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A rightwing thinktank has been targeting the royal ever since he confessed to taking drugs – and is demanding his immigration forms be released, writes Arwa Mahdawi

Over the last decade we have read many an obituary about the Right to Information Act. Let me add to that long list of obituaries by narrating how I lost eight out of nine cases before one Information Commissioner – Heeralal Samariya, a former IAS officer who was first appointed…

During the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon coined the “madman theory” of politics. The idea was to bully the Communist bloc into thinking he might do something crazy, such as using nuclear weapons, to enforce peace on American terms. Eventually America blinked and the humiliating US embassy airlift came to symbolise…

I’ve never actually met a cyclist who wants to be part of this battle, writes Zoe Williams. So what is behind this bizarre and stubborn standoff?

The BBC said Apple Intelligence’s weirdly wrong output sullied its reputation. Apple eventually paused the tool – but its reaction was deeply worrying, says Archie Bland, editor of the Guardian’s First Edition newsletter

Everyone but the credulous media seems to understand what’s behind Trump’s attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion

The legislation is confusing and may actually increase the risks. There is an solution, but it involves improving human behaviour, says freelance writer Elle Hunt

In this unsettling world order, polite, middle-size democracies are easy prey for bullies. It is time to reassert European power, says philosopher Lorenzo Marsili

I’m far more interested in how politicians of all stripes will address fundamental inequality than spurious debates on DEI

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: As the financial markets react to Trump’s trade policy, the impact is becoming increasingly clear – America should be prepared for the very worst