A deep-seated duopoly allows the tech giants to exploit the public and developers. But the regulator has powers to stop this abuse – it should use them, says Labour MP Chi Onwurah

President’s outlandish and extensive conspiracy theories endanger US freedoms, health and science, experts say

When transnational alliances have scarcely been weaker, the way the club was allegedly run offers a bleak vision of a world driven by brute power and wealth, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

Editorial: Bill payers should not fund another rescue for financiers of the water industry. Public ownership can end the cycle of extraction and failure

Editorial: Andy Burnham’s accusation against the Kremlin tells half the story. Domestic extremists amplified by US big tech are part of the same problem

Endless pursuit of wealth and power by western leaders led us here. What strikes me most is how many saw what was coming, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

I’ve seen how imbalances in campaign spending can distort democracy. The multimillion-pound gifts to Reform must act as a final wake-up call, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

Exclusive: Booming industry of businesses profit from shortage of beds for most at-risk children

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Editorial: The president’s deportation machine is creating a class of people inside the US who have fewer protections against the power of the state

Editorial: New child safety measures are welcome, but the wider risks posed by these platforms remain unaddressed

Editorial: New York mayor Zohran Mamdani shows Britain’s Andy Burnham that confronting billionaires need not mean the end of cooperation with Donald Trump

Editorial: New York mayor Zohran Mamdani shows Britain’s Andy Burnham that confronting billionaires need not mean the end of cooperation with Donald Trump

Editorial: New York mayor Zohran Mamdani shows Britain’s Andy Burnham that confronting billionaires need not mean the end of cooperation with Donald Trump

  Wedged between the Mar Dyke Valley and Lakeside Retail Park, the former Arena Essex Raceway is not your usual wildlife haven. Where once stock cars and speedway bikes lined up to cross the fini...

Ethics experts and Democrats express alarm as Trump uses office to grow his personal fortune to ‘unprecedented’ level

Republicans are trying to scapegoat the infectious disease expert, even as they have gutted healthcare amid outbreaks of measles, cyclosporiasis and Ebola

Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys

Editorial: Donald Trump may reject the negotiations, but he cannot veto a global effort to make multinational companies answer to governments

Trump’s overall approval rating slumps to 34%, according to new CNN poll, as midterms testing Republican power loom

Uefa nations have agreed to boycott all Fifa tournaments if the global governing body continues with its plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup

European football has shown an increased willingness to talk tough with Fifa but words can only be wielded so many times

Five years ago, I wrote an open letter asking climate scientists to speak out. Now governments are in retreat, it is surely time to act, says climate professor Bill McGuire

New tariffs, gas price rises, the deaths of thousands, insecurity … We’re living at the whim of one capricious, vain, easily bored man and his gang of stooges, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Imagine being called for jury duty, but advised against using your own common sense. ❗A top barrister is now facing contempt of court proceedings, simply for reminding a jury of their rights. If judg...

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

Our cartoonist looks back at the final game of the 2026 World Cup as Donald Trump watched Spain triumph again

Paid-for political access and threadbare regulations have helped to embed the US tech firm in the NHS – and beyond. But there is a way to free ourselves, says Peter Geoghegan of Democracy for Sale

Chair criticises use of ‘VIP lane’ to prioritise PPE contracts for companies with Tory connections in damning report

It comes from his willingness to violate all norms, rules and laws – and leaving everyone else to pick up the pieces

Almost £24.4bn of government money went to private equity-run firms in year to April 2025, Guardian analysis shows

Draft resolution seeks to shield board members and security forces from potential prosecution for work in Gaza

Economist Prof Mariana Mazzucato says governments must ‘get back their mojo’ and believe they can change the world

There is a fundamental tension between extreme wealth and the very possibility of democracy. That’s because extreme wealth is always an extreme power

The symbolic power of a stagnant pond beneath Lincoln’s statue has proven irresistible for the president’s critics

Forecasters were wrong about an immediate recession but right that we would be worse off outside the EU

Ted Lasso will deliver a message of hope before the USA’s first game, in an America that is not a fit or desirable host right now

Exclusive: poll across 15 countries finds ‘deep mistrust’, with majority doubting US would come to their aid in an attack

Crops and flowers rely on them for survival, but wild bees are declining – and crucial nutrients will go missing from our diets as a result

Our roadmap has been shaped by experts across the world. We call on political leaders at all levels to use it, says Olivier De Schutter and others

Tech company received infrastructure relief as its five biggest UK divisions generate £32bn in revenues

Editorial: The Global Justice Report offers a hopeful bargain: tax extreme wealth and replace consumer excess with social and economic security for all

The war in the Middle East is taking hundreds of lives while also causing oil and gas prices to surge – and fossil fuel companies are cashing in, while families struggle with rising bills. The richest...

It was once an article of faith that even those who speak words we disagree with deserve protection. As regards Palestine, that’s now not true, says Mehdi Hasan, editor-in-chief and CEO of Zeteo

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Councils are sending vulnerable kids to homes ran by money-grabbing cowboys and private-equity vultures, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions

Australia is pioneering a revolution in home renewables and battery use, proving what is possible with the right policies