election

The violent history of France’s wine ‘terroirists’

Israel is turning against Netanyahu — but can’t get rid of him Despite his plummeting popularity, there is no effective mechanism to remove the PM

Nikki Haley should learn from Ron DeSantis — and quit Defeat is inevitable after the New Hampshire result

Daniel McCarthy

German Euroscepticism is on the rise

Tuesday

23.01

Peter Boghossian debates Kathleen Stock on the future of universities Do we need to burn down institutions to reform education?

The Harvard DEI complex is stronger than ever Claudine Gay's dismissal as president has proven to be a false dawn

Why can’t Britain force Pakistan to accept a deportation?

Why the EU is dithering on Red Sea airstrikes The bloc remains too divided to agree on a course of action

Latika M. Bourke

Is David Cameron still naive about China? The Foreign Secretary's mooted trip to Beijing risks upsetting Sinosceptic MPs

Jo Phoenix wins tribunal case over gender-critical views

Monday

22.01

The conservative war over the Civil Rights Act

Ron DeSantis was the last hope of a Covid reckoning His scientific approach stood out from candidates of both parties

Jay Bhattacharya

Why is Nato preparing for World War III? Prioritising remilitarisation over economic growth is dangerously short-sighted

Philip Pilkington

The Davos consensus is finally cracking

Mary Harrington

Ron DeSantis is betting on a populist future The Florida Governor is already laying the groundwork for a future run

Sunday

21.01

David Mamet: why Trump will win in 2024 The Pulitzer winner speaks to Flo Read about the death of the American Left

Californians are turning against immigration A new poll finds that both Democrats and Republicans are increasingly sceptical

Is the EU dropping Net Zero? Right-wing parties have cottoned on to voter rejection of green policies

Ralph Schoellhammer

Saturday

20.01

Can a wider war in the Middle East still be prevented?

Friday

19.01

Goodbye to Davos — and good riddance The world envisioned by the WEF has collapsed

Britain’s strictest head teacher: my case to ban prayer in school Katharine Birbalsingh speaks to Freddie Sayers about the lawsuit against her school

Humza Yousaf doesnt want to be a nationalist anymore

Mary Harrington

Is Israel about to break with America? Benjamin Netanyahu has declared his opposition to a two-state solution

We still don’t know the real Keir Starmer ITV's big interview avoided scrutinising Labour's plans for power

Canada is buckling under record immigration

Thursday

18.01

Trans activists have a new target: the Middle Ages

Eliza Mondegreen

China’s flagging economy will drag the West down too Slowing growth will kneecap the world's biggest trading nation

It’s not Right-wing to care about birth rates Emmanuel Macron angered feminists with a recent speech on fertility

Was vaccinating children against Covid a mistake?

Rishi Sunak called his opponents’ bluff on Rwanda — and won The Prime Minister has seen off the Tory rebels, but doubts remain

Wednesday

17.01

Don’t trust Davos on ‘Disease X’ The WEF risks repeating Covid-era mistakes in future pandemics

Javier Milei: the West is heading towards socialism

Private youth gender clinic could be worse than the Tavistock Families may pursue treatment which contradicts NHS advice

Poor Things reinvigorates the Prometheus myth A new film starring Emma Stone is a thrilling ode to human capability

The media’s ‘deplatform Trump’ strategy will backfire

Resigning Tories go out with a whimper, not a bang Rishi Sunak's government will survive, but it cannot recover

Tuesday

16.01

Ursula von der Leyen: misinformation is world’s gravest problem

Could Sahra Wagenknecht be in Germany’s next government? The Left-winger's new party is polling even with Olaf Scholz's SPD

What next for Vivek Ramaswamy? The insurgent Republican candidate still has a political future

The myth of JK Rowling’s ‘heart of darkness’

Josephine Bartosch

Monday

15.01

Can Ecuador copy the Bukele model? El Salvador's hardline approach to gangs is difficult to replicate

Beware the WEF’s new misinformation panic A report warns about the alleged threat of AI-powered lies

Jacob Mchangama

The Tory meltdown could be even worse than predicted

RFK Jr.’s popularity shows that Americans aren’t despairing (yet) The insurgent candidate is outshining the frontrunners

America’s Yemen airstrikes are leading to mission creep

Philip Pilkington

Sunday

14.01

Oleksiy Arestovych: Zelenskyy’s challenger The President's former spokesman has become his fiercest critic

Is DEI risking air traffic control safety? The Federal Aviation Administration reported an 83% rise in runway incursions

Saturday

13.01

For most Taiwanese, China is not the biggest concern

Keir Starmer is wrong: British children aren’t getting shorter The Labour leader blamed malnutrition for the alleged decline

What the Tories can learn from the Australian Right The Liberals have recovered from a crushing election loss in 2022

Latika M. Bourke

Friday

12.01

Stripping Jewish cricketer of captaincy marks new low

Samuel Rubinstein

The new war for the Red Sea

Can Scottish parents be jailed for denying their child’s gender identity? New draft legislation on conversion practices contains troubling elements

The mystery of New York’s synagogue tunnels Ancient religious zealotries underpin our seemingly modern world

Mary Harrington

Yemen is a war worth fighting

Britain has bigger problems than toothbrushing

Josephine Bartosch

Thursday

11.01

Voters favour RFK Jr over Trump and Biden A new poll shows how popular the insurgent candidate is

Anthony Fauci is finally facing his reckoning The ex-NIAID director struggled to answer Congress's questions this week

Is Poland slipping into a constitutional crisis?

Europe is the sick man of the global economy The continent is suffering from a bout of economic long Covid

The Tories are heading for their worst ever result