Who is David Lammy, the new Deputy Prime Minister? From a choral scholarship to being friends with Barack Obama, here’s what to know Evening Standard · Sep 7, 2025
I Recently Started Reading King Of Ashes, And I Just Know The Netflix Series Adaptation Is Going To Be Fire What a page-turner. Cinemablend · Sep 6, 2025
This Online Group Shares 89 Random Comparisons That Might Mess With Your Perception Of Time (New Pics) Did you know that Bernie Sanders was old enough to run for president in 1976? Bored Panda · Sep 5, 2025
Trump's Unjust and Illegal Killing of 11 Venezuelans Killing suspected drug traffickers is both unjust and illegal. And it could be the start of an effort to turn the already awful War on Drugs into something more like a real war, thereby making it even worse. Reason · Sep 5, 2025
Trump's Drug Boat Drone Strike Shows How 'Terrorism' Makes Everyone Killable The logic of the war on terror means infinitely expandable government power. Reason · Sep 4, 2025
Judge rules Trump administration cannot withhold funding from Harvard White House hits out at ‘activist Obama-appointed judge’ and pledges appeal after ruling that move to withhold $2.2bn in grants from Ivy League institution is unconstitutional The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025
Donald Trump’s penchant for bullshit explains MAGA anger about the Epstein files In July 2025, the connection between United States President Donald Trump and his base of supporters was fractured by the announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI that no “Epstein list” exists. The Conversation · Sep 3, 2025
Redistricting poised to spread ahead of midterm elections - Roll Call A tit-for-tat style partisan congressional redistricting fight Republicans started in Texas appears ready to expand in the next few months. Roll Call · Sep 3, 2025
Trump: Without Tariffs, 'We're Not Going To Have A Country' President Donald Trump took to the airwaves Tuesday to forcefully defend his authority to impose tariffs, warning that a pending Supreme Court decision could determine the economic fate of the United States. Benzinga · Sep 2, 2025
US appeals court allows Trump to peel back $20bn in clean energy grants The ruling overturns a lower-court decision that found Trump was impeding Congress’s power to allocate funding. Al Jazeera · Sep 2, 2025
The Rationale for the Federal Circuit's 'Radical Left' Tariff Decision Is Fundamentally Conservative Donald Trump's claim that the appeals court ruled against him for partisan or ideological reasons is hard to take seriously. Reason · Sep 2, 2025
Trump Administration Tells American Workers: 'We Fight For You' — Obama, Bessent And Others Flood Social Media With Labor Day Posts Political leaders marked Labor Day 2025 with messages honoring American workers, while massive demonstrations in more than 900 cities highlighted tensions over tariffs, inequality and the policies of the Donald Trump administration. Benzinga · Sep 2, 2025
Before and after: Trump’s extreme goldening of the Oval Office An extravagant – and ongoing – makeover of the White House’s decor has taken place during the president’s second term. One colour theme stands out The Guardian - AU · Sep 1, 2025
CBS News' Mark Knoller, veteran White House correspondent, dies at 73 Mark Knoller, a longtime White House correspondent for CBS News, has died at 73 The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2025
Reason · Aug 30, 2025 When Can Lawyers Be Punished for "Undignified or Discourteous" Criticism of Judges? "Miss Manners has much to commend her within a polite and respectful society, but we are not her enforcement division."
Evening Standard · Aug 30, 2025 Queen Elizabeth II privately opposed Brexit, new book claims The claims are made in Power and the Palace, a forthcoming book by royal biographer Valentine Low
The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2025 Chicago appears resigned to fate and is prepping for federal troop arrival – and it could happen next week City officials have urged the administration to communicate with local law enforcement about its operations there
The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2025 Obama warns ‘all Americans are at risk’ after Trump threatens to clamp down on Chicago ‘The expanding use of our military on domestic soil puts the liberties of all Americans at risk,’ the former president said
Roll Call · Aug 28, 2025 At the Races: Going low - Roll Call Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including the DNC’s summer meeting in Minneapolis.
The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2025 Death panels? New Medicare pilot under Trump would require Obamacare-like authorization that GOP demonized Prior authorization is similar to how private insurers operate, often resulting in a delay or denial of treatments
The Guardian - US · Aug 28, 2025 Unhinged tweets and absurd self-promotion? Two can play at that game Gavin Newsom’s counterpunching against Trump serves as a master class in flipping the script – and boosting his own profile
The Guardian - AU · Aug 27, 2025 FBI investigating US school attack as domestic terrorism – as it happened This blog is now closed
The Guardian - US · Aug 24, 2025 At home and abroad US policy chaos has one constant: Trump’s self-interest When Putin blamed the 2020 US election result on mail-in voting he bolstered a Trump obsession – just one example of the blurring of international goals and domestic grievances
Al Jazeera · Aug 23, 2025 Is Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful’ spending law the biggest tax cut in US history? Trump’s 2025 law ranks third among tax cuts since 1980 and mainly extends old cuts, making its impact modest for most.
Roll Call · Aug 22, 2025 Q&A on the Trump EPA’s effort to curtail regulation of greenhouse gas emissions - Roll Call A look at the Trump EPA's attempt to rescind the "endangerment finding," which allows the agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.