Burnham will have to master something Starmer couldn’t: the art of dealing with Donald Trump
Gaby Hinsliff
The new PM will need a superb foreign secretary and the ability to get like-minded countries on board. Early signs suggest he may have the right skills, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
Platner proves Democrats need to rethink their image of a ‘man of the people’
Judith Levine
The Nato summit exposed the real source of Trump’s power
Robert Reich
Once again Trump brought his wrecking ball to the Nato summit, and once again the alliance survived. But for how long?
Paul Taylor
Graham Platner is out. Troy Jackson should replace him
Dustin Guastella
Why was the pundit class so quick to defend Graham Platner?
Moira Donegan
The Guardian view on Nigel Farage’s crypto cash: accountability is not a conspiracy
The Guardian view on the World Cup: the Dear England spirit is alive and kicking
The fight against AI datacenters is important – but it’s just a starting point
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World view
The hill I will die on: Radio 4’s Today programme has become really annoying since I left
John Humphrys
With its gushing interviewees and weird (y’know) ways of talking, the BBC news flagship show I used to present now has me harrumphing at the radio, says former presenter John Humphrys
As a Muslim cricketer, at times I felt like I didn’t belong. I yearn for an Australia where all that matters is how you play
Usman Khawaja
One thought on the Clacton contenders: the ‘establishment’ looks a bit different these days, doesn’t it?
Marina Hyde
Count Binface alone can‘t clean up British politics. MPs now have that chance, and they must seize it
Stella Creasy
Here’s how Andy Burnham can finance a reindustrialised Britain – without doing a Liz Truss
Larry Elliott
This thinktank exposed fat cats and obscenely high pay. Guess what has happened to it?
Polly Toynbee
ABC and SBS coverage of the Middle East isn’t perfect – but the proposed solutions are ill-conceived and dangerous
Alan Sunderland
Telstra’s triple-zero failure is a result of prioritising neoliberal ‘competition’ and reaping none of its benefits
John Quiggin
I don’t want AI - give me books written by complicated people, drawings by sweet idiots, songs by those who feel
Rebecca Shaw
Columnists
Why is Trump attacking ‘communists’? Because he’s run out of cards to play
Robert Reich
The US supreme court’s ruling on trans people in sports is an assault on bodily autonomy
Judith Levine
Why does JD Vance keep saying loony things?
Margaret Sullivan
Trump’s World Cup intervention has tarnished the game
Robert Reich
Trump is a danger to US democracy. But the resistance is working
Kenneth Roth
On America’s 250th, Mamdani called for unity – while Trump rewrote the past
Moustafa Bayoumi
Tom Kean got months of paid sick leave – after voting against it for others
Arwa Mahdawi
America’s 250th birthday celebrations are a mess. Here’s how we should mark the day
Dave Schilling
I’m in no mood to ‘celebrate’ America. Our country is broken and needs repair
Jamil Smith
Conflicts of interest? Trump only has one interest: himself
Robert Reich
The scourge of the death penalty hangs over America
Austin Sarat
Let us celebrate America’s birthday. And, despite it all, hope for another 250 years
Francine Prose
What is the United States of America now?
Rebecca Solnit
A generational shift is transforming the US-Israel relationship
