Politics - Sunday, May 31, 2026

Marxist commentator Hasan Piker blasted New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill, accusing her of working alongside the Trump administration on immigration.

Social housing landlords to be able to evict perpetrators, while right-to-buy tenancy requirements to rise Social housing landlords will be able to evict domestic abuse perpetrators under a new bill, which will also increase the length of tenancy required before residents qualify for the right-to-buy scheme from three to 10 years in England. The government said the bill, which will be debated in the House of Lords on Monday, would fix “the long-term decline in social housing” and offer new protections for social tenants who were subjected to domestic abuse. Continue reading...

In his determination to own and control every document in his future library, the president is working to shield his administration’s inner workings from public view.

Cabinet Office is expected to publish more than 1,000 pages related to former US ambassador’s appointment to role Mandelson files show no mitigation of security concerns over US appointment On Monday the Cabinet Office is expected to publish the second tranche of the Mandelson files – more than 1,000 pages of documents relating to his appointment as UK ambassador to Washington. The document dump will be the second-largest to the House of Commons after the Chilcot inquiry report into the Iraq war, and its disclosures threaten to again raise awkward questions over Keir Starmer’s judgment in giving Peter Mandelson the UK’s most important diplomatic job. Continue reading...

Trump calls out Judge Richard Leon over a lawsuit blocking the White House ballroom and rooftop drone base, saying it puts national security at risk.

Exclusive: Papers to be published on Monday cast doubt on assurances provided by senior Whitehall officials Embarrassing WhatsApps, but no vetting report: what will be in the new release of Mandelson files? A trove of government documents about Peter Mandelson contains no record of any measures taken to mitigate serious security concerns over his appointment as Washington ambassador, the Guardian has learned. Multiple sources who have seen or been briefed on the files, which will be published on Monday, say there is no detail about any steps put in place to deal with flags raised about his associations with senior figures in foreign states. Continue reading...

Clinical trials in China are getting attention at an international oncology gathering in Chicago. China’s surging biotechnology industry is fueling alarm that U.S. dominance in the field is waning.

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Defense analysts explain why NATO's spending gap persisted for decades and what finally pushed European allies to increase military investments.

President Trump expands Tom Barrack's role to special presidential envoy for Syria and Iraq amid high-stakes Middle East diplomacy with Iran.