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Why is the White House being so weird about Natalie Harp again?

The president’s assistant travelled with him to Ireland – which really shouldn’t be much of a story. But his comms team seems determined to make it one, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Bonnie Blue’s baby outrage – and the dangers of our extreme attention economy

The porn performer and new mother has posted a video of herself holding a baby, while promoting sexual content. It exposes something horrifying about our era, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Trump’s approval rating is plummeting – as his fortune grows and grows

The US president says criticising his soaring investment portfolio is ‘very unfair’. Tell that to the millions of Americans struggling with the cost of living, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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The Cornish pasty was maligned by a US critic in 1999. My fury is unabated

I will not stop until the honour of this local delicacy is restored. And this summer there was progress, when my American wife declared the dish ‘quite nice’, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Olivia Rodrigo is standing up for the vulnerable. I wish Taylor Swift would do the same

This weekend, Rodrigo raised millions for charities that benefit women and girls, and she has previously been vocal about Gaza and ICE. With free speech increasingly under threat, her peers should take note

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Americans say they lose weight in Europe – and I think I know why

Is it because of differences in the flour that’s being consumed? Or something to do with the European approach to getting around, asks Arwa Mahdawi

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Sex sells and wins votes – and the Democrats know it

Wonder why they’re posting flirty photos and wearing tight T-shirts? It’s a thirst trap strategy in motion, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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At 43, I was fit and happy. Then I developed a nasty – and very expensive – case of shingles

Healthy women under 50 are now more at risk of the condition. What I didn’t know is that intense exercise could be to blame and the condition could cost me hundreds of dollars, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Where on earth is Melania Trump?

In her husband’s first term, her absences sparked conspiracy theories. This time, she is somehow keeping an even lower profile, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Millions of US tax dollars sent to rightwing European thinktanks. Did any Trump supporters vote for that?

It’s a great betrayal: poor communities neglected while multimillionaires peddle a global Maga agenda. How is that America first, asks Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi

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RFK Jr has a new cooking show. Are any Trump officials doing their actual jobs?

Shouldn’t the health secretary have his hands full with the cyclosporiasis outbreak, measles or rabbit fever? Not when there are crispy salmon cakes to prepare, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Asking Anthony Fauci for medical advice then calling for him to be jailed? Katie Miller is the latest Maga hypocrite

The vocal vaccine sceptic and wife of Trump’s deputy chief of staff turned to the former US science adviser when she was worried about Covid. Now, she’s claiming it was a cunning plan, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Even Maga is falling out of love with JD Vance. If only his rivals weren’t even worse …

The US vice-president is facing a barrage of allegations and complaints from inside and outside the Republican ranks. Good news for Marco Rubio – but not for the rest of the world, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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How close is the Trump administration to the toxic Tate brothers? Let’s ask the president’s son Barron …

The 20-year-old crypto bro likes to keep a low profile. He could still be forced to testify before the House oversight committee, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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The world is on fire, and who does Trump blame? The Canadians

The US president has been complaining about Canada’s ‘filthy, polluted and unhealthy air’. Maybe he should put all that energy into tackling the climate crisis, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Hunter Biden for president? Stranger things have happened

Once Republicans’ favourite punchline, Joe Biden’s son is now building an online following by trolling JD Vance, taunting Trump and embracing the absurdity of US politics, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Ali G is back. I really wish he wasn’t

Back in the day, he was funny. But that day was 24 years ago – and the character sits uncomfortably in a post-shame world, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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The truth about Pete Hegseth’s strange campaign against beards

His facial hair fixation might seem perplexing – but it is part of an aestheticisation of politics that is central to the Trump project, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Is heterosexuality hopeless?

Some argue that it is now embarrassing, particularly for women. But the fatalism of Extremely Online discourse obscures the actual picture, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Is the world about to be overrun by trans mice? Not if congresswoman Nancy Mace has anything to do with it

Mace’s TRANS MICE Act is designed to end ‘radical transgender-related experiments on animals’. But is this all a stupid misunderstanding, asks Arwa Mahdawi

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JD Vance has written another book? Couldn’t he just concentrate on his day job?

As the US tries to limit the damage from the Iran war, its vice-president has admitted he doesn’t understand diplomacy, writes Arwa Mahdawi. Of course not: he’s been too busy churning out another memoir

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The curious case of Elias Thorne – and what he tells us about AI inbreeding

A character bearing that name appears in a remarkable number of chatbot-generated stories, writes Arwa Mahdawi. He could be a messenger from the future – or a warning that generative AI is in danger of ‘model collapse’

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What Jared and Ivanka want, Jared and Ivanka get? Not if Albania’s ‘flamingo revolution’ has any say in it

Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets to block the Trump-Kushners’ plans to build on a nature reserve. But they’re not the only billionaires acting as if the whole world was for sale, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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How will AI sycophancy change us? Early signs are not encouraging

Constant validation and flattery from AI chatbots poses a serious risk to society and our shared grasp of reality, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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The chaotic, unique, beautiful Lebanon I knew has been reduced to rubble. When will it end?

Suspected war crimes happen almost daily as Israel continues its bombardment, which Unicef estimates is killing nearly 14 children a day. We cannot write this off as just another war in a war-torn region, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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