Why did it take so long to unmask Brand and Walliams? Because noughties culture told girls like me abuse was normal | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
As a survivor of the era, I welcome this reckoning – and I salute the women who were brave enough to bring it about Mr Justice Bennathan’s sentencing remarks in…
All Kemi had at PMQs was jokes … and unfunny jokes at that | John Crace
Even her own MPs were stony-faced as the Tory leader ran though her set list of gags from the budget to Russell Brand UK politics live – latest updates Well,…
Why does Pete Hegseth call himself secretary of war? ‘Dopey but dangerous’ wouldn’t fit on a badge | Emma Brockes
He has survived blame for the US midterms disaster and dodged an impeachment vote, but it will be one battle after another now – and he can’t win them all…
It’s impeachment season! After the attempt on Pete Hegseth, will Donald Trump be next? | Arwa Mahdawi
Trump has already made history as the only president to be impeached twice. After the Republicans’ thrashing in the midterms, could there be a third attempt? The days are getting…
An end to RBA rate hikes will be good news finally for homebuyers – but maybe less so for workers | Greg Jericho
Capital gains tax changes seem to be working as intended on investors, though a fall in owner-occupier loans has more to do with interest rates Get our breaking news email,…
Jess Wilson and Ben Carroll have missed a historic chance to show they understand the scale of the hard-right threat
The parties could have, for once, done something innovative in Australian politics and pledged to make no deals with One Nation Get our daily political email, free app or daily…
Touch of evil: the terrifying truth about sleep paralysis
One in five people have experienced this frightening state – and the Harvard neuroscientist Baland Jalal has dedicated his career to studying it. Could it be a portal to a…
What is my cat saying? I asked experts to translate
Slow blinking and trilling are some of the ways felines show affection – but experts say to ‘read the whole cat in context’ I talk to my cat, Blue, constantly.…
How a small, newly socialist US city became the second to vote to cut ties with Israel
Voters in Providence, Rhode Island, chose to pull foreign investments from countries that profit from genocide The tectonic blue wave that washed over the country in last week’s midterms also…
Tyler Perry’s The Gospel of Christmas review – Netflix unloads more slapdash festive fare
Incompetent direction almost kills the Christmas spirit but American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino Taylor brings down the house Thanksgiving is right around the corner, which means Christmas creep is in…