Ideas from QAnon’s conspiracy theory have appeared on government social media sites during Trump’s second term and continue to divide America amid social and economic crises.
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Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s excellent book Regime Change reveals the depth and consequences of Donald Trump’s obsession with fame and power.
The more Epstein-connected directors a company had, no matter its size, the more likely it was to have governance problems.
Sociologist Art Jipson talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about how clamouring for the release of the Epstein files grew on fringe spaces of the internet.
Most Trump supporters remain in his camp, but some independents, young people and Black Americans who voted for the president in 2024 would not do so again in an election do-over.
Donald Trump’s false claims about the Iran War, Epstein files, tariffs and inflation have left some supporters who have traditionally believed all he says feeling duped and abandoned. Why now?
Trump has been looking for opportunities to lash out at Starmer over Iran. This may be his latest.
Online sleuths are on a mission to decode the massive Epstein file dump. The resulting chaos shows there’s a fine line between genuine clues and conspiracy.
The Epstein files, where the global elite are talking to each other in private — or so they thought — open a peephole into their twisted world of gifts and favours.
The Epstein case points beyond an individual scandal to a broader system of elites in which capital, insularity, and impunity underpin male domination.
A small portion of university research funding comes from individual donors. Most universities have policies in place to protect against wrongdoing.
Overall, the former prince’s arrest throws into stark relief the state of the rule of law in the US compared to other democracies like the UK.
The US president has reportedly told Volodymyr Zelensky he musty hold an election by May 2026.
Despite the release of millions of documents, a growing number of people on each side of US politics believe a cover-up is taking place.
Senior politicians thought Peter Mandelson’s ability to deliver meant they could overlook his behaviour. They should have known the public wouldn’t agree.
Many people believe Jeffrey Epstein may have worked as an access agent for Russia or Israel. They said the same thing about his girlfriend’s father Robert Maxwell.
The prime minister was more reliant on his chief of staff than most. Now he’s alone, facing calls to resign.
MPs are furious at the prime minister – but no leadership contender is ready to mount a challenge.
Documents relating to Peter Mandelson’s time in government have been passed on to police.
The US government has to balance the need to know with the right to privacy. It’s a delicate balancing act.
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