On Tuesday, former Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for elections before the war with Russia ends. Credit: Getty

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Zelensky is running out of political cover Calls for wartime elections are growing louder

Jennifer Kavanagh

America’s $40-trillion debt is built on a dangerous gamble Washington’s fiscal recklessness could send borrowing costs soaring

Anti-rape guidance for asylum seekers is a failure of mass migration Ministers are reluctant to confront the consequences of new arrivals for women

Josephine Bartosch

‘Extremist’ children aren’t Prevent’s biggest problem A new report suggests young people are increasingly radicalised online

Wednesday, 19 August

Tens of thousands of migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco in the space of a few days last month. Credit: Getty

How the EU is controlling the Ceuta narrative

True-crime fans are hijacking the Lindsay Clancy case Armchair detectives want easy narratives about female innocence

Kristina Murkett

Rasmussen, who has died aged 93, contributed to the rise of horse-race politics. Credit: Getty

Bill Rasmussen revolutionised the 24/7 news cycle

B. Duncan Moench

Jason Arday case has damaged Right-wing trust in universities Polling links awareness of the scandal to much lower confidence in institutions

Tuesday, 18 August

Jon Ossoff is the Democrats’ best anti-Trump weapon He knows how to hit the President where it hurts

Michael Baharaeen

Recognising Britain’s ethnic identities isn’t racist Civic belonging does not erase centuries of shared heritage

Andy Burnham should not delay opening up the North Sea The Rosebank oil field and Jackdaw gas field could provide a tax windfall

Attendees at a vigil for former University of Cambridge professor Jason Arday in central London yesterday evening. Credit: Getty

Jason Arday has become Britain’s George Floyd

Monday, 17 August

Nancy Mace has mastered the art of YouTube cringe Her new show proves what happens when politicians try to become influencers

Civil Service scraps maths test for finance graduates Freedom of Information requests found the numerical exam has been dropped

Arthur Reynolds

Moscow strikes won’t give Zelensky a military advantage Ukraine’s show of strength is calculated to appeal to Donald Trump

Bethany Elliott

Jason Arday was found dead on Friday, nine days after he resigned his position. Credit: University of Cambridge

Jason Arday’s death is no reason to censor the media

Mary Harrington

Reform’s welfare policy is straight from the uniparty playbook Copying the Westminster consensus will make Farage redundant

James Sean Dickson

Sunday, 16 August

‘The dollar’s status as the world’s principal reserve currency has enabled the US to live beyond its means.’ (Scott Olson/Getty)

JD Vance is right to question the dollar’s supremacy

More international students won’t fix UK’s doomed universities Financial pressure is triggering a price war in higher education

Robbie Williams is trivialising autism Celebrities use neurological disorders as a shield against criticism

Stella O'Malley

Saturday, 15 August

USS Abraham Lincoln shows the Navy is badly overstretched The Iran war is pulling vital resources away from the Pacific theatre

Emergency phone alerts are the Government’s new authoritarian tool Wildfires don’t excuse further breaches of public privacy

Timandra Harkness

The AfD is among those who could be targeted by new intelligence powers. (Sean Gallup/Getty)

Germany is sleepwalking into a surveillance state

William Nattrass

The SNP has turned welfare into a political machine Disproportionate sums are being funnelled from UK taxpayers to Holyrood

Iain Macwhirter

Friday, 14 August

Kemi Badenoch is the real loser of the Clacton by-election The Conservative leader has wasted her summer out of the spotlight

Asylum applications to the EU have fallen by two-thirds in under three years. Credit: Getty

EU asylum seeker applications fall to five-year low

Andy Burnham’s migrant plan will radicalise Middle England Transporting asylum seekers to affluent areas leaves nobody better off

Adam James Pollock

Nigel Farage has won a hollow victory in Clacton This by-election has revealed his weaknesses, not his strengths

Thursday, 13 August

Record number of international students apply to UK universities But new data shows acceptance rates remain low

A University of Colorado professor turned Bush-era national figure of scorn. (Hyoung Chang/Getty)

Ward Churchill was America’s first woke professor

Can Britain’s economy really decentralise? Andy Burnham’s plan doesn’t account for poor national infrastructure

Tory donations fall to lowest level since 2012 Reform UK recorded £8 million more in donations than its rivals on the Right