Is Britain’s Rachel Reeves the new Hillary Clinton?
The British Chancellor of the Exchequer’s display of emotion has an American precedent
Cockburn
Mischief, mayhem and Washington gossip. Send tips and party invites to cockburn@thespectator.com.
Wednesday
The Maine Governor’s cocaine problem
She didn’t take it (she’s now 77)
Tuesday
Will Trump deport Elon Musk?
Plus: Weapons of Massie destruction
Who could be Mount Rushmore’s fifth head?
When the aliens land in thousands of years, or sometime around Christmas of this year, we want them to think: these were their gods
Friday
MAGA and Israel-aligned lobbying group target Thomas Massie
Plus: The return of Pastor Mark ‘minisoldr’ Robinson
Tuesday
Can Zohran Mamdani stop the Cuomo machine?
Plus: Will international visitors to US national parks pay more?
Friday
The game that lets kids ‘role-play as ICE agents’
Plus: The man, the myth, the party
Did the Wall Street Journal just prevent a war?
Trump hates feeling led and nurses a number of understandable grudges over how he’s been treated these past 10 years
Thursday
The Tucker Carlson and Ted Cruz roast
What involvement should the US have in the Israel-Iran conflict?
Tuesday
Posting your way through World War Three
Plus: Did the tanks damage Constitution Ave?
Monday
More DNC woes for Ken Martin
Randi Weingarten and Lee Saunders are leaving their committee roles
WATCH: Trump hints Russia should rejoin G7
Trump blames Obama and ‘a person named Trudeau’ for the G8-to-G7 shrink
Friday
Inside the April Ryan-John Fredericks Briefing Room brouhaha
Plus: Bugs found in high-end restaurant
Thursday
Hogg out: youngest DNC vice chair ousted
A 61-year-old woman filed a complaint saying his election was ‘fatally flawed’
Wednesday
Elon Musk kisses the ring
The X CEO has submitted to his former master
Tuesday
Can we get RealClear?
Plus: New York mag gets Maced and a Bill Buckley book bash
J.D. Vance: deport Derek Guy
An anonymous menswear X account has generated sympathy to and push-back against his illegal immigration story
Friday
To Pride or not to Pride?
Plus: Karine Jean-Pierre’s independent streak
Tuesday
British journalist talks America’s ‘authoritarian culture’ with Jon Stewart
Plus: The Adams family’s Eurovision
Friday
How much is ‘Truss Social’ learning from Truth Social?
Plus: MAHA’s ‘cite’ for sore eyes
