Politics

‘Absolute nightmare’: Brexit bellwether constituencies revisited 10 years on

From north-east Scotland to Romford, London, what do those who spoke to the Guardian during the referendum campaign make of how it all panned out?

Why the EU should be moving heaven and earth to get Iceland into the club

Negotiations with Reykjavík risk being bogged down by rigid accession rules. For strategic reasons, Brussels has to learn how to bend a little

Trump's big-tent religious appeal doesn't care about creed or denomination

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The Election System Wasn’t Built for This

The fight playing out in Maricopa County could be a harbinger of things to come.

Democrats' Great Alaskan Hope

Mary Peltola, the Democrat most likely to win a red-state Senate seat this year, is largely unknown outside her home state. That’s not a coincidence.

Behind Obamacare's Looming Enrollment Drop

Obamacare enrollment will decline this year. A large share of that decline will result from people who never should have been counted as exchange enrollees finally being removed from the rolls. Much of the remainder will come from people who decide the coverage is not worth even the small share of the premium they must pay themselves.

Ukraine intensifies attacks on Crimea to raise cost of Russian occupation

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says strikes on oil facilities part of ‘long-range sanctions’ intended to isolate the territory

Keir Starmer to resign as British prime minister

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is resigning from office, the culmination of months of scandal and ineffectiveness as his government failed to solve a series of crises gripping the United Kingdom.

Keir Starmer’s fatal flaw? The blankness on to which voters projected their years of frustration

His government was directionless and confused, and from that murk emerged the Peter Mandelson scandal

UK and France rewrite ‘one in one out’ treaty to stop removed migrants returning

People smugglers have been using lorries to bring people deported to France under the deal back to the UK

Shipping stalls in Strait of Hormuz after Iran declares key waterway closed again

The update comes even as industry trackers showed Iranian tankers have continued to sail through the strait.

Affordable healthcare emerges as a voter priority in purple Nevada

June 22, 2026 / 5:00 AM EDT / KFF Health News