There was a time, not so long ago, when the notion of a president unilaterally initiating war without the explicit approval of Congress would have provoked alarm across the political spectrum. The mere suggestion would have sparked a fierce constitutional

In America today, the word “tariff” carries more weight than it should, and far more emotion than it used to. What once was a debate over revenue policy has become a fault line in both our economy and our friendships.

To many Europeans, the United States still carries the image of a nation where elections are free and fair, where the will of the people is the deciding force in politics. The reality is more complicated. In America, there is

When Americans commemorate the end of World War II, we recall victory abroad and the rebirth of democratic institutions. After 1945, the United States poured its strength into a transatlantic order rooted in liberal democracy. We stood shoulder to shoulder

In a typical slice of shameless self-promotion, Elon Musk has claimed that the legacy media is a dead duck, swept away by a new generation of X-style bloggers and citizen journalists surfing the Trump tidal wave right into the White

It was one of the defining stories of 2024. The death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, at the hands of Iran’s morality police, ignited global outrage, inspiring millions to take to the streets, post on social media, and shine a

A politician resigning over a decade-old guilty plea for mobile phone fraud might not seem like the story of the year. But when Louise Haigh MP stepped down under a barrage of sensational headlines, I decided to file a complaint with the

Few topics have generated as much fake news as the subject of fake news itself. It is the easiest way to undermine any narrative that you don’t like: simply call it ‘fake news’. That is perhaps the real significance of Austrian director

In 2022, the UK government proposed expanding the text and data mining (TDM) exception to copyright law, allowing artificial intelligence (AI) developers to harvest editorial content and other original works without permission or payment. The aim was to enhance large

Earlier this month, I received a short reply from the Editors’ Code of Practice Committee, part of the UK’s press regulator IPSO. It was polite, two paragraphs long, and unequivocal in its conclusion that the Code itself would remain unchanged.