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The Latest Articles by Arwa Mahdawi

Want to be hotter? Try this one weird Republican trick

The right has found a new pitch for young women: conservatives are better-looking

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Can you be on a six-figure income and still be considered poor?

A viral essay has caused outrage in the US with its argument that the poverty line for a family of four is now $136,500. But is this so wrong, asks Arwa Mahdawi

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Ellen DeGeneres left Trump’s America. Will the British weather force her to return?

She’s far from the only celebrity to have declared her intention to live outside the US. As with many others though, it looks like a reverse ferret could be in the works, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Trump keeps insulting female journalists

Trump has a disconcerting tendency to attack the press – but especially female reporters, whom he holds in particular ire

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Why on earth would Meghan still want to be called the Duchess of Sussex?

She and her husband seem keen on their titles and accolades, and less enthusiastic about putting in the work that ordinarily goes with them, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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JD Vance might want to run in 2028 – but does he have a Palantir-shaped problem?

The VP wouldn’t be where he is today without the patronage of the Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel. But with voters becoming more and more concerned about the firm’s surveillance tech, could that relationship affect his chances, asks Arwa Mahdawi

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Why is Ghislaine Maxwell getting the Club Fed treatment?

Her privileges in America’s two-tiered legal system reportedly range from from unlimited toilet paper to puppy playtime

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‘May I meet you?’ is just the latest in horrible dating advice from billionaires

Bill Ackman thinks his pickup line could aid population rates. Given the track record of the mega-rich, it may do the opposite

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Welcome to Trump’s America! A place where people can’t afford to call an ambulance

How are people expected to handle increased health insurance costs when everything else in life has become more expensive? I think the answer is: they’re not, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Will Marjorie Taylor Greene turn the Maga movement against Trump?

Whatever her motives, the Republican congresswoman’s ‘revenge tour’ against the president is proving surprisingly effective, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Chuck Schumer should quit – but would his imaginary friends agree?

The US government was shut down for weeks – and then Democrats shrugged their shoulders and gave up

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How can we make the housing crisis even worse? Donald Trump has a plan

A proposal touting 50-year mortgages could double interest payments and worsen inequality

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Everybody panic – the workplace has become too ‘feminized’!

This week, Mexico’s president was groped in public. But a New York Times podcast is fretting about excessive wokeness

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Mamdani’s mayoral race was marred by unhinged Islamophobia. It’s not going away soon

The racist abuse that Zohran Mamdani is still facing proves how normalized bigotry is. We need to keep calling it out

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Usha Vance hasn’t fully Maga-fied herself yet. Is she having moments of doubt?

The second lady is no victim – she has been a major force in JD’s meteoric rise. But as a former Democrat, what does she really think of the political world she’s landed in?

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Trump and his media buddies are taking the muddling of reality to a whole new level

How scared should we be by Trump’s heavily edited appearance on a US news programme this weekend, and Elon Musk’s Grokipedia, asks Arwa Mahdawi

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Katie Miller had a podcast meltdown and threatened the citizenship of a critic

Threatening to deport your critics, even those with US citizenship, seems to have become Maga policy

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Am I a type A personality - and should I care?

Videos about personality science are going viral on social media, but beware of giving them credence, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Trump’s third term? Don’t laugh. He’s never let the rules stop him before

He has floated the idea more than once – and his inner circle is already gaming it out. The US constitution might say no, but Trump has a habit of finding his way around even the biggest obstacles, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Why is Trump demolishing the White House’s East Wing? Because he wants to

The president’s mega-project raises a lot of questions – including when he’s planning on leaving

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A congressman’s ex got a protective order against him. His boss has little to say about it

This isn’t the first time Cory Mills has faced allegations of misconduct – but the House speaker wants to talk about ‘serious’ things

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We are told the ‘war’ against Gaza is finally ‘over’. Is it?

I am not celebrating the end of the ‘war’ because this was not a war – and it’s not over, either

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Where do babies come from? Robert F Kennedy Jr doesn’t seem to know

Science tells us that foetuses develop in the uterus, rather than the placenta – but the US health secretary has a different take. Why are Republicans so clueless about women’s bodies, asks Arwa Mahdawi

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Good news: men have stopped disrupting women’s sport with dildos. Bad news: now they’re betting on their periods

Speculating on basketball players’ menstrual cycles is creepy and intrusive. In other words, it’s just what you’d expect when women must be punished for standing out, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Why is this Fox News host speculating about AOC’s sex life?

Even his colleague has dubbed Jesse Watters’s claim about Ocasio-Cortez and Stephen Miller ‘creepy’

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