Musk’s influence in DC was always overhyped

Emily Jashinsky

Steve Bannon: Elon Musk is a Chinese agent The MAGA high priest claimed the billionaire was a national security risk

Why won’t Kemi Badenoch take a stand on the ECHR? Her immigration speech came across as equivocal

Edmund White was the master chronicler of hidden gay life

Merz’s Washington visit cools EU-US tensions Previous friction over defence spending and free speech was overcome

Chris Reiter and Will Wilkes

Hamilton by-election confirms Reform as major force in Scotland

Iain Macwhirter

Thursday

05.06

Zia Yusuf’s exit shows Reform is not ready to govern His resignation proves the party can’t hold onto talent

NHS mental health hospitals should not let criminals self-ID

Trump’s travel ban risks undermining Iran deal The blanket restrictions on 12 countries could derail his foreign policy goals

Andrew Tate defends Greta Thunberg’s Gaza voyage Manosphere influencer softens his stance on the environmentalist

Rogue circumcision ‘doctors’ are on the rise in Britain

Thames Water exposes Labour’s shallow economic vision Starmer must take on the Kafkaesque mix of public and private companies

Why are judges upholding so many ‘exceptional’ asylum claims? Nearly a third of all cases fall into this controversial category

Is Andrew Cuomo really the best New York City can do?

Wednesday

04.06

MAGA populists have most to lose from Big Beautiful Bill Tax breaks for the wealthy and cuts to Medicaid will hurt the brand

Emily Jashinsky

Should the Tories embrace Net Zero again? James Cleverly has argued that environmentalism can beat Farage

Male attacks on Tinder height feature are hypocritical

‘SkinnyTok’ ban won’t eradicate eating disorders Content moderation is just the tip of a dangerous online iceberg

Kristina Murkett

Criticism of Islam remains uniquely dangerous in Britain Hamit Coskun’s conviction for burning a Quran represents a worrying turn

Jacob Mchangama

Tuesday

03.06

Trump should allow Iran to enrich uranium This concession will, paradoxically, stabilise relations in the Middle East

The BBC has let Paris Lees rewrite womanhood What It Feels Like For a Girl portrays a warped vision of femininity

Is Putin deliberately torpedoing Ukraine talks?

Dutch government collapse is a lesson for Farage Populists shouldn’t do deals with parties seeking to frustrate them

Doctor Who lost its way years before Ncuti Gatwa The show’s moralising has gone from subtle to suffocating

Brexit is not to blame for Channel crossings surge Both the Tories and Labour have failed to stem the flow

Monday

02.06

Pete Hegseth’s Taiwan speech risks conflict with China The Defence Secretary’s inflammatory rhetoric will destabilise the region

Drone attack may do Ukraine more harm than good

Jennifer Kavanagh

Will Nigel Farage take down the SNP? This week’s by-election is a boost to Reform even if the party loses

Iain Macwhirter

US bond market could crack Debt ceiling worries are increasing as time runs out to pass the Big Beautiful Bill

Kehinde Andrews’s attack on academic language is too late His rebuke of jargon is face-saving hypocrisy

Conservative victory in Poland embarrasses Donald Tusk

Sunday

01.06

Why won’t Newsom speak out on California trans athlete? The Governor has an opportunity to defend women’s sport

Lisa Selin Davis

The EU’s China gamble is doomed Pivoting away from America won’t make the continent more competitive

Putin may prolong Ukraine war to avoid military rebellion

Bethany Elliott

Saturday

31.05

San Francisco parents revolt against latest equity plan Even blue voters are losing patience's with the city's hyper-liberal policies

The EU wants to lead on climate — but is anyone listening? New emission targets have turned the bloc into an outlier

Andrew Orlowski

Police to review Labour MP’s undeclared election funds

EU Commission’s porn investigation is long overdue For too long, companies have prioritised profits over children’s safety

Kristina Murkett

Friday

30.05

JD Vance has made a risky bet on Bitcoin

Trump isn’t ‘chickening out’ on tariffs Backing off at the right moment isn’t weakness — it’s strategy

Emily Jashinsky

Headscarf debate illustrates France’s Rightward drift Even Left-wing politicians are moving in a conservative direction

Andrew Lawrence should not be cancelled for Liverpool joke Bad taste is the bedrock of good comedy

Robert Jenrick’s TfL video is more than an online stunt

Thursday

29.05

Elon Musk’s MAGA influence is far from over His tech expertise is invaluable to Trump’s uneasy coalition

Court ruling against Trump’s ‘illegal’ tariffs isn’t lawfare Separation of powers should be central to American democracy

Richard Hermer: we must reject ‘pseudo-realism’ The Attorney General today argued Britain should commit to international law

Can Nigel Farage save Britain’s falling birth rates? Reform UK is trying to win over families

Phoebe Arslanagic-Little

Christine Lagarde will keep WEF stuck in the past

Extra funds won’t fix the Metropolitan Police Britain’s forces have prioritised vanity projects over women’s safety

Wednesday

28.05

Trump’s visa ban on foreign officials is a blow to free speech The US President’s latest scheme is ideological, not principled

Japan’s baby name law reflects anxiety about modernity Tokyo is charting a return to tradition

Four in 10 British Pakistanis think first-cousin marriage should be legal

Is Germany turning on Israel? Friedrich Merz has changed his tone on the campaign in Gaza

Susanne Mundschenk

Trump is inching closer to confrontation with Russia Putin’s latest drone campaign has pushed America to act

Bethany Elliott

The hidden tension behind King Charles’s Canada visit

Tuesday

27.05

AI could turn Democrats into the new welfare class The rise of artificial intelligence is causing a sharp drop in graduate job opportunities

Why can’t Jordan Peterson say if he’s Christian? A recent debate showcases his struggle with the vulnerability of belief

Israel is a no-win issue for Starmer Labour cannot find a way to satisfy both sides

Richard Johnson

Putin would be foolish to attack Nato European officials are making overblown — and misleading — statements

Jennifer Kavanagh

Liverpool car-ramming: have police learnt from Southport?

Reform’s protectionist turn is a realignment of British Right Nigel Farage is swooping up disgruntled Labour voters

Monday

26.05

Democrats still don’t know how to win back men Party leaders are pouring millions into a problem they are struggling to fix

Michael Baharaeen

US intervention in Lucy Connolly case sets a dangerous precedent

Opec+ production hike is a gift to Trump Cartel nations may be looking to curry favour with the President

Restoring Boris won’t save the Tories — it will destroy them

Sunday

25.05

Is astrology part of Gen Z’s spiritual revival? Belief is once again rising among young people

Dwindling funds threaten Labour’s long-term stability A new report suggests the party is unable to balance its books this year

Trump is right to end George Floyd-era consent decrees The DOJ relied on bad data to support a convenient narrative

Jukka Savolainen

The EU is finally paying the price for its unfair trade practices

Saturday

24.05

DC shooting signals rise in social media-driven violence The online world is inspiring copycat killers

Americans love unions — so why doesn’t the GOP? Establishment Republicans are still in thrall to Wall Street

Why won’t MPs defend artists over AI copyright? Lawmakers voted against a proposal that would have protected creatives

Teen health is in crisis — and our culture is to blame A new report claims that half a billion adolescents will be overweight by 2030

Stella O'Malley

Friday

23.05

Trump’s Harvard foreign student ban is an attack on free speech

MAHA Commission report is a challenge to Big Pharma RFK Jr is set on taking apart the country’s NGO complex

Alasdair MacIntyre: the original post-liberal philosopher He recognised the roots of modernity’s moral confusion

Another round of European sanctions won’t deter Putin

Bethany Elliott

UK net migration has fallen — but the crisis isn’t over Economic pressures will return if the country’s labour model isn’t reformed

Thursday

22.05

The steroid Olympics are here to stay Peter Thiel’s Enhanced Games have attracted elite athletes

US bond sell-off is creating a debt spiral

Trump’s populist agenda needs more than a Big Beautiful Bill Cutting taxes won’t create better lives for blue-collar Americans

Kneecap are victims of the Anglo-Irish divide Support for terrorism barely raises an eyebrow in Belfast