North America Even Putin must have been surprised by how readily Trump took Russia’s side Trump and Putin operate in a parallel universe, but Putin knows the role he’s playing. By Sophie McBain
The Staggers Has Theresa May just signed away her Brexit strategy? The Prime Minister has accepted a series of wrecking amendments. What’s going on? By Stephen Bush
North America The age of Trumputin Since the Cold War, American and Russian leaders have been drawn into one-on-one meetings – occasionally leading to diplomatic breakthrough. The Trump and Putin summit is far more unpredictable. By David Reynolds and Kristina Spohr
Sport Political Football, the New Statesman’s World Cup podcast. Episode 6: Vive La France The World Cup podcast series with Jason Cowley and Stephen Bush. By NS Podcasts
The Staggers A three-question second Brexit referendum would be a nightmare for voters and campaigners We need a discussion on the shape of a potential second referendum – but Justine Greening’s three-way choice is the worst of all worlds. By Leighton Andrews
Books Britain’s 20th-century industrial revolution Why the old story of postwar British industrial decline is a myth. By Colin Kidd
Q&A Sheila Heti Q&A: “I was happiest in university, living alone with no friends” The novelist talks studying art history and philosophy, Barbara Ehrenreich’s new book, Natural Causes, and orphan Annie. By New Statesman
UK With 10,000 store closures expected in 2018, this is the slow death of the high street This year alone, Poundworld, Toys “R” Us and Maplin have gone bust, while Carpetright, New Look and Mothercare are trying to forestall that fate. By Alec Marsh
Books Britain’s 20th-century industrial revolution Why the old story of postwar British industrial decline is a myth. By Colin Kidd
The Staggers A return to power-sharing in Northern Ireland is more distant than ever The political response to last week’s violence underlines the lack of will to restore devolution. By Patrick Maguire
Elections There’s something everyone has missed about how Brexit will change our politics The political and economic circumstances may favour a new party or movement - but the constitution won't. By Stephen Bush
UK Donald Trump’s attacks on Theresa May show how Brexit is leaving the UK friendless The Prime Minister’s cherry-picking has alienated both the US and the EU – with nothing to show for it. By George Eaton
The Staggers What Donald Trump does, and doesn’t, get right about Nato spending It’s become fashionable to say Trump has a point about Nato spending. But the contention doesn’t quite stand up. By Stephen Bush
Sponsored by Artemis Politics Artemis Income Fund: Sticking to stocks… By Adrian Frost and Nick Shenton
UK How Jeremy Corbyn and the European left are reclaiming populism In her new book For a Left Populism, Chantal Mouffe argues that radicals must champion “the people” against “the elite”. By George Eaton
Books John Edgar Wideman: the voice of America’s great divide From the Civil War to the prison industrial complex, Wideman’s work considers the bitter legacy of slavery. By Erica Wagner
UK One proposed wind farm development could wipe out a third of Scottish wildcats The wildcat is once again under threat, and some observers estimate that there are just 35 pure specimens left. By John Burnside
Q&A Sheila Heti Q&A: “I was happiest in university, living alone with no friends” The novelist talks studying art history and philosophy, Barbara Ehrenreich’s new book, Natural Causes, and orphan Annie. By New Statesman
Books Electronic shock treatment: how dance music was born 30 years on from 1988’s Second Summer of Love, a flurry of eye-witness accounts of the rise of electronic dance music are hitting shelves. By Jude Rogers
TV & Radio BBC Two’s new adaptation of Picnic at Hanging Rock is wonderfully seductive There are so many blossomy female hormones, you can practically smell them. By Rachel Cooke
Film Why Incredibles 2 can’t top the original Even more disappointing than the lack of inspiration is the film’s taint of corporate bias. By Ryan Gilbey
Health Finally, the NHS has realised: patient-doctor relationships should be partnerships Funnelling science-obsessed sixth formers into six years of study and then spitting them out in the direction of poorly people is not always a recipe for success. By Phil Whitaker
Sport Searches related to domestic violence spiked during both World Cup semi-finals Exclusive data shows a correlation between match times and opponent goals scored, and spikes in searches for terms related to domestic violence. By Sarah Manavis
Observations Has he flown too high? The imperial overreach of Tesla boss Elon Musk An ongoing dispute over workers’ rights is undermining Musk’s do-good, ethical image. By India Bourke
Books Poets of the material world: engineers are the people who make dreams real An engineer’s achievement of pure utility can also create structures of stunning grace and beauty. By Joe Moran
Feminism Why attempts to make sex robots “family friendly” deserve to fail Samantha the Sex Robot has a “family mode”. By Suchandrika Chakrabarti
Social Media Post GDPR, Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica fine could have been up to £1.4bn Under new data protection regulations, offending companies can be forced to hand over up to 4 per cent of their global turnover. By Sarah Manavis
The Staggers Even after the indictment of 12 Russian spies, Donald Trump still cries “witch hunt” The US president is gaslighting us all. By Nicky Woolf
UK “The highest level of special”: the Trump-May press conference was Love Actually gone... The Prime Minister was like a substitute teacher trying to control a toddler with behavioural problems. By Nicky Woolf
The police chief on the run from the president he helped protect Sadik helped arrest the plotters of the failed coup of 15 July 2016. But soon he was under suspicion himself. By Leighann Spencer
North America Trump’s Supreme Court nominees could still be deciding the fate of the US in 2058 Prepare for a rollback of progressive achievements on everything from gay rights to abortion. By Mehdi Hasan
North America What the British left can learn from Mexico’s political revolution “Brexit is a wall which will block Britons in and pitch worker against worker.” By Manuel Cortes
North America EPA chief Scott Pruitt is gone – but there’s little cause for celebration The damage Trump’s most corrupt official has done to the environment will last for generations. By Sophie McBain
