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Jake Tapper is wrong: Biden was declining long before 2024

Emily Jashinsky

Ruben Gallego launches centrist insurgency inside Democratic Party The Arizona Senator has bucked the party line on immigration

Why is Josh Hawley the only Republican defending Medicaid? He is cementing his status as the GOP’s most authentic populist

Monday, May 12

A Putin-Zelensky meeting is long overdue It is childish for world leaders not to talk to each other directly

American security first. Credit: Getty

China tariffs deal could backfire on Trump

Jennifer Kavanagh

Sunday, May 11

Tariffs alone won’t save US pharma The US remains heavily dependent on China

Krzysztof Tyszka-Drozdowski

Saturday, May 10

Is Trump about to recognize a Palestinian state? The US President is reportedly frustrated with Benjamin Netanyahu

Friday, May 9

The military ban is punishment disguised as policy. Credit: Getty

Trump’s trans military ban goes too far

Lisa Selin Davis

Trump should not shy away from taxing the rich MAGA voters want a truly populist agenda

The EU will suffer in any US trade deal The Anglo-American trade agreement won't be easy for Brussels to follow

Wolfgang Munchau

Cheap Chinese EVs are the real enemy. Credit: Getty

Tesla has bigger worries than boycotts

Is the UK-US deal a blip in the global trade war? Other countries may struggle to repeat Starmer's modest achievement

Pope Leo XIV heralds a renewal of Catholic social justice He is a universal pastor who is in love with the Leonine tradition

Thursday, May 8

Trump is losing ground — and still beating Democrats The party is failing to capitalize on the President's waning approval

Michael Baharaeen

Xi-Putin meeting complicates Trump’s ‘Reverse Nixon’ strategy Driving a wedge between the two powers may now be impossible

Bethany Elliott

'Grounded in the Stars' by Thomas J. Price. Credit: Times Square/Michael Hull

Times Square statue is a relic of the BLM era

India strikes are dividing Nato Western nations are torn over how to address the South Asian conflict

Wednesday, May 7

Are Republicans about to cave on Medicaid? A drafted GOP budget proposal includes cuts to the programme

Emily Jashinsky

Biden's BBC interview: an outdated vision of US power His latest condemnation of Trump is rooted in an obsolete Cold War mentality

The YouTubification of literature has begun. Credit: Getty

Mr Beast's new book will turn literature into clickbait

Tuesday, May 6

Mark Carney passes the first Trump test The Canadian PM performed well at the White House, but trouble lies ahead

The Russian President won't feel threatened by America's move. Credit: Getty

Sending more Patriot systems to Ukraine won’t deter Putin

Jennifer Kavanagh

Artists afraid to speak freely, report finds A new organization has recorded a widespread chilling effect in the culture sector

Is Israel about to take permanent control of Gaza? A newly planned offensive could be the most significant yet

Monday, May 5

Trump’s film tariffs will backfire on Hollywood He is undercutting a key source of American soft power

Newsom was the first US Governor to visit China in four years. Credit: Governor's Office

Chinese influence is leaving California dangerously exposed

Mental Health Awareness Month: a progressive vanity project Twee campaigns neglect those who most need help

Carolyn D. Gorman

Sunday, May 4

CIA’s China recruitment videos are a gift to Xi Jinping Efforts to tempt CCP officials across only harden Beijing’s view of an existential clash

William Matthews

Trump isn’t to blame for Australian Liberals’ defeat Peter Dutton led an ineffectual campaign against a weak government

'This seems to be yet another example of Big Tech causing a problem, then selling consumers the solution.' Credit: Getty

Meta’s AI ‘friends’ will exacerbate loneliness

Kristina Murkett

Europe is still addicted to Russian fertilizer New figures reveal the hollowness of sanctions

Jack Smith and Susanne Munschenk

Saturday, May 3

Why has Scotland abandoned its misogyny law? Last month's Supreme Court judgment has forced the SNP to reconsider