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  • People protest before the US supreme court building, with one bearing a sign reading TRUMP IS NOT ABOVE THE LAW.

    The US supreme court utterly distorted the true threat to American democracy

    Lawrence Douglas
    According to the court, a rogue prosecutor is somehow more dangerous to US rule of law than a rogue commander-in-chief
  • Margaret Sullivan

    This Fourth of July, it’s hard to feel optimistic about the US. But I have hope

    Margaret Sullivan
  • person in black uniform stands at steps in front of white building with columns

    The supreme court’s presidential immunity ruling mocks the rule of law

    Corey Brettschneider
  • human hand reaching for robotic hand

    Our attitudes towards AI reveal how we really feel about human intelligence

    Blaise Agüera y Arcas
  • a woman in a suits stands

    Kamala Harris may be our only hope. Biden should step aside and endorse her

    Mehdi Hasan
  • Rebecca Solnit

    The US supreme court just completed Trump’s January 6 coup attempt

    Rebecca Solnit
  • Joe Biden is taking advice from his son, Hunter. This does not inspire confidence

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Was Donald Trump a king as president? The US supreme court thinks so

    Moira Donegan
  • Joe Biden was a winner, once. It’s a huge risk to assume he can win again

    Zoe Williams
  • Gaza has turned into Biden’s most perplexing moral and foreign policy failure

    Mohamad Bazzi
  • Should Democrats stay the course or replace Biden?

    Robert Reich
  • I saw first-hand just how much fracking destroys the earth

    Rebecca Solnit
  • Biden’s agonizing debate performance doesn’t change the reality of this election

    Sidney Blumenthal
  • The supreme court abortion ruling hides conservative justices’ partisan agenda

    Moira Donegan
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  • Simon Jenkins

    He’s beaten and humiliated, but Rishi Sunak has one final job to do – for party and country

    Simon Jenkins
  • Samuel Earle

    Eighth time lucky for hungry hound Farage. Now Labour and Tories must find a way to defang him

    Samuel Earle
  • Polly Toynbee

    Celebrate: we have waited so long for this routing of the Tories. An unbearably rare moment of pure political joy

    Polly Toynbee
  • How will Labour change Britain – and what next for the shattered Conservatives? Our panel’s verdict

    Frances Ryan, Aditya Chakrabortty, Katy Balls, Tom Belger and Chris Skidmore
  • France can argue later – now everyone who cares about our democracy must unite to keep the far right out

    Rokhaya Diallo
  • Leadership drama? Shotgun marriage with Reform? The Tory party’s next move will define its future

    Henry Hill
  • This election has upended British politics. A strange new landscape is revealed

    Rafael Behr
  • Fatima Payman walked a path familiar to many of us – work within a system or disrupt it from the outside

    Sisonke Msimang
  • Judith Whelan was a leader in journalism and a beloved friend and mentor to me

    Lisa Davies
  • This exit poll portends total rejection of these amoral Tories – and incredible vindication for Labour

    Hugh Muir
  • It has been a terrible general election. The least we can do is learn from it

    Hugh Muir
  • Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event on 15 June 2024 in Detroit.

    The Guardian view on Trump and presidential immunity: the return of the king

  • Donald Trump (L) looks at US president Joe Biden during the CNN presidential debate at the CNN Studios on 27 June 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.

    The Guardian view on Joe Biden: Democrats must seize the wheel, not drift to disaster

    • The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in Givatayim, Israel, on 18 June 2024.

      The Guardian view on Netanyahu’s leadership: making enemies and clinging to far-right friends

    • WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stepping off his flight from London upon arriving in Bangkok for a layover at Don Mueang International Airport in the Thai capital.

      The Guardian view on the WikiLeaks plea deal: good for Julian Assange, not journalism

    • Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attend the official welcome ceremony in the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

      The Observer view on Vladimir Putin’s reckless visit to Asia

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