By poisoning the well of journalism, phone-hacking undermined confidence in a trade that tries, for all its faults, to hold the powerful to account. Harry’s private battle has had a knock-on effect in aiding democracy – which needs a free press people can trust

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The fate of the Israel-Hamas agreement will require huge effort.

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Don't be fooled, New York: You're being fleeced.

At CNN, Scott Jennings found President Trump’s inauguration speech nothing short of “incredible.”

Donald Trump’s first day in office will be remembered as the moment when reality crashed into the leftist pieties that kept America frozen, suffering and hemmed-in during the Biden years.  Let’s start with the central issue of the election: the border.  Trump swung for the fences with big-time executive orders to end Joe’s willed chaos...

Walmart dared to move away from toxic DEI ideology. Then came the implied legal threats . . .

The first arrest of a sitting president, over his declaration of martial law, shows the strength of the nation’s safeguards – but also that more must be done

South Korean presidencies have often ended badly. Office holders have been assassinated, ousted and impeached. Former leaders have faced corruption investigations and sometimes lengthy prison terms.

Yoon Suk Yeol has nonetheless set a precedent as the first president to be arrested in office. Accused of insurrection over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, the former prosecutor has swapped his suits for the standard khaki uniform of a detainee. In a piquant detail, the man who led his country’s first impeachment of a president, Park Geun‑hye, has also been impeached himself. His powers are currently suspended.

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Editorial: Nigel Farage and his colleagues are not interested in reasonable debate – the prime minister was entirely correct in quashing any early signs of conspiracy theories before they take root

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Editorial: The prime minister should resist pressure from those urging him to ‘stand up’ to Trump. There is little for the UK to gain by pillorying the 47th US president

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Democrats have “nothing of interest to say,” argues Joe Klein at Sanity Clause.

Mayor Eric Adams' budget, which he rolled out Thursday, merely continues the city’s longtime practice of overspending while hiding actual program costs.

When it comes to the horrific LA fires, every new day brings more hideous evidence of just how much blame California’s progressive political culture bears for what’s now projected to be the most expensive natural disaster in US history at over $250 billion in damage. Start with Wednesday’s revelation that the LAFD brass deployed only five...

Editorial: From foreign policy gambits to strained alliances, Trump’s second term as US president will test global dynamics once again

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Martin Luther King Jr. day is on Jan. 20.

Sweden made that clear again last week, when it announced proposals to toughen rules for gaining citizenship.