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The president has spent the past decade employing a familiar tactic. Accusing protesters of ‘insurrection’ is just the latest example

Two-thirds of women apparently think about doing something different with their careers. Personally, I think I’d make a fantastic archaeologist or opera singer, writes Guardian columnist Emma Beddington

Whether inept, driven by survival or corrupt, they are unfit to lead their countries, let alone make decisions that imperil the whole world, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

Unlike Keir Starmer and his cabinet, Reform UK’s leader actually understands and exploits the rules of engagement in our digital age, says Guardian columnist John Harris

Foreigners treated as enemies, judges under attack: the signs are everywhere in the US. But there are still reasons to hope

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: There is one G7 leader who has a different view of the world – can the other six find common ground with Donald Trump?

The radicalisation of young men can seem inevitable, but we can shape their understanding of gender in healthy ways, says Nick Hewlett of St Dunstan’s Education Group

The holidays I dreamt of as a child have had an upgrade. And who wants to cook or plan with a toddler in tow anyway? asks Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

I used to be proud of my birthplace for its cosmopolitan tolerance. Visiting now, it feels like stepping back decades

The latest escalation in tensions between Israel and Iran is arguably the most significant among a slew of flare ups, involving both state and non-state actors, in West Asia in the last two years. Even if these conflicts have been seen as the spillover of the Gaza conflict, each one…

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