Opinion
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It’s easy to ignore the Lib Dems, but they could soon hold the balance of power | Rafael Behr
<p>Ed Davey’s strategy is meant to build a ‘firewall’ of MPs to prevent Reform UK entering government. The stakes are high if he gets it wrong</p><p>No politician craves obscurity, but it is better to be unknown than despised. That is conso
The Democrats’ Policy on Palestine Is Detached From Reality
The party needs more than a stance on Israel.
Trump and Xi Have to Find a Way to Coexist
Neither the United States nor China can bend the other to its will, and it’s time for them to settle for a durable détente.
Europe frets about Trump. But soon he could be the least of our problems | Mujtaba Rahman
<p>The US relationship is stabilising, but how will Europe face up to Russia and China if President Le Pen is in power?</p><p>I addressed a group of more than 100 European ambassadors recently on the big challenges facing the continent this
It’s Time to Cry Wolf Over A.I.
It’s not too late to avoid the potential disasters of A.I. that Covid-19 and 9/11 taught us how to prepare.
How would AI actually ‘kill all humans’? Here are the top five most likely scenarios | Toby Walsh
<p>From a dangerous new bioweapon to total societal breakdown, is a ‘superintelligent’ AI capable of wiping out humanity?</p><p>Earlier this month, artificial intelligence researcher <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/
Trump Makes Republicans More Racist and Democrats Less So
The president is recasting the U.S. government as an instrument of prejudice.
Hollywood Surrenders to the Ellison Empire
There’s no sense of triumph or even defeat, merely numb exhaustion.
Iran Exposed How Vulnerable Our Bases Are
The Pentagon must revamp how it positions its troops and equipment amid the proliferation of low-cost drones and precision missiles.
Trump invades the UN with a brutish speech | Ted Widmer
<p>Gone was any shred of US idealism. It was a spectacle of raw power – a power that is likely to only diminish in the years ahead</p><p>Expectations were low for Donald Trump’s address to the UN on Tuesday, and yet somehow it was even wors
Susan Collins’s Luck May Be Running Out
The independence and moderation of Maine’s Republican senator hardly matters anymore.
Call it a win: boredom but no temper tantrums in Burnham’s first face-to-face with America’s King Baby
<p>Meeting at the UN in New York, the UK prime minister showed signs he can handle trash-talking President Trump</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/sep/22/donald-trump-unga-speech-iran-middle-east-ukraine-l
Senator, Doctor, Debt Collector
Responses to an article about Senator Roger Marshall, who as a doctor sued more than 700 patients with outstanding bills. Also: Psychedelic therapy; bravo to the Kennedys.
The National Book Awards Are No Longer National
The National Book Awards longlists are a study in tedious political orthodoxy.
The Pentagon has unveiled its secret weapon: two idiotic influencers | Arwa Mahdawi
<p> Jake and Logan Paul were invited to give a motivational speech. Just don’t let them get involved with military policy</p><p>We’re now approaching month seven of a war against Iran that Donald Trump repeatedly assured us would be over in
He Fell 35 Feet. He Never Really Landed.
Brittany Wagner’s father survived a 35-foot fall. But it was everything that came after — chronic pain, financial hardship and years of fighting for help within a broken system — that slowly unraveled his life. After her father died by suic
Why A.I. Is Dangerous for Science
Beware the flashy but unproven A.I.-powered advances.
Never mind Trump – if Europe wants to save Nato, it must win over the American people | Leslie Vinjamuri
<p>Mark Rutte has the right idea – go beyond Washington and make the case for the transatlantic alliance to the public. They may well have a willing ear</p><p>At a moment when Europe is focused on persuading Donald Trump to remain committed
Climate Catastrophe Is Still on the Table
Harrowing temperature increases remain unnervingly possible.
AI is generating a new wave of US populism. It could be a tipping point | Robert Reich
<p>It’s becoming obvious to many Americans that corporations have been raking it in while workers take it on the chin</p><p>Last week, the unlikely duo of Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon spoke before a Washington group demanding a stop to A
Trump still thinks Iranians will ‘rise up’ against the government. In Tehran I see a different story | Hossein Hamdieh
<p>If anything, the ongoing war is uniting a divided country against the foreign invaders. Washington seems a long way from grasping this point</p><p>The US president, Donald Trump, asked recently on one of <a href="https://thehill.com/home
Many Americans live in the UK – but few vote back home. This year, that must change | Kathryn Sikkink
<p>The rights of overseas voters are protected by US federal law. It’s not hard – but Americans should start planning now</p><p>The UK hosts the second largest population of voting-age US citizens outside the United States, but Americans li
Mark Carney is making an eloquent case for an alliance sidelining the US | Ted Widmer
<p>The Canadian prime minister’s remarks before the European parliament outlined a vision of the west without its most powerful member</p><p>The speeches keep coming, each building on the previous one, as the Canadian prime minister builds
The Washington press corps needs to boycott White House events | Margaret Sullivan
<p>CNN, MS Now and Politico accurately call last week’s sudden lockout ‘a direct assault on the first amendment’. That’s right</p><p>On Monday, the three news organizations that had been kicked out of the White House because of <a href="htt
