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Taylor Swift’s ode to Travis Kelce is cringe – but is it worse than these other terrible lyrics?

The singer-songwriter has proved herself a modern-day Shagspeare with Wood, a paean to the penis. When it comes to shocking lyrics, though, it faces strong competition, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2025

US prosecutors keep charging women with ‘pregnancy-related crimes’

In the two years after Roe v Wade was overturned, hundreds were charged amid growing acceptance of ‘fetal personhood’

The Guardian - US · Oct 4, 2025

Why I have had it with entitled dog owners

You know the types – they let their hound jump all over you and don’t clear up after them. Bring on their poo-nishment, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025

Someone has to drag the US out of the hellscape of Trumpism. Who better than AOC?

Yes, the Democratic congresswoman is flawed – but she’s a fighter. Let’s not write her off as too young or too female, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2025

107 Days by Kamala Harris review – no closure, no hope

The former presidential candidate sticks to the script in a memoir that will only cause further bad blood

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2025

Even Tucker Carlson is worried about Trump’s free speech crackdown

The former Fox News host is speaking out against the administration’s response to the Charlie Kirk shooting

The Guardian - US · Sep 20, 2025

It’s not all lies, lies, lies with Trump – sometimes he’s unnervingly honest

As the US president comes to the UK, let’s give credit where it’s due: he wasn’t lying when he said smart people don’t like him, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2025

Yes, British democracy is under threat – from Musk and his billions, not desperate people on small boats

Tesla’s boss has already done his best to destabilise the US, Canada and Germany. Keir Starmer needs to push back, says Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2025

‘Everyone’s become more extreme’: Palestinian artist Samia Halaby on being banned, exiled – and now celebrated

At 88, she has won a Munch award for artistic freedom – despite her pioneering work being cancelled by the US university she studied at. She talks protest, polarisation and propaganda

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2025

‘I love you too!’ My family’s creepy, unsettling week with an AI toy

The cuddly chatbot Grem is designed to ‘learn’ your child’s personality, while every conversation they have is recorded, then transcribed by a third party. It wasn’t long before I wanted this experiment to be over ...

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2025