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‘We feel closer to their struggles and successes’
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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SNAP aid uncertain amid court rulings, politics
Speed Read Funding for additional SNAP benefits ran out over the weekend
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Trump’s White House ballroom: a threat to the republic?
Talking Point Trump be far from the first US president to leave his mark on the Executive Mansion, but to critics his remodel is yet more overreach
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Meet Ireland’s new socialist president
In the Spotlight Landslide victory of former barrister and ‘outsider’ Catherine Connolly could ‘mark a turning point’ in anti-establishment politics
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Should TV adverts reflect the nation?
Talking Point Reform MP Sarah Pochin’s controversial comments on black and Asian actors in adverts expose a real divide on race and representation
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‘Not every social scourge is an act of war’
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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41 political cartoons for October 2025
Cartoons Editorial cartoonists take on Donald Trump, ICE, Stephen Miller, the government shutdown, a peace plan in the Middle East, Jeffrey Epstein, and more.
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Pentagon unable to name boat strike casualties
Speed Read The Pentagon has so far acknowledged 14 strikes
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Trump limits refugees mostly to white South Africans
Speed Read The administration is capping the number of refugees at 7,500
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Believe it when AI see it: have we reached a deepfake turning point in politics?
Today’s Big Question AI ‘slopaganda’ is becoming a ‘feature’ of modern elections
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How Mike Johnson is rendering the House ‘irrelevant’
Talking Points Speaker has put the House on indefinite hiatus
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Marwan Barghouti: the Palestinian hostage seen as Nelson Mandela
In the Spotlight Israel has refused to free Barghouti, though Trump is considering lobbying for his release as a further means to end the war
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Dutch center-left rises in election as far-right falls
Speed Read The country’s other parties have ruled against forming a coalition
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Judge rules US attorney ‘unlawfully serving’
Speed Read Bill Essayli had been serving in the role without Senate confirmation
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