Zohran Mamdani and the fight for the soul of Democratic Party
While Mamdani is on the cusp of a historic win in New York, Democrats argue the party is too woke…
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Is the US going to war in Venezuela?
There has been a menacing military build-up around the regime of Nicolás Maduro
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Why are the Democrats so crap?
They struggle even to endorse their own rising stars
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Trailing Liz Truss on the Maga speaking circuit
Also this week: reflecting on Wilde, and American political lingo
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Big Brother Trump is watching you
Plus, your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster
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Kamala Harris’s dream world
At London's Southbank centre, a victory in "spirit" seemed to compensate for a crushing defeat in reality
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The Trump regime wants to make America white again
Maga is calling for naturalised citizens to be denied the same rights as US-born ones
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Of course China is a threat
The government’s handling of the China spy case has been a “masterclass in ineptitude”. Keir Starmer must stand up to…
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Gore Vidal: American prophet
The writer understood better than anyone how far the United States was going to fall
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Shutting down the American government will not save the Democrats
The party elite are listless and in denial. To inspire voters, they need street-fighters from outside the Beltway
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Kamala Harris cares too much about being nice
The presidential candidate’s new book, 107 Days, shows a lack of curiosity about what voters want
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Kerry James Marshall’s nuanced vision of black lives
The painter’s retrospective at the Royal Academy presents a sweeping challenge to Western art’s exclusion of African-American figures
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Jimmy Kimmel and the decline of the American comedian
His return to air was like watching a forced confession
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Why Kamala Harris lost
On the Rachel Maddow Show, the former vice president obfuscated and equivocated
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Trump’s week as king
The state visit was a humiliation ritual for Britain. Was it worth it?
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Jimmy Kimmel won’t be the last to be silenced
The Charlie Kirk crackdown is here, and the right-wing assault on free speech in America is underway
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From the archive: High noon in America
June 1968: the killing of Robert Kennedy’s portends only future violence in the US
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Why Charlie Kirk was killed
I think Charlie Kirk made the country a worse place. I believe his murder makes the country even worse
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The Oxford free speech battle over Charlie Kirk
Don’t ruin a student’s life over a tasteless comment
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Charlie Kirk and America’s Age of Lead
As violence mounts across the country, no one is safe – or innocent.
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