A new set of reforms has lifted sagging spirits in Berlin

We calculate the rising price of Americans’ summer staples

Britain’s next leader will also have to confront a culture of tolerable decline, writes Mark Sedwill

The government’s response has been dire. Its patron has a duty to help

Also on the daily podcast: America’s capricious grip on frontier AI models and the changing business of concert tours

But the earthquakes could give it an excuse to keep putting off elections

Critics say it has been gutted

Jon Fasman, our senior culture correspondent, explains how the year laid the groundwork for today’s divisions

Hazy numbers and the absence of the IMF make for an unusual negotiation

The technology giant he built is being yanked around by the state

A tale of two continents

It’s America’s birthday. And the country finds itself in the throes of revolution once again. 

At home, the Trump administration—run on flattery, favouritism and whim—bears an uneasy resemblance to the crown-and-courtier regime America’s founders rebelled…

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An Abu Dhabi royal seems to have gotten what he paid for, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Under Trump, foreign aid is no longer an ideal. It’s just a deal.

The Trump administration is accusing protesters of ‘domestic terrorism’ but this brazen tactic is as old as the country itself

Now come negotiations over the administration’s immigration crackdown.

“There’s this focus on K-3, without a lot of resources dedicated to helping the kids in secondary school who fell through the cracks.”

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Famous people who speak out are often derided, but throughout time artists have used the platform they have. And if not now, when, asks Guardian assistant opinion editor Jason Okundaye