Women of West Virginia: inform on yourself to the miscarriage police! A prosecuting attorney warns women to get ahead of law enforcement in a state where abortion is all but banned The Guardian - US · Jun 7, 2025
Trump v Musk: world’s two worst people are finally having a big, beautiful breakup The bromance might be over but Trump has kissed and made up with his enemies before. Enjoy it while it lasts The Guardian - US · Jun 5, 2025
Are we heading for a recession? Show me your nails Who needs boring old facts and figures? According to a host of entirely authoritative influencers, changing tastes in manicures can tell us all we need to know about the economy, says Arwa Mahdawi The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2025
Move over Harry and Meghan: Britain’s real royal family are now dominating the US headlines Family fallout. Two feuding brothers. An ambitious American actor wife … the Beckhams certainly seem to have a lot on common with the Sussexes, writes Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2025
A dystopian surveillance fear has become reality in Texas Law enforcement used license-plate readers in several states to search for a woman who had an abortion The Guardian - US · May 31, 2025
Have you looked at satellite images of Gaza? You should Imagery is filtering on Google Maps through from October and November 2024. If that was the reality then, imagine what it looks like now The Guardian - US · May 29, 2025
How long will it be before Melania steps aside for MelanAI? Mrs Trump is seemingly so disinterested in her role as first lady that along with being mostly absent from the White House, she’s got an AI to read her audiobook. How long before she replaces herself with a robot? The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2025
The anti-woke warriors used to defend free speech. Now they make McCarthyism look progressive These people once said they cared about ‘cancel culture’. But look at how they are trying to cancel the children’s YouTuber Ms Rachel for featuring a toddler from Gaza on one of her videos, writes Arwa Mahdawi The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2025
A Fox host’s ‘rules for being a man’: no leg-crossing, no public soup drinking Jesse Watters’ list is so bizarre, it has me agreeing with Ted Cruz – and Watters’ show helps shape US politics The Guardian - US · May 24, 2025
What did you do during the genocide in Gaza? When future generations read about Gaza with horror and wonder how we allowed a livestreamed genocide to happen, what will you say? The Guardian - US · May 22, 2025
Gwyneth Paltrow’s ‘vagina candle’ is still burning bright – at five times the original price In the latest twist in the Goop candle saga, the famous creation, which retailed at $75 in 2020, is now on offer at $400 on eBay. Not bad for a product that started out as a joke, writes Arwa Mahdawi The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2025
Don’t be fooled. Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ is typically ugly and typically misnamed Republicans love to make the most harmful laws sound sensible or even noble. This pretty-sounding package of tax breaks and spending cuts is just the latest example, writes Arwa Mahdawi The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2025
The livestreamed killing of an influencer could be femicide – a misunderstood crisis Much remains uncertain about Valeria Márquez’s death. But it shines a light on a universal issue The Guardian - US · May 17, 2025
Forget the DEI hires – meet Trump’s latest WTF hire The new pick for surgeon general, Casey Means, doesn’t have an active medical license. But she does have ‘impeccable Maha credentials’ The Guardian - US · May 16, 2025
The Guardian - US · May 15, 2025 Why is Maga-land so obsessed with Kai Trump turning 18? Do you really need to ask? The birthday of Donald Trump’s granddaughter has been forced upon my consciousness because an awful lot of people are being weird about it
The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2025 Keep calm (but delete your nudes): the new rules for travelling to and from Trump’s America Many people have decided a trip to the US isn’t worth the risk after recent border detentions. But if you are going, what do you need to know? Immigration lawyers explain it all
The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2025 Who would win in a fight between 100 Brits and 100 Americans? I know how to find out Americans could have a psychological edge – but British people have a high tolerance of physical discomfort, which could provide all sorts of advantages, writes Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi
The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2025 Ivanka Trump is now a food waste entrepreneur – but there’s just one glaring problem It’s a little bit rich to talk about food insecurity in the US when your last name is Trump. But after stints as a feminist influencer and political adviser, the president’s favourite daughter has found a new path, writes Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi
The Guardian - US · May 10, 2025 Biden still thinks he could have beaten Trump. Do we really need this? The former president points to sexism as the reason for Kamala Harris’s election loss. That’s a dangerous cop-out
The Guardian - US · May 9, 2025 An American has become pope. Will he be the moral leader we desperately need? Pope Francis spoke for the most vulnerable, from Palestinians in Gaza to immigrants in the US. Let’s hope that Leo will follow in his footsteps
The Guardian - AU · May 9, 2025 Pope Leo XIV laments people valuing ‘technology, money and success’ over Christianity in first mass as pontiff – as it happened Pope held mass for cardinals in the Sistine Chapel on Friday morning
The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2025 Does your child identify as a cat? There’s a man in Texas who can help Are schools really providing litter trays for kids whose pronouns are Puss and Purr? Or is state representative Stan Gerdes just stoking the culture war with his proposed FURRIES Act?
The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2025 Mark Zuckerberg tried to convince us he was human. Sorry, ZuckBot: you’ve failed No matter how many system updates the Meta boss runs, there will always be something about him that screams ‘creepy automaton’. And the $270m apocalypse shelter doesn’t help, writes Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi
The Guardian - US · May 3, 2025 Will Jeffrey Epstein’s victims ever get justice? Five years after the sex offender’s death, the only person to have faced any real consequences is Ghislaine Maxwell
The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2025 I live in the US and have a green card. If I leave the country, will I be allowed back in? Even a summer holiday isn’t straightforward any more - and all across the US, millions of people are having to make calculations like mine, writes Arwa Mahdawi