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Paxton proved Massie’s ‘craziest son of a bitch’ theory The GOP grassroots want insurgents not outsiders

Emily Jashinsky

‘Who, me?’ Credit: Getty

Tony Blair’s essay attacks the problems Blairism created

Philip Cunliffe

Social media has pushed teenage boys toward chatbot romances Relationships with AI companions are on the rise

Kristina Murkett

Birmingham, not Manchester, is Britain’s second city It may be uncool, but it has had a profound impact on national life

Tuesday, May 26

Platner is running with the enthusiastic endorsement of Bernie Sanders. Credit: Getty

Graham Platner’s Leftism takes inspiration from MAGA

Nikos Mohammadi

Pope Leo’s encyclical fails to challenge the AI threat His landmark publication is too light on the nature of consciousness

H-1B visas are tearing Silicon Valley apart Americans are being displaced by cheap foreign labor

Antonio de Loera-Brust

Normalisation of ties with Israel remain a sticking point for several countries in the Middle East. Credit: Getty

Trump’s push to expand Abraham Accords is delusional

Farage’s feud with Elon Musk is dividing the Right The billionaire’s support for Restore Britain could impact the Makerfield by-election

Samuel Rubinstein

Monday, May 25

SpaceX IPO will bolster America’s tech supremacy The US sees another opportunity for industrial expansion

'Any public betrayal would further damage Moscow’s reputation as a reliable patron of client states.' Credit: Getty

Fraying Russia-Iran ties were inevitable

Bethany Elliott

Sunday, May 24

It is absurd to condemn Charles Dickens as racist Placing modern moral expectations on Victorian writers is a fool’s game

Why are so many MPs suffering from burnout? Carla Denyer is taking several weeks away from Parliament due to stress

Adam James Pollock

BBC needs more than a ‘sat nav’ to root out bias New DG Matt Brittin is seeking to restore editorial rigor to the corporation

Saturday, May 23

Was Tulsi Gabbard the last America First believer in the White House? Credit: Getty

Tulsi Gabbard resignation marks the end of America First foreign policy

Trans report shows how far Amnesty UK has fallen The charity once encouraged women to find their voice — now it wants to silence them

Friday, May 22

Trump’s Castro indictment will turn screws on Cuban regime Havana faces increasing political, economic, and potentially coercive pressure

'There is now an urge in the conspiracist’s mind to turn over every premise and inspect it for evidence of falsity.' Credit: Candace Owens/YouTube

Hunter Biden and Candace Owens are united by grievance politics

Stephen Colbert represented the worst of establishment liberalism His final CBS show highlighted his political impotence

David Masciotra

Looming Israeli election may spell the end for Netanyahu He has doubled down on unpopular domestic policies

Thursday, May 21

DNC autopsy is an embarrassing blame game Democrats are still in denial about why they lost in 2024

Emily Jashinsky

‘The headline fall in net migration is therefore less about a surge in departures than a slowdown in arrivals.’ Credit: Getty

UK net migration drop has only just begun

‘Teen takeovers’ reflect breakdown of adult authority Abuse and neglect at home are major drivers of youth disorder

Santiago Vidal Calvo

UK’s easing of Russian oil sanctions was unavoidable The Iran war has limited our market options

Wednesday, May 20

Sally Rooney has been a vocal critic of Israel in the past. Credit: Getty

Pro-Palestine activists turn on Sally Rooney

Making Washington DC beautiful shouldn't be political Trump has brought Meridian Hill Park back to life

Nicholas Boys Smith

The cost of loyalty. Credit: John Cornyn/X

Trump’s betrayal of John Cornyn may haunt the GOP

Germany’s centrists are driving the rise of the AfD The party is growing as its rivals refuse to budge on immigration

Married at First Sight scandal should be the end of reality TV Staging domestic abuse as primetime entertainment is grotesque

Mary Harrington

Tuesday, May 19

The Old Man and the Sea — colourised. Credit: Getty

Decline of ‘dad books’ is a crisis of cultural inheritance

Are smartphones really to blame for declining birth rates? A viral graph paints a misleading picture of the data

Deborah Cohen and Peter Tennant

Is the future of American progressivism in safe hands? Credit: Getty

AOC is no Bernie Sanders

Michael Baharaeen