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Trump’s tariffs have made the world of international trade much more difficult, writes Chris Blackhurst. But there are many British businesses which are thriving regardless of the hurdles

No one believes that the deployment of troops to America’s most liberal, most racially diverse, and most culturally thriving cities is about solving a real problem

While American workers battle burnout and ‘infinite workdays’, the men at the top are living the endless vacation dream, writes Arwa Mahdawi

There isn’t much in common on the face of it between the two big biographies out this week, Andrew Lownie’s Entitled, the double biography of Prince Andrew and his former wife, Sarah, Duchess of York, and Frankly, the memoir of Nicola Sturgeon, the diminutive former Scottish first minister. Nonetheless, one…

Failed Thatcherite policy monetised complex housing needs. No wonder those who benefit are loth to change it, says Peter Apps, a contributing editor at Inside Housing

Trump and RFK Jr have made every effort to undermine one of the major civilizing advances of the 20th century – our public health infrastructure

The Art of the Deal, the Art of War: I doubt the US president has read or understood either. If Zelenskyy is a worried man, who can blame him?, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

There is too much bluff and bluster on this subject. Ordinary people just want safe streets for themselves and those they love, and we can achieve that, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

Walk down any of London’s shopping streets today and you’ll notice something missing – not the designer shops or beautiful window displays, but the international tourists. The visitors who once spent freely in our stores, stayed in our hotels, dined in our restaurants and enriched the whole economy are no…

When a house is on fire, more fire won’t help

Authorities are resorting to desperate measures to remove Wet Wipe Island near Hammersmith Bridge. It’s fallen to the Port of London Authority, which once ran London’s docks, to remove the equivalent of 15 double decker buses of waste from the Thames.