Trump’s tariffs: the one war he can never win
The US president has relentlessly attacked the institutions of American life. But there is one thing that he cannot defeat, because if it falls, it will take him – and the US – down with it
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Here comes the Trump Slump
The only answer for Britain is to build closer ties with our single biggest trading partner – and that is not the US
No, Trump’s tariffs don’t prove a Brexit win
The GDP hit from being out of the EU is far worse than the one we’re facing from the White House
Trump’s tariffs – America has used this weapon before
The last time the US imposed blanket tariffs it led to global economic and political disaster. This time could be just as bad. How can the rest of the world defend itself?
The border with Europe just got a little harder
A new Brexit rule has just come into force, making it even harder for people from the EU to enter Britain. Right now that’s the last thing we need
Why do we all feel so much poorer?
Wages may be showing signs of improvement, but on its own that won’t solve the problem
PMQs, haunted by the political ghost of David Cameron
The former PM is apparently training Kemi Badenoch for her weekly clash with Keir Starmer. As with everything Cameron has attempted in life, it’s not turning out very well
Tracey Emin: ‘Brexit was hideous and heinous’
The acclaimed artist takes Florence in her first institutional solo show in Italy
Letters: Labour are showing a complete lack of empathy
The party has no clear vision or strategy, and appears to take delight in announcing further cuts that will adversely affect peoples’ lives
The poster artists firing back at Musk and Trump
An exhibition of artworks telling the terrifying story of MAGA and Trump’s second coming has made it on to the streets of London in poster form
Why Big Tech has never been weaker
The US giants have become sprawling conglomerates, precisely the kind of fat, complacent companies they once set out to disrupt
The cancer vaccines under threat from MAGA
Researchers have developed a promising vaccine for pancreatic cancer, but its future is uncertain due to Robert F Kennedy Jr
Could Megyn Kelly become president?
JD Vance and Pete Hegseth are both desperate to succeed Trump in the White House. But a star podcaster could beat them to it
The chancellor’s dodgy forecasts
Rachel Reeves was insistent that she would only have one major budget-type event every year but circumstances have forced her to abandon that pledge
Tim Bradford’s cartoon: Why do chancellors have to be made of iron?
We shouldn’t be shocked at Rachel Reeves and Freebiegate
Despite her promises, the chancellor has become a product of the Westminster environment
Dear Rachel, here’s a big idea for you
No matter how loudly we call for a return to the customs union and the single market, Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer are not going to listen
Lie of the week: Nigel Farage on Marine Le Pen
Germany’s embarrassing mobile network
Mobile phone coverage is notoriously patchy due to past policy failures and slow infrastructure expansion, leaving rural areas full of dead zones
Argentina returns to dictatorship
Using teargas, rubber bullets and water cannons against a demonstration of pensioners is reminiscent of the country’s past
North Macedonia loses an entire generation
With 59 fatalities and over 200 hospitalisations, the fire at Club Pulse was the stuff of nightmares
Trump kicks out an ambassador
In a recent speech, Ebrahim Rasool claimed Trump was launching a ‘supremacist assault’ in both the US and South Africa
The barbarians of Italy’s far south
A vampire-style taste for pig’s blood is found across the country, where it is a key ingredient in traditional cakes and sausages
Can Spain keep the kids away from porn?
Today, it seems that sexual content is so easily accessible online as to have become almost mainstream. Spain’s government is trying to change that
How Le Pen wrote the rules of her own downfall
The far right leader demanded French courts get tough on corrupt politicians. Now she is paying the price
Rachel Reeves’s impossible spring statement
In a week where the chancellor has found herself beleaguered, my message to her is: rearm and the economy will grow
Stop worrying about a Le Pen backlash
Her political ban might boost the National Rally – but equally, it could now crumble. So let’s celebrate
When Fred Trump lost his mind
What happens if Donald goes the same way as his father – and what if he already has?
Paris versus the populists
The city’s referendum gives Parisians the chance to have their say. Should Britain do the same?
The US brain drain is only just beginning
As Trump attacks America’s top academic institutions, more and more researchers are deciding to leave – and most of them have one destination in mind
The ‘hellish nightmare’ of the Depardieu trial
While a cinema legend faces sexual assault claims, his Kremlin-defending lawyer denigrates witnesses – and compares his client’s treatment to the French revolution terror
Will Trump accidentally trigger a European boom?
Trump doesn’t understand anything about economics – might his aggressive stance on Europe have some unintended consequences?
The Brexit statistic that puts Rachel Reeves’s boasts to shame
The chancellor crowed about tiny real GDP growth while ignoring a much bigger bombshell
Is this really Labour’s vision?
Rachel Reeves seems happy to let 50,000 children live in poverty in order to make a spreadsheet add up on a Wednesday afternoon
We’re not ready for the next pandemic
Trump, foreign aid cuts and anti-vax hysteria have set the world back. We are less prepared than we were in 2020
Letters: We can’t afford to alienate young men
Dismissing the possibility of issues unique to young men may further isolate those who are struggling
Living in the shadow of coal
Communities whose lives have been shaped and scarred by mining are now shaken by the prospects of a green transition
A new argument for a progressive future
In an extract from their new book Abundance, two leading US thinkers set out the fundamental problem with mainstream beliefs – on both the left and right
The choreography of fascism
The shocking treatment of US deportees to El Salvador is just one attraction in Trump’s theme park of brutality. But why do so many Americans seem keen to buy a ticket?
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Putin’s dirty tricks campaign
Whether or not they were involved in the Heathrow fire, the Russians revel in the mayhem their hybrid actions cause
The return of Nasa’s ‘stranded’ astronauts
The politicisation of SpaceX’s routine mission raises concerns over Nasa’s reliance on the increasingly erratic Elon Musk
Elon Musk: a very controversial export
South Africans hold mixed views on their most notorious expat – some see him as a genius, others as a reckless megalomaniac
Shopping to death in America
The EU bans around 1,000 chemicals from its food products due to health risk. In the US the number is just seven
Singing songs of feminism in Nice
Though the city’s International Women’s Day demonstration was well-behaved and good-humoured, its politics were fierce
Lie of the Week: Richard Tice on the Heathrow fire
Cartoon: Who are the toxic male influencers?
Trump is about to blow up the spring statement
An April 2 tariff bombshell could make much of what Rachel Reeves says irrelevant
The moral maze of welfare reform
Too often, a mission to help the poor can also lead to judgments about who does – and does not – deserve help. That’s when the problems start
The key to Russia lies in Beijing
Once the war ends, the Russian economy will deflate and become entirely reliant on China
Britain needs to be more like Switzerland
The UK could boost growth with a bespoke EU deal like the one the Swiss have just renegotiated. What’s the hold-up?