Moscow has now survived 17 packages of EU sanctions. Credit: Getty

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Another round of European sanctions won’t deter Putin

Bethany Elliott

Thursday, May 22

The steroid Olympics are here to stay Peter Thiel’s Enhanced Games has attracted elite athletes

Investors are losing faith in America. Credit: Getty

US bond sell-off is creating a debt spiral

Trump’s populist agenda needs more than a Big Beautiful Bill Cutting taxes won’t create better lives for blue-collar Americans

Kneecap are victims of the Anglo-Irish divide Support for terrorism barely raises an eyebrow in Belfast

Why MAGA believes in South Africa’s ‘white genocide’ theory Trump has given succor to previously fringe claims

Wednesday, May 21

Golden elephant. Credit: Getty

Trump’s Golden Dome is a high-stakes gamble

Fake summer reading list exposes AI threat to journalism Two local papers admitted to publishing guides with non-existent authors

Incel coverage is fueling a moral panic A new report has triggered another wave of alarmist media stories

Democrats will never find a liberal Joe Rogan The party's search for a new podcasting giant is woefully misguided

Emily Jashinsky

Tuesday, May 20

Pam Bondi may withdraw the Public Integrity review. Credit: Getty

Pam Bondi is right: the DoJ isn’t impartial

Nvidia’s Middle East expansion is a bet against China America is dropping its previous aversion to chip exports to Gulf states

New Gaza offensive is turning Netanyahu’s allies against him Domestic and international partners are losing patience with the Israeli PM

Monday, May 19

Was Biden’s cancer diagnosis covered up? Suspicion is growing over when the President was first diagnosed

The senator spared no criticism of his former party's internal structure. Credit: YouTube

Bernie Sanders: Democrats are a threat to democracy

Fertility clinic bombing heralds weird new era of terrorism Internet subcultures are teetering into real-world violence

Mary Harrington

My night with Romania’s defeated populists George Simion’s loss has not quelled the country’s populist groundswell

Trump should not demand a ceasefire in Putin call Russia has no incentive to concede while it is winning on the battlefield

Jennifer Kavanagh

Sunday, May 18

Moody’s US credit rating downgrade has spooked investors Is Trump taking the budget deficit seriously enough?

Saturday, May 17

'Global imbalances are unsustainable because they eventually clash with a conflicting political objective.' Credit: Getty

China threatens Scott Bessent's economic rebalancing act

Wolfgang Munchau

Can Germany really build the strongest army in Europe? Friedrich Merz’s agenda is fraught with obstacles

Labour is panicking over deportation hubs Rebuffed by Albania, Keir Starmer is having to look elsewhere for ‘third countries’

Friday, May 16

Harvard is preparing to outlast Trump’s war on DEI The university is finding ways to evade the President's executive orders

'@Grok, is this true?' Credit: Getty

Grok’s ‘white genocide’ glitch: a cautionary tale for AI’s future

Istanbul Ukraine talks are for show, not peace Putin and Zelensky’s non-attendance has rendered these negotiations pointless

Bethany Elliott

Thursday, May 15

Gavin Newsom is breaking with his party's Left flank. Credit: Getty

Top Democrats distance themselves from progressive past

Michael Baharaeen

Blue-state housing crisis is costing Democrats voters Americans are fleeing coastal cities for Republican strongholds

Are we over-medicalizing neurodivergence? 'Face blindness' should not fall into the same category as autism

Kristina Murkett

Wednesday, May 14

David Hogg saga exposes fecklessness of Democrats The party is trying to evade any internal criticism

What's in a name? Quite a lot, in the case of Leo XIV. Credit: Getty

Pope Leo XIV: the holy critic of artificial intelligence

Trump’s Middle East tour seals end of Opec After years of dependence, America is charting a new course on energy

Ralph Schoellhammer

Pfizergate ruling increases pressure on Ursula von der Leyen The European Commission President has lost her transparency battle with the NYT