A man looks on after an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Qsair on Sunday. Credit: Getty

August 26, 2024

Will Israel declare full-scale war on Hezbollah? IDF members are eager to destroy the Lebanese group for good

David Patrikarakos

Labour Together is far more dangerous than Momentum The think tank is exerting significant influence over Keir Starmer's government

Sunday

25.08

Was Texas’s migrant-busing scheme a success? There has been a noticeable shift in the Democrats' rhetoric on the border crisis

Kirstie Allsopp has cited the work of Jonathan Haidt on child development. Credit: Jeff Spicer/WireImage/Getty

Kirstie Allsopp is right about parental safetyism

Christopher Columbus isn’t to blame for the Caribbean’s problems Modern reparations movements undermine colonial subjects' agency

France’s political deadlock reveals Macron’s authoritarian side His Left-wing opponents have threatened to impeach him if he circumvents democracy

Saturday

24.08

Alt-Right trolls of 2016 distance themselves from Trump Online influencers are encouraging the Republicans to get more aggressive

The art of the deal. Credit: Getty

In praise of RFK Jr, America’s holy fool

50 days in, Keir Starmer’s popularity has slumped The new PM has already had to contest with widespread riots and a cronyism scandal

Will RFK Jr’s supporters flock to Trump? The independent candidate's campaign is over, but his movement is far from dead

Friday

23.08

Nina Turner speaks to The Free Press. Credit: The Free Press/X

Former Democratic senator: party ‘emasculates black men’

Ed Miliband’s Net Zero drive won’t bring down energy bills The Energy Secretary's naivety is reminiscent of Germany's Greens

Ralph Schoellhammer

An AI rendering of Jesus based on the Turin Shroud. Credit: Daily Express / MIDJOURNEY

Shroud of Turin shows that science only enhances mystery

Post-Prighozin Wagner Group is a spent force One year after the leader's death, the mercenary unit has lost its potency

Bethany Elliott

Australian judge rules sex is ‘changeable’ in landmark case A court has found that a trans woman was discriminated against by the Giggle app

Kamala Harris is trying to be an economic populist Democrats are scrabbling to claw back the union vote

Michael Baharaeen

Thursday

22.08

Influential Online Right thinker Curtis Yarvin. Credit: Peter Duke

What does the Online Right really want?

Is there a knife crime epidemic in Britain? There have been several high-profile stabbings in recent weeks

Migrants on an inflatable boat attempt to cross the English Channel. Credit: Getty

UK small boat arrivals fall by a third

Recession looms ahead of annual Federal Reserve meeting An interest rate cut could have significant political consequences

GCSE exam nerves are being pathologised Stress is a normal part of the education process

Kristina Murkett

Persona grata? Credit: Getty

Are Democrats still the party of Bill Clinton?

Wednesday

21.08

Trump joins podcast circuit to increase appeal with young voters The former president recently sat down with comedian Theo Von

Ukrainian servicemen operate a tank near the Russian border last week. Credit: Getty

Kremlin: Ukrainian troops in Russia is the ‘new normal’

Keir Starmer should not join the EU’s trade war with China Brexit should allow the UK to chart its own course on vehicles and manufacturing

Led By Donkeys exhibition: regime-approved satire When did comedy become about middle-class moralising?

Record gold prices leave West scrambling Precious-metal purchases are a response to a shaky dollar

Philip Pilkington

Obama's legacy haunts today's Democrats. Credit: Getty

Is Obama the reason Democrats are now ‘underdogs’?

Tuesday

20.08

Chicago Teachers Union pushes Democrats to the Left Kamala Harris would do well to resist the organisation's progressive influence

Alexander Nazaryan

RFK Jr campaign may join forces with Trump VP pick Nicole Shanahan said staying in the race could help Kamala Harris

New government, same scandals. Credit: Getty

Labour stumbles into another cronyism controversy

Brazil’s censorship machine is coming for Elon Musk The decision to close X's office is part of a long-running dispute with the billionaire