Trump’s latest attacks on the press exude desperation | Margaret Sullivan
Trump seems to invent ugly new variations on his press-bashing theme almost every day When you hate the mainstream press as much as Donald Trump does, nothing gets in the…
I’m the attorney general of Washington state. Here’s how we’re protecting the midterm elections | Nick Brown
A coalition of Democratic attorneys general is working to make sure voters across the spectrum have their voices heard Elections have consequences. So do the Trump administration’s exhaustive efforts to…
I spent years postponing my own joy. Here’s how I learned to say yes to the juicy bits of life | Sheree Joseph
Society tells us there is one way to live a life, and joy is a byproduct on the path there. But you don’t need a reason to enjoy the act…
Trump hosts awards party for tech billionaires, almost as if he doesn’t care about ordinary Americans
Amid a cost-of-living crisis, with US midterms a month away, the president held a ceremony to celebrate our tech overlords – again He stands accused of being out of touch,…
Execution TV? Pete Hegseth has taken the once ‘greatest democracy’ to a horrific new low | Paul Daley
A proposal to livestream the killing of Nidal Hasan by firing squad opens a window ever wider to the Trump administration’s complete moral vacuity More fool me! Here I was…
Six buds in a freaky coat: Split Enz share stories behind their colourful costumes – in pictures
Emerging in early-1970s New Zealand, the band turned pop into surreal theatre. Percussionist Noel Crombie was the band’s visual architect, shaping their looks via outlandish costumes, makeup, hair design, album…
Matchbox: the Movie review – as pointless as a film based on a toy car could be
John Cena and Jessica Biel collect paychecks in a soulless and synthetic slab of corporate product that hints at what we can expect from the Paramount-Warner merger After a windy…
Running out of royals: why calls are growing to let Japan’s princess Aiko take the throne
More people in Japan are asking why the nation’s favourite royal, 24-year-old princess Aiko, will never be empress, with a recent poll saying 72% favour a woman emperor Her face…
From dashing romantic reality star to DV charges: the fall of Bachelor Sam Wood
Wood’s cultural prominence, commercial success and now collapse of his empire was shaped by the confected TV narrative into which he stepped Get our breaking news email, free app or…
Anne Carson wins Nobel prize in literature 2026
Most prestigious literature prize goes to Canadian known for genre-crossing works such as Autobiography of Red ‘Delights await!’: Margaret Atwood and other writers on Nobel winner Anne Carson Where to…