A special election today for a safe Democratic House seat, US state and local elections on November 4, and UK Labour's deputy leadership election and dismal polling.| The Poll Bludger
Donald Trump ordered Israel to “immediately” stop bombing Gaza in response| New Statesman
Don’t ruin a student’s life over a tasteless comment| New Statesman
Andrew Hussey’s book on a “divided nation” veers too close to the personal over the political when diagnosing the Fifth Republic’s polycrisis.| New Statesman
The Paper may be played for laughs, but it draws on a serious truth: there are still people fighting to keep local journalism| Big Issue
Autocrats of the world, unite!| New Statesman
The former prime minister met Donald Trump this week to discuss the future of the besieged territory.| New Statesman
The California governor’s social media strategy is unserious, weird, attention-getting – and effective. That should worry us all.| New Statesman
As Taipei prepares against the threat of invasion from China, the islands’ domestic politics are increasingly divided.| New Statesman
Claudia Sheinbaum’s reforms prioritize renewable energy in Mexico, balancing state utility dominance with increased private investment for a greener future.| A greener life, a greener world
This is not the first time the US president has blundered into a high-profile summit with an adversary.| New Statesman
Opinion has shifted in the UK as Israel's war in Gaza grinds on.| New Statesman
The founder of the Russian Democratic Society on how she found out she was on a Kremlin hitlist.| New Statesman
The idea that the EU had leverage over the US only makes sense if you think that economics and security are completely separate realms.| New Statesman
Tribal white politics has once again found a place at the heart of American power.| New Statesman
Having led his supporters into the looking-glass world of conspiracy, the US president finds he is trapped inside it.| New Statesman
Over the weekend, pressure mounted on the Prime Minister from his own party.| New Statesman
There is one man that Donald Trump fears.| New Statesman
China wants to build an embassy on the old Royal Mint site, but residents are fighting the plans which, they say, will risk their security.| Big Issue
As the war in Eastern Europe escalates with Ukraine’s raid on Russia, Tara McCormack asks why Keir Starmer has pledged to put Ukraine at the heart of everything his government does. Britain’s new L…| The Northern Star
With a General Election looming, Peter Ramsay spoke last week at the London School of Economics about why the survival of the British nation is in doubt and why the politics of culture war are an e…| The Northern Star