JULY 1. 2025

The Whiff of Corruption: Trump’s New Perfume Has Strong Notes of Graft

Trump’s wealth grew by over $1 billion in the past year, but the White House insists he isn’t profiting off of the presidency.

Senate Passes Trump’s Big, Beautiful Boon for Police

The Senate GOP passed its “megabill” on Tuesday — handing police billions in grants to fuel Trump’s deportation regime and tax write-offs.

Trump’s Budget Just Passed the Senate. Brace for a Massive Increase in ICE Raids.

The budget gives $175 billion to immigration enforcement. “The orders of magnitude are going to be multiplied, ” immigration experts say.

One-year Keir: the man without a why

On the PM’s first anniversary, Britain is still waiting to be told a narrative in which he turns our crises into a shared endeavour, a patriotic adventure

Meet Zack Polanski, Britain’s first eco-populist

Zack Polanski wants to take over the Green party and fight Reform using left wing populism. But if he lets in the Corbynistas, will they ruin everything – again?

ICE Agents Deserve No Privacy

Attempts by the public to keep tabs on ICE are provoking predictable and pathetic responses from the government.

No 10 fails to give backing to BBC director-general

The prime minister's spokesman declined an opportunity to throw the government's support behind Tim Davie, caught up in a Glastonbury row

State Department Wants to Know Student Visa Applicants’ Myspace Accounts

How are student visa applicants supposed to share their social media accounts on platforms that haven’t existed in years, like Google+ and Vine?

Africa’s last neoliberals

As the pink tide swept through Latin America, Africa’s neoliberal regimes held firm. Where is Africa’s rupture —and what explains the absence of a sustained left challenge?

The GB News revolution devours its own children

The channel's presenters are said to be at war over stars' alleged egos and a "blokey" workplace culture

How a Reform government will face serious peer pressure

Nigel Farage's party might need to create 835 new members of the House of Lords if it finds itself in government

Reform’s local government performance goes from bad to worse

From an 18-year-old council leader to missing cabinet members, Nigel Farage's party is having a torrid time in office

Are relations at BBC Breakfast toast?

The on-screen chemistry between presenters Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt can best be described as glacial

This July 4, Ask Yourself: Who Counts as Free?

While the U. S celebrates independence, millions are denied basic dignity. A Lakota tradition of radical equality offers a different approach

Investigating Inside Syria, Six Months After Assad’s Fall

A panel of experts investigating and documenting crimes committed by the old regime share their experiences of working in the “new Syria.

Fashion 'lays waste to wetlands'

Discarded clothes from UK brands found in protected Ghana wetlands – Greenpeace.

JUNE 30. 2025

Does anyone want to buy the Daily Telegraph?

The paper drifts on in a state of limbo, becoming ever more right wing – but is a secret dose of foreign money coming its way?

In defence of Bob Vylan

At Glastonbury, the punk-rap duo played to one crowd – and their critics followed by playing to another

Meanwhile, in Gaza…

Hundreds of thousands of children face famine, betrayed by our leaders with their silence