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Friday, June 6thFriday
Jun 6^th

Analysis 19:30

Analysis

analysis

Musk’s influence in DC was always overhyped

Emily Jashinsky

News 17:50

News

Steve Bannon: Elon Musk is a Chinese agent

James Billot

Reaction 13:20

Reaction

reaction

Edmund White was the master chronicler of hidden gay life

Philip Hensher

Explainer 11:50

Explainer

Merz’s Washington visit cools EU-US tensions

Chris Reiter and Will Wilkes

Thursday, June 5thThursday
Jun 5^th

Debate 16:30

Debate

Trump’s travel ban risks undermining Iran deal

It is immigration policy disguised as national security policy.

Zaid Jilani

News 14:15

News

Andrew Tate defends Greta Thunberg’s Gaza voyage

UnHerd Staff

Analysis 03:50

Analysis

analysis

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

Seth Barron

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Weekend Essay

How the BLM riots broke America The oligarchs learned to weaponise mistrust

Sohrab Ahmari

6 mins

Bidengate

The unsung heroes of the Biden debacle Trump faces far less scrutiny from MAGA

Richard Hanania

8 mins

27 May

weekend analysis

Dominic Cummings, revolutionary He has given up on reforming the system

Aris Roussinos

8 mins

31 May

Trade

Trump’s war on cheap plastic junk A boon to localism and thrift

Valerie Stivers

5 mins

26 May

Opioid crisis

Trump ditches the victims of ‘American Carnage’ His cuts will kill

Lily Isaacs

5 mins

29 May

Trade

Trump’s war on cheap plastic junk A boon to localism and thrift

Valerie Stivers

5 mins

26 May

Opioid crisis

Trump ditches the victims of ‘American Carnage’ His cuts will kill

Lily Isaacs

5 mins

29 May

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My successful campaign against Musk

Musk’s influence in DC was always overhyped

Steve Bannon: Elon Musk is a Chinese agent

Edmund White was the master chronicler of hidden gay life

Merz’s Washington visit cools EU-US tensions

Trump’s travel ban risks undermining Iran deal

Andrew Tate defends Greta Thunberg’s Gaza voyage

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

How the BLM riots broke America The oligarchs learned to weaponise mistrust

The unsung heroes of the Biden debacle Trump faces far less scrutiny from MAGA

Dominic Cummings, revolutionary He has given up on reforming the system

Trump’s war on cheap plastic junk A boon to localism and thrift

Trump ditches the victims of ‘American Carnage’ His cuts will kill

Trump’s war on cheap plastic junk A boon to localism and thrift

Trump ditches the victims of ‘American Carnage’ His cuts will kill

The kings of the drone age Battlefields have a new ruler

Harvard University has no shame May it be disgraced in perpetuity

From the UK edition

Why won’t Kemi Badenoch take a stand on the ECHR?

Hamilton by-election confirms Reform as major force in Scotland

Zia Yusuf’s exit shows Reform is not ready to govern

NHS mental health hospitals should not let criminals self-ID

Rogue circumcision ‘doctors’ are on the rise in Britain

Thames Water exposes Labour’s shallow economic vision

Why are judges upholding so many ‘exceptional’ asylum claims?

Should the Tories embrace Net Zero again?

The BBC has let Paris Lees rewrite womanhood

Dutch government collapse is a lesson for Farage

Modern science has lost its mind We can’t dismiss AI consciousness

Is Scotland ready for Reform?

Nigel Farage’s cynical pronatalism

Dominic Cummings, revolutionary

Watch & listen

Politics

Musk’s influence in DC was always overhyped

Steve Bannon: Elon Musk is a Chinese agent

Why won’t Kemi Badenoch take a stand on the ECHR?

How the Democrats can beat Trump

After Musk, the deluge

MAGA populists have most to lose from Big Beautiful Bill

Male attacks on Tinder height feature are hypocritical

‘SkinnyTok’ ban won’t eradicate eating disorders

Criticism of Islam remains uniquely dangerous in Britain

Trump should allow Iran to enrich uranium

Is Putin deliberately torpedoing Ukraine talks?

Doctor Who lost its way years before Ncuti Gatwa

Terror never left Britain Low-level dread persists

The battle for Poland isn’t over Traditional values aren’t welcome in Brussels

‘I Kissed a Boy’ pays lip service to dogma Contestants don't practice what they preach

Trump: the Multipolar President?

These Times

The kings of the drone age Battlefields have a new ruler

Can China rescue the classics? Greek philosophy may be of ideological use

Our Mission

Lawfare won’t beat Trump Liberals are fighting the wrong battles

Pete Hegseth’s Taiwan speech risks conflict with China

Drone attack may do Ukraine more harm than good

Will Nigel Farage take down the SNP?

US bond market could crack

Kehinde Andrews’s attack on academic language is too late

Conservative victory in Poland embarrasses Donald Tusk

Welcome to the age of Otaku Ghibli memes are just the start

Japan’s humiliation of South Korea They should be the best of friends

How the BBC killed HARDtalk

Stephen Sackur

Harvard University has no shame May it be disgraced in perpetuity

Aptitude tests are making us stupid They encourage workplace conservatism

Culture

Edmund White was the master chronicler of hidden gay life

The BBC has let Paris Lees rewrite womanhood

Doctor Who lost its way years before Ncuti Gatwa

The God complex of Muriel Spark

What Bell Hooks can teach the Right

Why won’t Newsom speak out on California trans athlete?

The EU’s China gamble is doomed

Putin may prolong Ukraine war to avoid military rebellion

San Francisco parents revolt against latest equity plan

JD Vance has made a risky bet on Bitcoin

Trump isn’t ‘chickening out’ on tariffs

Headscarf debate illustrates France’s Rightward drift