The VP has been guarded on actual policy issues so far. Credit: Getty

August 14, 2024

Kamala Harris is hiding her progressive record The Vice President is trying to pivot to the centre

Was this so hard, Google? Credit: Grok

Elon Musk’s Grok-2 rolls out uncensored AI images

Is the US headed for recession? Inflation is running hot — but the economy is cooling

NYT columnist refuses to accept Cass Review findings Lydia Polgreen insists on the importance of youth gender transitions

Eliza Mondegreen

UK riots have exposed competing visions of Englishness. Credit: Getty

Liberals should not be complacent about the meaning of ‘Englishness’

Can Tom Tugendhat win over the Tory Right? The Conservative leadership contender is dialling up his law-and-order message

Tuesday

13.08

Report: thousands of US girls underwent trans ‘top surgeries’ A growing surgical industry is impacting vast numbers of children

EU is spearheading the new global Axis of Censorship Elon Musk is the bloc's latest target

Ashley Rindsberg

Democrats are taking a victory lap. Credit: Getty

Crime in US cities drops sharply

Is nuclear power the aim of Ukraine’s Kursk raid? Kyiv is desperately looking for leverage ahead of any future negotiations with Moscow

Philip Pilkington

American racial politics spreads to NHS Denying care based on race may become standard practice

Two-tier Kier? Credit: Getty

Keir Starmer should not dismiss riots as ‘far-Right thuggery’

The letter suggests the video could be pulled from the internet. Credit: Getty

EU threatens Musk over Trump interview

Monday

12.08

Online Right opens up rift with MAGA movement JD Vance's clash with Nick Fuentes exposes the schism between Trump loyalists and the extreme fringe

The former president released a dramatic montage today. Credit: Getty

Donald Trump returns to X

Could lame-duck Biden derail Democrats’ campaign? The White House wants to keep the president on-message

She's giving journalists off-the-record face time. Credit: Getty

Liberal media gives Kamala Harris the soft treatment

The unbearable lightness of the Tory leadership contest All candidates have entered into a pact of vapid platitudes

Ukraine’s Kursk raid catches Russia by surprise Vladimir Putin is struggling to find a response to the breakthrough

Sunday

11.08

Mental health treatment has limitations. Credit: Getty

Therapy culture is fuelling the youth mental health crisis

Carolyn D. Gorman

Bumble suffers amid in-person dating revival Young people are returning to tried and tested methods

Could Jeremy Corbyn’s independent group threaten Labour? The MP wants to challenge the party from the Left

Richard Johnson

Saturday

10.08

Gavin Newsom finally addresses California’s homelessness crisis The Governor is laying the ground work for a presidential run

Is Trump forgetting his populist message? The former President needs to return to his 2016 message

Emily Jashinsky

The politicisation of science has accelerated. Credit: Getty

Study: Scientists damage credibility with social medial use

Friday

09.08

Imane Khelif’s gold medal is a loss for women The IOC is actively undermining the credibility of boxing and the Olympics

Will the real Kamala please stand up? Credit: Getty

Kamala Harris tests out new accent

Trump is playing a dangerous game with the Federal Reserve The former president risks causing a Nixon-style shock to the markets

Republican ‘stolen valour’ jibe won’t hurt Tim Walz Military experience is not as valued in the US as it once was

Islamist terrorists are getting younger. Credit: Thomas Niedermueller/TAS24/Getty

Thwarted attack on Taylor Swift concert reveals youth jihadi problem

Ralph Schoellhammer

BMA chiefs face revolt over rejection of Cass Review Clinicians are distancing themselves from the union's stance on puberty blockers

Josephine Bartosch

Thursday

08.08

Tim Walz shows that Democrats don’t believe in free speech Kamala Harris's running mate claimed that misinformation is not protected speech

Ashley Rindsberg