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    The supreme court’s voting rights decision wasn’t about law – it was about politics

    David Daley and Eric J Segall
    This court has impaled one of the most important laws in American history, with disastrous consequences for multiracial democracy
  • Lawrence Douglas

    James Comey’s reindictment is the product of a twisted justice department

    Lawrence Douglas
  • earth viewed from behind the moon

    We are preparing to transform the moon and Mars. The public must have a say in this future

    Ben Bramble
  • Donald Trump during a Reuters interview in the Oval Office

    Under the Trump administration, pressure on the press is both subtle and direct

    Kai Falkenberg
  • people demonstrate for may day

    Working Americans are taking the streets for May Day. Will Democrats pay attention?

    Claire Valdez
  • charles and trump shake hands

    King Charles has saved the special relationship – for now

    Ted Widmer
  • A Stand Up for Science rally in New York, protesting against the Trump administration's cuts to federal scientific funding, March 2025.

    The Guardian view on Trump’s war on science: politicising a generation of researchers

  • Mike Pepi

    It’s time to tax AI slop

    Mike Pepi
  • People walking along a dark city street lit up only by car headlights. Barely any windows have lights on

    Cuba is running out of time. We need fuel now to save lives

    Francisco Pichón
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World view

  • Jannik Sinner of Italy, right, hugs Carlos Alcaraz of Spain after the men's final at the Monte-Carlo Masters

    Love-all: how Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner’s rivalry turned tennis from a bloodsport into a bromance

    Emily Mulligan
    Despite the ferocious competition and lonely lifestyle, tennis is in its sweetheart era
  • Simon Jenkins

    If I could vote in next week’s Senedd election, I’d choose Plaid Cymru. Here’s why

    Simon Jenkins
  • Kumanjayi Little Baby

    As Alice Springs grieves for Kumanjayi Little Baby Australia is seeing how incredible our community is

    Catherine Liddle
  • Polly Toynbee

    UK Biobank has my data, but I’m not worried. I know the benefits are too great to consider pulling out

    Polly Toynbee
  • Gaby Hinsliff

    My advice to Hannah Spencer? Before calling out MPs’ boozing, try to understand the reasons behind it

    Gaby Hinsliff
  • Tania Roettger

    Germany’s climate U-turn is the worst possible response to the oil shock

    Tania Roettger
  • The interim report of the royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion recommends high-risk, particularly ‘public facing’, events ought to have the same procedures as Jewish High Holidays, David Heilpern writes

    The royal commission into antisemitism’s interim report should improve safety. But what’s revelatory is what it does not recommend

    David Heilpern
  • Dave Rich

    After Golders Green, this is what British Jews need from the government, the police – and the rest of society

    Dave Rich
  • George Monbiot

    Political donations are poison to our democracy – but there’s an easy antidote to that

    George Monbiot

Columnists

  • Margaret Sullivan

    Jimmy Kimmel’s quip about Melania Trump is protected speech, and Disney must stand tall

    Margaret Sullivan
  • Moira Donegan

    The supreme court’s voting rights decision is a death knell for American democracy

    Moira Donegan
  • Donald Trump pointing during a White House press briefing

    Shrugging at calamity: America is reacting in strange ways to our chaotic times

    Francine Prose
  • Robert Reich

    I thought Alito was history’s worst supreme court justice. But Thomas has outdone him

    Robert Reich
  • Robert Reich

    Gunfire at the White House correspondents’ dinner is another grim sign of our times

    Robert Reich
  • Tayo Bero

    Why are people pumping their bodies with fat from corpses?

    Tayo Bero
  • Arwa Mahdawi

    Trump fan Caitlyn Jenner learns elections have consequences

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Dave Schilling

    Will I ever retire? It doesn’t look like it

    Dave Schilling
  • Sidney Blumenthal

    Trump cannot bear the judgments of Pope Leo

    Sidney Blumenthal
  • Margaret Sullivan

    Why are White House journalists partying with Trump?

    Margaret Sullivan
  • Jamil Smith

    Trump taught us to prioritize our own wallets. Now he’s paying the price

    Jamil Smith
  • Moira Donegan

    The Olympics’ trans policy polices womanhood

    Moira Donegan
  • Steven Greenhouse

    Trump wants $1.5tn for the Pentagon – and cuts to healthcare and housing

    Steven Greenhouse
  • Kenneth Roth

    Nine lessons for the US from Viktor Orbán’s defeat

    Kenneth Roth
  • Agents respond during the shooting at the White House Correspondents' dinner in Washington DC on 25 April 2026.

    The Guardian view on Trump and the Washington shooting: political violence and gun culture endanger all

  • Donald Trump meets with Japan's PM Sanae Takaichi.

    The Guardian view on Germany, Japan and the end of the postwar order: as US alliances crumble, a new world emerges

  • Pope Leo XIV leads a prayer vigil for peace at the Vatican on 11 April 2026.

    The Guardian view on the Vatican v the White House: Pope Leo is carrying on Francis’s good work

  • A view of pink double-layered cherry blossoms in full bloom, framing the white-walled tiers of Iwakuni Castle in Iwakuni, Japan.

    The Guardian view on Japan’s cherry blossom: when spring slips out of time

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