There’s a dark side of 'girl power'. Credit: Getty

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Don’t blame Covid for violent young women Teenage girls are buying into dangerous online subcultures

Kristina Murkett

Brown and Starmer are trapped in a New Labour cargo cult Handing out government roles is no substitute for leadership

Labour collapse risks accelerating Birmingham’s decline Local election results have left the city council deeply fragmented

Saturday, 9 May

Site photo of UFO sighting with FBI graphic overlayed. Credit: US Department of War.

Trump’s UFO files are victory for transparency

How Labour lost its grip on Newcastle The city was once emblematic of the Left’s voting coalition

Chris Middleton

Scottish election results are a blow to the Union While the SNP missed its target, voters have decisively rejected Labour and the Tories

Iain Macwhirter

Friday, 8 May

'While it’s clear that Trump has abused his relationship with the DOJ, Obama was no saint during his presidency, either.' Credit: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert/CBS

Obama is a hypocrite to call out Trump’s justice record

Living funerals: a troubling consequence of secularisation Cheery approaches to death strip it of its meaning

Spain’s migration experiment is far from a success story Claims about economic growth miss the deeper impacts of this influx

Krzysztof Tyszka-Drozdowski

Hantavirus outbreak is not an omen for lockdowns Transmission between humans is exceedingly rare

Nigel Farage was the big winner from the overnight results. Credit: Getty

Have these local elections killed the two-party system?

Thursday, 7 May

Javier Milei’s libertarianism is falling apart His economic policies are losing support across the region

Shabana Mahmood’s push to widen legal refugee routes will backfire Her softening rhetoric on immigration is out of step with the public mood

FDA fruit-flavoured vape approval risks new youth addiction crisis The commercialisation of drugs is increasing

Inflation, not Labour infighting, explains Britain’s bond yield spike European nations are performing better on borrowing

Neither Reform nor the Greens can save Britain’s councils Populist parties are set to make gains in today’s elections, but do they have a plan?

Wednesday, 6 May

Turner died at 87. Credit: Getty

Ted Turner built a media machine that turned on him

Trump’s Project Freedom U-turn shows limits of coercion Iran has always viewed American ships as an offensive tool

Daniel DePetris

The Greens can survive without Polanski. Credit: Getty

Why Zack Polanski isn’t another Corbyn

RJK Jr’s anti-SSRI campaign is long overdue Prescribing antidepressants has become a knee-jerk response to depression

Stella O'Malley

Starmer’s campus antisemitism crackdown threatens free speech Palestine advocacy does not always equate to discrimination

Is Malcom Offord a first minister in waiting? Reform UK’s leader in Scotland is set to make gains in Thursday’s Holyrood elections

Tuesday, 5 May

US stock rally is built on shaky foundations If the Iran war does not reach a swift conclusion, the market rebound will be short-lived

The Met Gala captures the moral emptiness of celebrity Elite gatherings lose their mystery when they’re splashed over social media

London’s £10 pints are just the beginning Soaring business costs are crippling Britain’s pubs

Three in five Muslims would back pro-Gaza independents to stop Labour A new poll highlights the potential for tactical voting ahead of this week’s local elections

Monday, 4 May

RIP. Credit: Ask.com

End of Ask Jeeves reflects UK’s diminished soft power

Does the Green Party have a law and order problem? Zack Polanski’s pseudo-apology is out of step with the public

James Sean Dickson

Longer sentences won’t deter lone-wolf killers Preventive detention is the key to reducing attacks

BBC ran four times more stories on trans victims than perpetrators New research has found a stark imbalance in the broadcaster’s coverage

Sunday, 3 May

Knockers is the death of drag as comedy World of Wonder’s new show monetises the sexual humiliation of women

Josephine Bartosch

Labour’s mediocrity will keep Starmer in power His party rivals are ill-prepared for a coup