Pro-Palestinian student protesters demonstrate outside Barnard College in New York last week. Credit: Getty

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Trump's college funding threat puts free speech at risk

Greg Lukianoff and Adam Goldstein

Democrats' protest falls flat at Trump Congress speech The party of opposition has not worked out how to oppose

Emily Jashinsky

Can Ukraine salvage Macron's legacy? A bromance with Starmer has compensated for his unpopularity in France

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

Tuesday, March 4

The new administration is racking up wins on the southwestern border. Credit: Getty

Trump's Mexican border crackdown is working

It's not just tariffs causing Nvidia's price drop The AI company had already been hit by the rise of DeepSeek

Philip Pilkington

The Best Acress winner declared she was a sex-worker 'ally'. Credit: Getty

Anora's Mikey Madison is wrong to sanitize prostitution

JD Vance escalates pressure on Zelensky in new interview The Vice President warned that Trump is not backing down

Monday, March 3

Trump's crypto reserve could create a market bubble A digital gold rush may leave the US economy exposed

Why are Democrats staying quiet on Trump-Zelensky clash? Sensing a shift in the public mood, the party leadership has been notably reserved

Israel's aid block threatens precarious Gaza ceasefire Netanyahu and Hamas are both refusing to budge

UK politicians are virtue signaling about Trump — again The London Mayor's curry offer to the President is a hollow gesture

Sunday, March 2

Where's Donald? Credit: Getty

Europe struggles for relevance at Keir Starmer's London summit

Skype's death marks the end of a simpler digital age

Saturday, March 1

Starmer's DC visit confirms Britain's subordination Sycophancy has overtaken national independence

Friday, February 28

Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa pictured in 1986. Credit: Getty

Gene Hackman's death: a glimpse of Hollywood's dark side

Germany's misinformation plan targets thoughtcrime Citizens are being encouraged to snitch on their friends and family

Ralph Schoellhammer

Kemi Badenoch is turning realism into a culture war She is reducing the national interest to a point-scoring exercise

Philip Cunliffe

Braverman argues that she is disqualified from Englishness because she has 'no generational ties to English soil'. Credit: Getty

What Suella Braverman gets wrong about Englishness

Thursday, February 27

Trump's lack of clarity is making markets jittery. Credit: Getty

Is the US economy starting to crack?

Ukraine mineral agreement is a bad deal for Trump The President risks entangling the US in more European conflicts

Christopher McCallion

Audiobooks are not a threat to children's literacy Our encounters with literature extend well beyond the page

The art of the deal. Credit: Getty

Can Britain benefit from Ukraine's minerals deal?

The UK's Net Zero economy isn't booming New CBI figures conveniently ignore the extent of Government subsidies

Wednesday, February 26

Trump's gold card scheme is a gift to foreign regimes The President is giving a free pass to oligarchs

All opinions welcome — except pro-union ones. Credit: Getty

Jeff Bezos rebrands Washington Post as billionaire's think tank

Are US universities ignoring the affirmative action ban? Standardized tests are still interpreted 'holistically'

UK's performative Russia sanctions won't deter Putin Europe is increasingly powerless in the new order

Philip Pilkington

Tuesday, February 25

Approval is falling for Trumponomics 2.0. Credit: Getty

Are Republican voters turning on DOGE?

Don't blame aid cuts for Stonewall's downward spiral The charity's decline predates Trump

Macron is no longer Europe's Trump whisperer His peacekeeping pitch will make more of a difference in France than in DC

Pierre-Louis Bodman

Monday, February 24

Joy Reid's MSNBC exit is no victory for common sense The ultra-progressive presenter's replacements won't appeal to moderate viewers

Madeline Fry Schultz

Happy families or realpolitik? Credit: Getty

China and America find common ground on Ukraine