Is the UK-US deal a blip in the global trade war? Other countries may struggle to repeat Starmer's modest achievement

Pope Leo XIV heralds a renewal of Catholic social justice He is a universal pastor who is in love with the Leonine tradition

Thursday

08.05

Trump is losing ground — and still beating Democrats The party is failing to capitalise on the President's waning approval

Michael Baharaeen

Xi-Putin meeting complicates Trump’s ‘Reverse Nixon’ strategy Separating the two powers may now be impossible

Bethany Elliott

Times Square statue is a relic of the BLM era

India strikes are dividing Nato Western nations are torn over how to address the South Asian conflict

French Left is paving the way for a Bardella presidency

Wednesday

07.05

Are Republicans about to cave on Medicaid? A drafted GOP budget proposal includes cuts to the programme

Emily Jashinsky

Maurice Glasman: Labour is facing Tory-style destruction The peer today cautioned against his party's adoption of progressive liberalism

Biden’s BBC interview: an outdated vision of US power His latest condemnation of Trump is rooted in an obsolete Cold War mentality

Mr Beast’s new book will turn literature into clickbait

Labour is heading for a new civil war MPs are fighting over the meaning of last week’s results

Why is Keir Starmer giving tax breaks to Indian workers? A new bilateral trade deal will hurt the UK labour market

Tuesday

06.05

Mark Carney passes first Trump test The Canadian PM performed well at the White House, but trouble lies ahead

Sending more Patriot systems to Ukraine won’t deter Putin

Jennifer Kavanagh

Friedrich Merz is already a lame duck A divided Bundestag will not play to the Chancellor’s advantage

Ralph Schoellhammer

Artists afraid to speak freely, report finds A new organisation has recorded a widespread chilling effect in the culture sector

Is Israel about to take permanent control of Gaza? Netanyahu’s latest planned offensive could be the most significant yet

The UK gig economy is an illegal immigrant hotspot

Monday

05.05

Trump’s film tariffs will backfire on Hollywood He is undercutting a key source of American soft power

Chinese influence is leaving California dangerously exposed

Mental Health Awareness Month: a progressive vanity project Twee campaigns neglect those who most need help

Carolyn D. Gorman

Lucy Powell’s grooming gangs dismissal shames Labour A commitment to multiculturalism is warping the Left’s moral compass

Mary Harrington

Scotland’s assisted dying bill is a warning for Westminster

Sunday

04.05

CIA’s China recruitment videos are a gift to Xi Jinping Efforts to tempt away CCP officials only harden Beijing’s view of an existential clash

William Matthews

Trump isn’t to blame for Australian Liberals’ defeat Peter Dutton led an ineffectual campaign against a weak government

Meta’s AI ‘friends’ will exacerbate loneliness

Kristina Murkett

Europe is still addicted to Russian fertiliser New figures reveal the hollowness of sanctions

Jack Smith and Susanne Munschenk

Saturday

03.05

Why has Scotland abandoned its misogyny law? Last month's Supreme Court judgment has forced the SNP’s hand

Albanese win can’t hide Australia’s anti-establishment turn Today's election marked a record-low combined vote share for the two main parties

Reform UK pact may now be the Tories’ best hope

Has America made peace in Ukraine impossible? US withdrawal from negotiations leaves two irreconcilable sides

Bethany Elliott

‘Extremism’ label will only help the AfD Germany's intelligence agency has made a nakedly political classification

Friday

02.05

Pro-Gaza independents are a huge threat to Labour

Sweden’s gun crime epidemic is not what it seems Immigrant gang violence obscures a relatively low homicide rate

What falling McDonald’s sales say about the US economy

The Democrats don’t need Kamala Harris Her re-emergence this week proved she has no coherent strategy

Runcorn is Farage’s biggest Labour scalp yet Reform UK won last night's by-election by a historically close margin

Thursday

01.05

Is Trump’s gender medicine review America’s Cass moment? A new government report takes aim at 'junk science'

Lisa Selin Davis

Mike Waltz’s exit is an ideological move by Trump

Chris Kaba misconduct case reveals politicisation of police Martyn Blake is being investigated a year after he was cleared of murder

Spain’s nuclear retreat will cause more blackouts Pedro Sánchez's policies are shepherding the country into decline

Krzysztof Tyszka-Drozdowski

Minerals deal is Ukraine’s best chance of peace European leaders are losing interest in the war

Johan Wennström

Is Robert Sarah too conservative to be the next pope?

Wednesday

30.04

Trump’s tax hike tease smashes GOP Overton window Traditional conservatives have been spooked by MAGA plans to target millionaires

Emily Jashinsky

Do British prisons really have an Islamophobia problem? New data suggesting guards target Muslim inmates is wildly misleading

EU trade deal can’t hide Starmer’s failures Labour hasn’t learnt its lesson about relying on Brussels

Philip Cunliffe

Jess Phillips’s grooming gangs admission comes far too late

Supreme Court challenge is trans activism’s last howl Organisations such as Stonewall have been roundly defeated on the issue

Josephine Bartosch

Tuesday

29.04

Trump’s order on sanctuary cities is a trap for Democrats Immigration remains a weakness for American progressives

Kneecap’s IRA cheerleading is no better than Hamas support Conservatives seem unmoved by the group's enthusiasm for republican violence

Michael Ignatieff: Carney should do a deal with the Tories

Netanyahu’s ambitions are moving beyond Gaza With Hamas and Hezbollah defeated, Israel is eyeing up regional dominance

Canada’s Liberals can thank Trump for election win Mark Carney has completed his party's dramatic makeover

Monday

28.04

Why won’t UK newspapers review Douglas Murray’s book? His bestselling account of the Israel-Hamas war is being curiously overlooked

A stronger euro is bad news for Europe

Hasan Piker will never be the Democrats’ Joe Rogan A fawning New York Times profile misunderstands the party’s biggest issues

EHRC toilet guidance should prioritise women Fair provision of facilities has long been a feminist issue

Starmer’s migrant housing plan violates the social contract Landlords are reportedly being courted into letting out properties to the state

Sunday

27.04

Trump’s foreign policy is alienating Americans

Daniel DePetris

Ireland’s anti-immigration movement is coming for Dublin Protesters from different groups gathered in the capital this weekend

Nick Clegg: EU is trapped in terminal decline The former deputy PM today warned Brussels could become as powerless as the UN

Trump turns on the Kremlin following Vatican meeting His talk with Volodymyr Zelensky could prompt a foreign-policy pivot

Saturday

26.04

Pete Buttigieg’s bro podcast pivot is a soft launch for 2028

Do Scottish voters want devolved immigration?

Iain Macwhirter

Labour risks voter backlash over welfare cuts The issue has left the Government trapped by its own voters

Friday

25.04

Trump is winning the global energy game Cheaper oil is benefitting the US

Ralph Schoellhammer

Oscars’ acceptance of AI films will make Hollywood lazy New rules allow the industry to cut even more corners

Gender recognition certificates are now meaningless Opponents of last week's Supreme Court ruling misunderstand the law

Would a liberal pope split the Church?

Social media curfew would be an excuse for state overreach Is reliance on digital IDs the price to pay for protecting children?

Timandra Harkness

Thursday

24.04

Jordan Peterson is wrong about internet anons Online opponents shouldn't be dismissed as mentally ill

Will Kashmir become a sectarian issue in Britain? This week's terror attack could have broader ramifications

Trump confronts Putin over bombing of Kyiv

Keir Starmer has no Left-wing opposition Both the Greens and the Lib Dems are struggling to find their voice

Is it time for Trump to walk away from Ukraine? America's latest deal proposal should be its last

Jennifer Kavanagh

IMF growth outlook is a vindication of Brexit New figures project Britain to do better than the eurozone

Wednesday

23.04

Why Trump won’t ditch Pete Hegseth The Defense Secretary is a bridge between the old guard and MAGA

Emily Jashinsky

To win midterms, Democrats must confront 2024 failures

Michael Baharaeen

Britain is long overdue a migrant crime league table The UK lags behind its European counterparts on the issue

Starmer refuses to apologise to Rosie Duffield over women’s rights The PM said the trans issue should not be turned into a 'political football'

Can Netanyahu survive yet more corruption allegations? A former Shin Bet chief has further questioned the PM's conduct