Trump does an about-face on Ukraine and NATO, at least for now

Trump’s positive remarks about Ukraine certainly should be a cause for concern in the Kremlin.

Congress could have shielded Roe; now it must act to protect free speech

Whatever threats defamation cases might have posed to the First Amendment in the 18th century, the landscape is now completely different.

A taxing approach to high energy costs will backfire

While these ideas might have some visceral appeal, taxing producers is the opposite of a solution to a supply crisis.

One thought on the Clacton contenders: the ‘establishment’ looks a bit different these days, doesn’t it? | Marina Hyde

Nigel Farage has billed his byelection as a clash with the powers that be. To wit: Laurence Fox, a naked celebrity and a man with a bin on his head…

The South is democracy's front line, and the left must send reinforcements

Sustaining this work takes an investment the South has never been given.

Mamdani's preening arrogance will ultimately prove his downfall 

The democratic socialist balloon deflated this week.

Democrats need to rethink their image of a ‘man of the people’ | Judith Levine

For progressives too, working-class heroes are bearded, buff white guys. Their treatment of women can be overlooked Ana Marie Cox’s New Republic profile of the Maine oyster farmer and former…

Game-changing events could reset the 2028 Republican 'The Apprentice' nomination

The 2028 Republican presidential nomination race is already feeling stale and boring with only two choices, JD Vance and Marco Rubio, and Trump is expected to play a leading role…

Union transparency rules are only as strong as their enforcement

A right that depends on union officials voluntarily respecting it, or on government officials deciding enforcing it, is not much of a right at all.

Once again Trump brought his wrecking ball to the Nato summit, and once again the alliance survived. But for how long? | Paul Taylor

As the US president swung between threats to take Greenland and promises of help for Ukraine, pledges of a ‘stronger Nato’ were lost in the wind Nato leaders survived another…