Steve Bannon and a Cautionary Tale on Congressional Power
The actions of the House Committee on Un-American Activities show how Congresss power to hold witnesses in contempt is a tool prone to abuse. Read more...
Australian Minister Wins Defamation Case Over Tweet
A government minister sued and won over a brief Twitter post that called him a rape apologist. A journalist sees asymmetric warfare. Read more...
A Pioneering British Artists Painting of a Negotiation
Ahead of her solo exhibition at the Tate Modern in London, Lubaina Himid shares a new, exclusive work. Read more...
Thanksgiving, This Year vs. Last
Heres what our readers have planned. Read more...
Jacqui Lambie posts TikTok video of herself dancing to a remix of her speech slamming anti-vaxxers
Jacqui Lambie rode the social media wave from her powerful rebuke of selfish anti-vaxxers a little too far with a cringeworthy TikTok remix of her biting speech to the Australian Senate. Read more...
Five Decades Later, Medicare Might Cover Dental Care
In the large budget bill now in Congress, supporters of the measure see a rare opportunity to advance a popular policy. Read more...
MPs launch inquiry into future of GPs
The Health and Social Care Committee will probe the barriers stopping patients in England from accessing appointments with doctors and the challenges facing GPs. Read more...
More than 4,500 patients die because of 'shocking' overcrowding at AE
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine report highlights the deadly crisis facing NHS England AEs as the health service recovers from the pandemic. Read more...
Chef sacked for taking sick leave while recovering from an ectopic pregnancy wins 17,000
Hannah Pawley, (pictured) who was fired from Hanley's Restaurant in Driffield, Yorkshire after she took three weeks of sick leave to recover, said she felt 'used and betrayed' by her employer. Read more...
Review The Met Operas Eurydice Tries to Raise the Dead
The composer Matthew Aucoin and Sarah Ruhls teeming, wearying adaptation of her play is a contemporary vision of the Orpheus myth. Read more...
As Austria makes vaccines mandatory, a GP who has worked through the pandemic argues the case
DR DAVID LLOYD When you are with a patient and their oxygen levels are low and the ambulance is on its way, there is a terrible moment when you have to ask '... and have you been vaccinated?' Read more...
When will Barclays let lawyers see ex-boss's messages to Epstein?
US prosecutors are chasing the bank for all the correspondence between Jes Staley and convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein that it has. Read more...
Pound at 21-month high against euro amid threat of lockdowns in Europe
Sterling rose as high as 1.1929 - a level not seen since February 2020 and up 12% from the pandemic low of 1.06 in March last year. Read more...
Greg Norman Takes Aim at PGA Tour With New Saudi-Backed Golf League
Norman has tried to get a competing league off the ground before, but top players like Rory McIlroy have shown only disinterest. Read more...
Tomfoolery With the Classics? Play It Straight, Please.
Two London productions that play fast and loose with their literary sources lack the theatrical magic of another show that gives viewers the original, unadorned. Read more...