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Trump’s new aid plan deepens US entanglement in Ukraine The President is tying himself closer to a war he once vowed to end

Jennifer Kavanagh

Tehran and other major cities have suffered major infrastructure failures in recent weeks. Credit: Getty

What’s behind Iran’s mysterious gas explosions?

EU tariff retaliation would be disastrous Brussels is in no state to fight Trump’s fire with fire

Wolfgang Munchau

Is trans surgery really as essential as cancer treatment? A civil court has forced a woman to fund her ex-husband’s sex-change operation

Vox is now on just under 19% of the national vote. Credit: Getty

Spanish voters are embracing remigration

Sunday, July 13

Is Barack Obama plotting a comeback? His lingering influence is harming the Democrats

ICE backlash is pushing LA towards New York-style chaos Recent protests have highlighted the city’s dysfunction

New Democratic group tells party to drop purity tests Expanding its voter base is essential for victory

Michael Baharaeen

Don’t blame poverty for bad behavior in schools Rising exclusions can only be tackled in the classroom

Saturday, July 12

Alien or American? Credit: Superman/IMDb

Superman is not anti-American propaganda

Harvard’s conservative center won’t fix campus polarization Further reform is needed to combat the chilling of free speech

Cracks are appearing in the Russian economy Falling oil and gas prices risk triggering a recession

Bethany Elliott

Friday, July 11

US copper tariffs are a bet against China Trump wants to restore American economic sovereignty — but it may take decades

Ralph Schoellhammer

Majority of Generation-Z men favor restricting porn New polling shows that more young males support limits than their older counterparts

AfD co-leader Alice Weidel has attacked the classification of her party as extremist. Credit: Getty

German state bans AfD members from civil service

Thursday, July 10

Trump tariffs will drive Brazil into the arms of China Beijing stands to gain from the US President’s latest intervention

Violence is rife in the nation’s capital. Credit: Getty

Why the federal government should control Washington DC

More Ukraine aid risks angering MAGA Trump is repeating the same mistakes as his predecessor

Jennifer Kavanagh

Will BCG’s Gaza plan damage the consulting industry? Government scrutiny of multinational firms is increasing

Nathan Halberstadt

Wednesday, July 9

California is setting a dangerous precedent on trans athletes A wider rebellion may be brewing among states sympathetic to the cause

‘Three cheers for multipolarity.’ Credit: Getty

Trump won’t defeat Brics

Philip Cunliffe

Grok’s antisemitism lays bare the emptiness of AI ethics Pattern recognition is not the same as judgment

Mary Harrington

Europe has no option but to accept Trump’s tariffs Brussels is too weak to play hardball

Wolfgang Munchau

Tuesday, July 8

Trump risks breaking Japan alliance over tariffs Tokyo perceives threatened import duties as deeply unfair

Macron and Starmer face the world with diminished authority France and Britain are enduring similar struggles for global relevance

Francois Valentin

Did Epstein files turn Kash Patel into a ‘Deep State traitor’? The FBI Director has gone from conspiracy theorist to institutional loyalist

Don’t blame Zohran Mamdani for playing Columbia’s race game He was exploiting a highly biased admissions system

Realpolitik wins again. Credit: Getty

Is Netanyahu ready to alienate his far-Right coalition?

Monday, July 7

What did Tucker Carlson’s Iran interview actually achieve? President Masoud Pezeshkian listed familiar talking points

Grindr CEO confirms ‘significant’ user spike during RNC George Arison also praised Trump’s promotion of gay staffers

Underpowered. Credit: Getty

Germany cannot subsidize its way out of energy crisis

Musk’s America Party is the endpoint of populism Tech could enable a new era of hyper-democracy