Rest assured, the new CDC director thinks ‘abortion surveillance’ is essential An exchange between Dr Erica Schwartz and Senator Josh Hawley during her confirmation hearing is alarming The Guardian - US · Aug 8
RFK Jr has a new cooking show. Are any Trump officials doing their actual jobs? Shouldn’t the health secretary have his hands full with the cyclosporiasis outbreak, measles or rabbit fever? Not when there are crispy salmon cakes to prepare, writes Arwa Mahdawi The Guardian - UK · Aug 5
Asking Anthony Fauci for medical advice then calling for him to be jailed? Katie Miller is the latest Maga hypocrite The vocal vaccine sceptic and wife of Trump’s deputy chief of staff turned to the former US science adviser when she was worried about Covid. Now, she’s claiming it was a cunning plan, writes Arwa Mahdawi The Guardian - UK · Aug 4
Biohacker Bryan Johnson is keeping his girlfriend’s menstrual blood in his freezer The longevity influencer and his girlfriend, Kate Tolo, say they’re studying women’s health – a worthy goal, but perhaps some skepticism is in order The Guardian - US · Aug 1
Even Maga is falling out of love with JD Vance. If only his rivals weren’t even worse … The US vice-president is facing a barrage of allegations and complaints from inside and outside the Republican ranks. Good news for Marco Rubio – but not for the rest of the world, writes Arwa Mahdawi The Guardian - UK · Jul 29
Welcome to America, where you’re never quite sure if your senator is dead or not Is it normal for a sitting senator to have to routinely submit proofs of life to a public who suspect he might be braindead? Just asking for 340 million friends The Guardian - US · Jul 29
How close is the Trump administration to the toxic Tate brothers? Let’s ask the president’s son Barron … The 20-year-old crypto bro likes to keep a low profile. He could still be forced to testify before the House oversight committee, writes Arwa Mahdawi The Guardian - UK · Jul 28
Staff turnover is rampant under Trump 2.0 – with insidious results A new report shows more Senate-confirmed staffers have left their jobs this time around than in his first term The Guardian - US · Jul 25
The world is on fire, and who does Trump blame? The Canadians The US president has been complaining about Canada’s ‘filthy, polluted and unhealthy air’. Maybe he should put all that energy into tackling the climate crisis, writes Arwa Mahdawi The Guardian - UK · Jul 22
Hunter Biden for president? Stranger things have happened Once Republicans’ favourite punchline, Joe Biden’s son is now building an online following by trolling JD Vance, taunting Trump and embracing the absurdity of US politics, writes Arwa Mahdawi The Guardian - UK · Jul 21
When Trump accuses others of wrongdoing, you can bet he’s up to something himself Thursday’s speech about election integrity was a case in point, as the president seeks to undermine the system The Guardian - US · Jul 18
Pete Hegseth wants testosterone for his soldiers. Finally, some gender-affirming care The defense secretary has announced a screening program for troops. Get ready for a high-T Department of War The Guardian - US · Jul 16
Ali G is back. I really wish he wasn’t Back in the day, he was funny. But that day was 24 years ago – and the character sits uncomfortably in a post-shame world, writes Arwa Mahdawi The Guardian - UK · Jul 15
The truth about Pete Hegseth’s strange campaign against beards His facial hair fixation might seem perplexing – but it is part of an aestheticisation of politics that is central to the Trump project, writes Arwa Mahdawi The Guardian - UK · Jul 14
The Guardian - US · Jul 11 Is Mitch McConnell secretly deceased? The senator’s health is shrouded in mystery after he was hospitalized. Why can’t we get a clear answer?
The Guardian - US · Jul 4 Tom Kean got months of paid sick leave – after voting against it for others The congressman spent four months mysteriously away from work, but he doesn’t seem to think his constituents should get mandated sick days
The Guardian - UK · Jul 3 I’m putting creatine in my breakfast - but will it make me stronger, healthier and happier? I am having the world’s most basic midlife crisis. I have not found God. I have found a fitness supplement that was once the preserve of male bodybuilders
The Guardian - UK · Jun 30 Is heterosexuality hopeless? Some argue that it is now embarrassing, particularly for women. But the fatalism of Extremely Online discourse obscures the actual picture, writes Arwa Mahdawi
The Guardian - US · Jun 30 Doubt that Elon Musk ‘earned’ his trillion? Rightwing media says you’re in an ‘impotent envy cult’ The lovefest from Musk’s conservative fans completely overlooks the unscrupulous tactics behind his immense wealth
The Guardian - US · Jun 27 The UFC fighter who mocked Michelle Obama claims it was all a compliment Clearly, the former first lady should have been flattered by the remark at the White House cage match
The Guardian - UK · Jun 24 Is the world about to be overrun by trans mice? Not if congresswoman Nancy Mace has anything to do with it Mace’s TRANS MICE Act is designed to end ‘radical transgender-related experiments on animals’. But is this all a stupid misunderstanding, asks Arwa Mahdawi
The Guardian - UK · Jun 23 JD Vance has written another book? Couldn’t he just concentrate on his day job? As the US tries to limit the damage from the Iran war, its vice-president has admitted he doesn’t understand diplomacy, writes Arwa Mahdawi. Of course not: he’s been too busy churning out another memoir
The Guardian - US · Jun 20 DC’s ‘renovated’ pool reflects the Trump administration’s dangerous hubris When asked what his takeaways from the Iran war were, Trump said he believed there were no limits to his power
The Guardian - UK · Jun 17 The curious case of Elias Thorne – and what he tells us about AI inbreeding A character bearing that name appears in a remarkable number of chatbot-generated stories, writes Arwa Mahdawi. He could be a messenger from the future – or a warning that generative AI is in danger of ‘model collapse’
The Guardian - UK · Jun 16 What Jared and Ivanka want, Jared and Ivanka get? Not if Albania’s ‘flamingo revolution’ has any say in it Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets to block the Trump-Kushners’ plans to build on a nature reserve. But they’re not the only billionaires acting as if the whole world was for sale, writes Arwa Mahdawi