Biden’s Israel betrayal
Plus: Stormy on the stand
The Spectator
Wednesday
Monday
Chicago plans to keep the DNC migrant-free
Plus: Karma for Cuellar?
Friday
Republicans versus MTG
Plus: Biden shuffles border personnel & moves to reclassify weed
Thursday
Letters: the joy of a male book club
From our UK edition
The state of our defence Sir: Your article on the etiolated state of European, including Britain’s, defence, is spot on (‘The price of peace’, 27 April). Rishi Sunak’s belated conversion to increasing defence expenditure is welcome but is, frankly, too little, too late. What it most definitively does not do is place the UK on a
How many people are attacked by sharks?
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Horse trials Five Household Cavalry horses bolted in central London, with two reaching Limehouse before being calmed down. It may have been a shocking sight in the 21st century but it would have been ordinary life in the 19th century. – By the 1890s there were 300,000 horses in London. It was not uncommon for them
Portrait of the Week: Yousaf resigns, Charles resumes duties and Poulter joins Labour
From our UK edition
Home Humza Yousaf resigned as the First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National party, posts he had held since the resignation of Nicola Sturgeon last year. He had precipitated confidence votes by terminating an arrangement with the seven Scottish Green MSPs. Royal Mail stopped imposing £5 penalties on letters with stamps deemed
Why Sunak should stay
From our UK edition
In the end, the Tories did just as badly as predicted in the local elections. They lost about half of the council seats they were defending as well as ten out of the 11 mayoralties up for election and did not even come close in London. It’s a disaster, but one consistent with the opinion
2649: Shut up shop – solution
From our UK edition
The unclued lights, with the pairs at 1D/18, 17/6A and 26D/5, are stores which are no longer trading. First prize George Kingston, Sutton under Brailes, Oxon Runners-up Mrs J. Smith, Beeston, Kings Lynn, Norfolk; C. Stafford and F. Daniels, Cremorne, NSW, Australia
Wednesday
Donald Trump: no more Mr. Nice Guy
Plus: NYPD clears Columbia protest
Monday
Dems torn as pro-Palestine protests rock universities
Plus: Kristi Noem’s dog days are over & Trump courts DeSantis
Friday
Trump on trial
Plus: Democrats want deportations & Biden’s new exit strategy
Thursday
Letters: the admirable strength of Ukrainians
From our UK edition
The bravery of Ukraine Sir: Few articles could resonate as strongly as that of Svitlana Morenets (‘Scrambled logic’, 20 April). She brings the agony of her brave countrymen and women home to us, and the effect of dithering and equivocation by the West. As a volunteer with a refugee charity, I weekly admire the character
2648: Thus at an end – solution
From our UK edition
The eight unclued lights are all kinds of soup: COCK-A-LEEKIE (1A), SHCHI (21A) , PHO (40A), VICHYSSOISE (41A), CONSOMME (2D), MULLIGATAWNY (14D), MINESTRONE (19D) and PISTOU (25D). The puzzle’s title cryptically indicates the subject: ‘thus’ = SO, ‘at an end’= UP. First prize Tessa Ferguson, Bath Runners-up William Orriel, Newton Abbot, Devon; Gerry Fairweather, Layer Marney,
The cost of European peace
From our UK edition
After six months of delay, the US Senate has finally passed a $60 billion foreign-aid package which will send urgently needed ammunition and military equipment to Ukrainian soldiers. It may well be the last such cheque to be signed in Washington. Donald Trump is favourite to be the next president of the United States and
Portrait of the Week: Huw Edwards resigns, Mark Menzies resigns and Frank Field dies
From our UK edition
Home Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, said that within 12 weeks asylum-seekers could be flown to Rwanda. This followed the passing of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill. Five out of 110 people in a small inflatable boat died near the French coast. A BBC correspondent had watched French police trying to stop
Wednesday
Congress approves massive foreign aid package
Plus: Biden doubles down on abortion & SCOTUS mulls homelessness crisis
Monday
Congress speaks up on anti-Israel campus protests
Plus: Biden to campaign in Florida & Democrats hoist Ukraine flag
Friday
The ayatollah’s birthday surprise
Plus: Elissa Slotkin accused of implicitly threatening political tracker
Thursday
The Spectator’s letters page is hazardous
From our UK edition
Question time Sir: Your leading article ‘Sense prevails’ (13 April) is a valuable précis of the Cass Review into NHS gender treatment. However, it also raises several questions. How are the actions of these individuals, groups and organisations different from those of others who have been found to have acted unprofessionally, causing harm to patients
When was the world’s first drone attack?
From our UK edition
Attack of the drones The world’s earliest drone attack goes back further than you might think. On 12 July 1849 the Austrian military launched unmanned balloons over Venice, which they hoped to recapture after the city had declared itself a republic the year before. Suspended beneath each of the balloons were bombs containing up to