Politics

The Guardian view on Trump’s war on science: politicising a generation of researchers

By attacking the basic settlement between scientists and the state, the US president has proved that experts can’t avoid these fights

Code Pink protester crashes Hegseth’s Senate testimony to condemn ‘war for Israel’

As our colleague Robert Tait reports, US defense secretary Pete Hegseth’s attempt to put a positive spin on the ongoing US war on Iran was immediately challenged, first by the ranking Democrat on the armed services committee, senator Jack Reed, who lambasted his “dangerously exaggerated” claims, and then by a protester who shouted, “you’re a war criminal!”

Man charged with attempting to assassinate Trump to remain in custody

Cole Tomas Allen, 31, allegedly stormed the White House correspondents’ association dinner

'They’re as lost and inauthentic as us': the Oscar winner who made a Farage satire

In 2022, Aneil Karia won an Academy Award for his short starring Riz Ahmed. Now, he’s skewering Reform-style parliamentary candidates with the help of Jack Lowden and an unlikely online platform

Starmer restores powers to ousted hereditary peers in Lords shake-up

Dozens handed life peerages in apparent concession, enabling their return to red benches

The Guardian view on the Golders Green attack: the public as well as the state must tackle antisemitism

Policing and government policy are essential, but not sufficient to address rising hate crime against Jews