A float in Germany depicts Xi Jinping pulling the plug on an electric car and leaving German carmakers behind. Credit: Getty

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China dominates the West in electric cars market One executive admitted that the US is struggling to keep up

Philip Pilkington

Sunday, March 3

Black support for Trump is surging. Credit: Getty

NYT: Trump support among black voters grows nearly 500%

How Trump could lose his lead in the swing states The presidential hopeful can't take victory for granted

Is George Galloway’s sectarianism a sign of things to come? His strategy of targeting ethnic groups could lay the template for future leaders

Saturday, March 2

A lesson in how not to lead. Credit: Getty

California deficit soars to $73 billion

Florida’s DEI purge takes new victim The state's leading university is gutting its $5 million programme

New poll hints at looming populist revolt in Britain ONS research shows that only 12% of the public trust political parties

Friday, March 1

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News round-up: George Galloway, Covid & gender clinics

Barbara McQuade argued that the First Amendment was an obstacle to truth. Credit: MSNBC

Progressive attacks on the US constitution escalate

Mary Harrington

Denmark: a model for Keir Starmer’s Britain? Spurned by Rochdale, the Labour leader needs new inspiration

Gaza is tearing the New York Times apart Managing is acting to quell a staff rebellion over a podcast episode on Hamas

Ashley Rindsberg

George Galloway MP: a tribune for anti-politics His Rochdale victory will foster more division in Britain

Seizing Russian asset profits will backfire Ursula von der Leyen wants to reignite interest in a bad idea

Ralph Schoellhammer

Thursday, February 29

Oprah’s weight loss hypocrisy is an insult to followers The talk show host quit WeightWatchers after admitting to using Ozempic

News round-up: prostitution, Willy Wonka & Nikki Haley

The author of the play, Jeremy O. Harris, loves the decision. Credit: Getty

West End play’s ‘black-only’ audience nights are sinister

Sarah Everard Inquiry: a damning indictment of the Met The Angiolini report reveals failures at every point in the system

Mitch McConnell may have one last trick up his sleeve A planned withdrawal could give him more room to manoeuvre

Will Labour introduce a blasphemy law? The party's adopted definition of 'Islamophobia' has legal implications

Wednesday, February 28

News round-up: Gaza ceasefire, Snoop Dogg & weed

Why is Macron meeting Kylian Mbappé again? The President is keenly aware of the French striker's political importance

Jonathan Wilson

Giorgia Meloni suffers first major setback in Sardinia The centre-Left opposition swept to power in the regional election

Fans turn on ‘body-positive’ influencers for losing weight Social-media celebrities are falling prey to a vicious cycle

Joe Biden's coalition is looking shakier than first thought. Credit: Getty

Gaza protest vote overshadows Biden Michigan win

Tuesday, February 27

News round-up: Immigration, Andrew Tate & Sleepy Joe

Sweden is too starry-eyed about Nato National security is about more than international alliances

Johan Wennström

How many Ukrainian soldiers have died? Volodymyr Zelensky's claim of 31,000 deaths is a wild underestimate

Sumantra Maitra: the US has never faced a challenge like China The analyst warned that war would bring deaths on a scale not seen in generations

Sir Patrick Vallance speaks during a televised press conference at 10 Downing Street in 2021. Credit: Getty

Sir Patrick Vallance joins Tony Blair Institute

Why is the BBC calling Scarlet Blake a woman? Coverage ignores a basic biological fact about the murderer

Josephine Bartosch

Monday, February 26

News round-up: NYT heretics, Rupert Murdoch and BBC pronoun policing

Fighting in Gaza has hurt Biden with young voters. Credit: Getty

Poll: 28% of young Democrats voting ‘uncommitted’ over Biden in Michigan