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    The US supreme court utterly distorted the true threat to American democracy

    Lawrence Douglas
    According to the court, a rogue prosecutor is somehow more dangerous to US rule of law than a rogue commander-in-chief
  • Margaret Sullivan

    This Fourth of July, it’s hard to feel optimistic about the US. But I have hope

    Margaret Sullivan
  • person in black uniform stands at steps in front of white building with columns

    The supreme court’s presidential immunity ruling mocks the rule of law

    Corey Brettschneider
  • human hand reaching for robotic hand

    Our attitudes towards AI reveal how we really feel about human intelligence

    Blaise Agüera y Arcas
  • a woman in a suits stands

    Kamala Harris may be our only hope. Biden should step aside and endorse her

    Mehdi Hasan
  • Rebecca Solnit

    The US supreme court just completed Trump’s January 6 coup attempt

    Rebecca Solnit
  • Joe Biden is taking advice from his son, Hunter. This does not inspire confidence

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Was Donald Trump a king as president? The US supreme court thinks so

    Moira Donegan
  • Joe Biden was a winner, once. It’s a huge risk to assume he can win again

    Zoe Williams
  • Gaza has turned into Biden’s most perplexing moral and foreign policy failure

    Mohamad Bazzi
  • Should Democrats stay the course or replace Biden?

    Robert Reich
  • I saw first-hand just how much fracking destroys the earth

    Rebecca Solnit
  • Biden’s agonizing debate performance doesn’t change the reality of this election

    Sidney Blumenthal
  • The supreme court abortion ruling hides conservative justices’ partisan agenda

    Moira Donegan
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  • Barbara Ellen

    If sportswomen were paid more, they might not feel obliged to get their kit off

    Barbara Ellen
  • General Election 2024<br>File photo dated 06/02/24 of former prime minister Liz Truss during the launch of the Popular Conservatism movement at the Emmanuel Centre in central London Issue date: Friday July 5, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS ElectionPrimeMinisters. Photo credit should read: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

    No Boris Johnson, no deals with Nigel Farage: it’s time for the Tories to get serious

    Paul Goodman
    The party must look to a new generation and restore its reputation for economic competence
  • Is it time to turn the British Museum into the world’s great lending library?

    Tim Adams
  • I’m hungry, cold and have multiple disabilities. Does Starmer’s promise of real change include me?

    Marie
  • My generation can barely recall the last time Labour was in power. We need to believe things really can get better

    Isabel Brooks
  • The French republic is under threat. We are 1,000 historians and we cannot remain silent

    Patrick Boucheron, Antoine Lilti and others
  • Starmer won by shifting to the right. But the Labour left doesn’t need to spend these years in the wilderness

    Andy Beckett
  • How Keir Starmer can learn from Anthony Albanese’s missteps as he tries to rebuild Britain

    Marc Stears
  • The left revolt against Labour is significant – and the party ignores that at its peril

    Owen Jones
  • Starmer has promised big – now he must be bold and move quickly. Here’s how he should start

    Gaby Hinsliff
  • Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event on 15 June 2024 in Detroit.

    The Guardian view on Trump and presidential immunity: the return of the king

  • Donald Trump (L) looks at US president Joe Biden during the CNN presidential debate at the CNN Studios on 27 June 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.

    The Guardian view on Joe Biden: Democrats must seize the wheel, not drift to disaster

    • The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in Givatayim, Israel, on 18 June 2024.

      The Guardian view on Netanyahu’s leadership: making enemies and clinging to far-right friends

    • WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stepping off his flight from London upon arriving in Bangkok for a layover at Don Mueang International Airport in the Thai capital.

      The Guardian view on the WikiLeaks plea deal: good for Julian Assange, not journalism

    • Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attend the official welcome ceremony in the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

      The Observer view on Vladimir Putin’s reckless visit to Asia

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