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  • Dave Schilling

    double quotation markWar isn’t a ‘moral’ issue – at least not for the Trump administration

    Dave Schilling
    The US president’s grudge match with the pope underlines how religion really functions in American politics
  • Arwa Mahdawi

    double quotation markIs Meghan Markle really the most trolled person in the world?

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • George Monbiot

    double quotation markWho’d have thought a fossil-fuel shill like Trump would be the one to spark a green revolution?

    George Monbiot
  • Margaret Sullivan

    double quotation markAs a Catholic, I’ve struggled with the church – but I applaud the pope’s call for peace

    Margaret Sullivan
  • Marina Hyde

    double quotation markIs the pope Catholic? JD Vance thinks he has an answer

    Marina Hyde
  • Jason Momoa

    double quotation markCoral reefs are nearing extinction. 2026 must mark a turning point

    Jason Momoa
  • Arwa Mahdawi

    double quotation markTeleportation, aliens and cancer-busting soda - it’s not just Trump going cuckoo, his officials are too

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Rebecca Shaw

    double quotation markI thought hell would freeze over before I agreed with the pope. But in a world riven by cruelty, that day has finally come

    Rebecca Shaw
  • US hip-hop singer Jay-Z performs during concert in TaipeiU.S. hip-hop singer Jay-Z performs during a concert in Taipei's Arena October 21, 2006. REUTERS/Vincent Wang (TAIWAN)

    double quotation mark A single Epstein email shines a light on myths about American justice – and art

    Alex Duran
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  • A young birdwatcher hiding in foliage looks through a pair of binoculars

    double quotation markI adored Pokémon as a child. Now I collect critters of a different kind in a hobby that brings me deep joy – birdwatching

    Jayce Carrano
    Every player has experienced that fierce loyalty to one pocket monster or another. The same is true here
  • Gus Casely-Hayford

    double quotation markMuseums have a duty to inspire the creatives of the future. At V&A East, I’ve made that my mission

    Gus Casely-Hayford
  • Nóra Schultz

    double quotation markPéter Magyar’s real coup was winning over loyal Orbán voters – not preaching to the converted

    Nóra Schultz
  • Jonathan Freedland

    double quotation markAfter the latest Mandelson revelations, Starmer needs to get a good lawyer. Wasn’t he supposed to be one?

    Jonathan Freedland
  • Illustration for profiling

    double quotation markWhen I hear an Australian politician announce a tough new immigration policy, I think dystopia

    Yumna Kassab
  • Simon Jenkins

    double quotation markSanctions don’t result in regime change. Whether against Iran or Russia, western countries need shrewder tactics

    Simon Jenkins
  • Polly Toynbee

    double quotation markA question for those desperate to cut benefits to fund defence: who exactly are you willing to impoverish?

    Polly Toynbee
  • Gaby Hinsliff

    double quotation markAre Axel Rudakubana’s parents responsible for his terrible crime? It’s a question many families will fear to answer

    Gaby Hinsliff
  • Lars Klingbeil

    double quotation mark I want to reform our country because a strong Germany is a precondition for a strong Europe

    Lars Klingbeil

Columnists

  • Dave Schilling

    double quotation markI was one of Lena Dunham’s haters. I want to say I’m sorry

    Dave Schilling
  • Steven Greenhouse

    double quotation markThe supreme court needs to put limits on Trump’s use of the pardoning power

    Steven Greenhouse
  • Jamil Smith

    double quotation markHungary’s strongman lost. His ideas live on in the White House

    Jamil Smith
  • Moira Donegan

    double quotation markTrump has turned Title X upside down: from a contraception program into a pronatalist machine

    Moira Donegan
  • Kenneth Roth

    double quotation markTrump’s war has emboldened Iran. Diplomacy is the only solution

    Kenneth Roth
  • sergey brin

    double quotation markFifteen bucks a signature: the crisis of money in US politics is growing

    Katrina vanden Heuvel
  • Judith Levine

    double quotation markThe anti-ICE resistance is working

    Judith Levine
  • Rebecca Solnit

    double quotation markThe United States is destroying itself

    Rebecca Solnit
  • Arwa Mahdawi

    double quotation markWhat on Earth is Melania Trump thinking?

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Judith Levine

    double quotation markFor Trump and Hegseth, the Iran war is a game

    Judith Levine
  • Sidney Blumenthal

    double quotation markTrump’s Iran fiasco has led him into the gravest territory

    Sidney Blumenthal
  • Dave Schilling

    double quotation markBullying might work when you’re 12. Does it work when you’re president?

    Dave Schilling
  • Margaret Sullivan

    double quotation markPete Hegseth is a disaster of a defense secretary. It’s no surprise

    Margaret Sullivan
  • destroyed building

    double quotation markIsrael’s attacks on Lebanon could unravel the US-Iran ceasefire

    Mohamad Bazzi
  • JD Vance in a televised address before he left Islamabad, Pakistan, 12 April 2026.

    The Guardian view on US-Iran talks: Trump’s diplomacy falters as risk of war grows

  • Demonstrators protest against planned data center in Decatur, Georgia

    The Guardian view on AI politics: US datacentre protests are a warning to big tech

  • Aftermath of Israeli airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbsepa12880673 A bulldozer clears the rubble of a building hit by recent Israeli air strikes, during a press tour organized by the Hezbollah media office, in the Five Wings residential area, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, 10 April 2026. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, Israeli attacks across Lebanon have killed at least 1,888 people and injured more than 6,092 others since the start of renewed hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah on 02 March 2026. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH

    The Guardian view on Trump’s civilisational threats: the words that fuel war must be condemned

  • Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán

    The Guardian view on Hungary’s election: a bellwether contest for the global far right

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