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The Latest Articles by Arwa Mahdawi

The Trump administration is making viruses great again

Measles cases are at their highest rate in the US in decades. Robert F Kennedy doesn’t seem too bothered

The Guardian - US

My four-year-old has invited King Charles over for ice-cream. Can someone please make it happen?

First she wanted to be a princess – and now this. I blame Frozen, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

Does Kash Patel deserve to run the FBI? Of course he does – and I’ll take a lie detector test to prove it

He may be insecure and lack any obvious qualifications, but he’s also extremely devoted to Donald Trump. And isn’t that what really matters, asks Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

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Forget Javanka: Lerica is the new Trump power couple

Lara Trump, a Fox News host, is said to be mulling a Senate run. The Republican National Committee chair can’t wait

The Guardian - US

Zohran Mamdani’s videos are a masterclass. Eric Adams’s posts are getting more bizarre

The New York City mayor is sharing more on Instagram lately, and it’s hard not to see Mamdani’s elite TikTok strategy as the reason why

The Guardian - US

Seeking bulldozer drivers to demolish Gaza: how a genocide is being outsourced

The systematic destruction of Gaza is hardly a secret. Now, the IDF is posting Facebook ads for bulldozer operators to help demolish the strip

The Guardian - US

Something stinks in Philadelphia – and it’s not just the uncollected garbage

The city give its sanitation workers a rise only after eight days of strike action. But there was no shortage of money for the police or mayor Cherelle Parker and her inner circle, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

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Ghislaine Maxwell was not Jeffrey Epstein’s sole enabler. So why is she the only one in prison?

This weekend, the Trump administration officially closed the file on the notorious billionaire Epstein. Maga aren’t the only ones who should be outraged, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

Diddy’s trial is more proof the legal system can’t handle domestic violence

The courts have failed to reckon with coercive control and survivors’ trauma. Same with the court of public opinion

The Guardian - US

What would I do if I won the lottery? I’d blast the world’s worst people into space

It shouldn’t be hard to lure them into my spaceship. I’d just have to tell them it was hosting a multimillion-dollar wedding party, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

I can’t believe I need to spell this out – but Trump is not your daddy

From the Maga crowd to Nato’s secretary general, everyone is addressing the president of the US as if he was their actual father. Make it stop, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

Will I get deported for sharing this meme of JD Vance?

True or not, people find it all too easy to believe that a humorous picture of the vice-president could get you barred from the US

The Guardian - US

‘Gaza must be eliminated’: Israel’s airwaves are filled with pro-genocide propaganda

Here is a collection of 20 of the more outrageous statements by Israeli lawmakers or public figures since 7 October 2023

The Guardian - US

The rules of age gap relationships? Here’s what we can learn from famous men

There has been much discussion this week about the romance between actor Anna Camp, 42, and her 24-year-old girlfriend – which is a bit surprising, given the many more egregious examples, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

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I wish I had known more about alcohol when I started drinking

It seems a sensible move to use explicit warning labels on products. What I’m more sceptical about is the ‘No amount of alcohol is safe for you’ messaging, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - US

Why does this billionaire have 100 kids in 12 countries?

Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, plans to leave his money to all his offspring – conceived out of ‘civic duty’

The Guardian - US

Why establishment Democrats still can’t stomach progressive candidates like Zohran Mamdani

The anti-Mamdani mobilization is depressingly predictable, with a party that is allergic to fresh blood and new thinking

The Guardian - UK

Why is there a Maga-branded Instant Pot? Because capitalism never sleeps

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What SJP’s selfie trick tells us about the terrifying rise of conspiracy theories

The actor used to point vaguely to the sky and suggest the government was watching when asked for a photo. Nowadays, that could lead to some very awkward conversations, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - US

Dumb and Dumber To or Idiocracy? What to watch instead of Trump’s big boy birthday party

A helpful list of films to watch other than Donald Trump’s birthday parade – from a dystopian thriller to a terrible sequel to a prophetic cult hit

The Guardian - US

Let women be horny – but Sabrina Carpenter’s album cover isn’t helping

The Man’s Best Friend image has reopened a debate: sex-positive feminism or soft porn for the male gaze?

The Guardian - UK

My unexpected Pride icon: Fast & Furious is my favourite camp classic

Any film where cast members talk about chosen family and Dwayne ‘the Rock’ Johnson busts a cast off his broken arm by flexing his biceps has a place in the gay canon

The Guardian - UK

Strangers on the street: please stop asking me if my wife is my twin sister

My spouse and I do, indeed, look vaguely similar, but being asked repeatedly whether we are twins isn’t a load of fun – especially during Pride, writes Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

I really hate to say it, but I agree with JD Vance. Britain has a free speech problem

Despite the ongoing crackdown on protesters in Los Angeles, the US constitution (for now) provides far more freedom of speech than there is in the UK, writes Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - US

Women of West Virginia: inform on yourself to the miscarriage police!

A prosecuting attorney warns women to get ahead of law enforcement in a state where abortion is all but banned

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