Americas

Steve Witkoff and his attempt to trade legitimacy for personal triumph

By Isabella Joseph ‘Ethical’ and ‘politics’ are two words that, when placed together, often feel oxymoronic – and President Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, has become the latest figure to reinforce that perception. In a leaked audio recording from October 14, Witkoff is heard, as many have argued, ‘coaching’ Yuri Ushakov, Putin's foreign policy adviser, on how to appeal to Trump regarding the Russia–Ukraine war and a potential peace deal between the nations. Treason? Ha

A dangerous precedent: Trump's deployment of troops to Democratic cities

By Maryam Munshi President Trump takes yet another stride toward American authoritarianism through his deployment of National Guard troops in Democrat-led cities. As neither the military occupation of Los Angeles, nor that of Washington D.C., satisfied the administration’s crusade against “lawlessness” troops have now expanded into Memphis. With ongoing attempts to enter Chicago and Portland currently being disputed in court, we’re left wondering— who really is the “lawless

No way through: Government shutdown continues

Having shut down the government for the first time in 6 years on October 1st, it has now become the 3rd longest in American history at the time of writing. With no end in sight, President Trump may have a new record to add to his administrations ‘achievements’, including the first to be led by a convicted felon. For our readers who are less familiar with how our neighbours across the pond do things, the American government is once again fighting on how to spend money. Congres

Thomas Massie: The face of disillusionment with MAGA

The picture on the 3rd September of Democratic Liberal, Ro Khanna and libertarian GOP congressman, Thomas Massie, holding a press conference together demanding the immediate release of the entire “Epstein Files”, stood as a rare glimmer of limited bipartisan cooperation, in an era of tribalistic political divisions within America. What issue reconciled the interests of such diametrically opposed political figures into co-sponsoring a so-called “Epstein files transparency act

Charlie Kirk, political violence, and common morality

By Cianan Sheekey Paraphrasing intellectual Noam Chomsky, free speech extends to all or extends to no one. It is a grave reflection on...

Vance and the UK: Friend or foe?

By Charlie Cartwright Just weeks after Donald Trump’s five-day visit to Scotland, his faithful vice president arrives in the UK for a visit to Chevening House, meeting with his unlikely companion, David Lammy. “Friendship and mutual understanding” were the words uttered by former Prime Minister and war hero Winston Churchill in a 1946 speech during his lecture tour following the end of WWII. Churchill’s cordial relationships with wartime U.S. presidents Roosevelt and Truman,