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Editorial: Reform of a flawed social security system is needed. But reducing payments to disabled claimants will only increase hardship

Even before this brutal attack, Israel has acted with impunity – safe in the knowledge that its allies will do nothing, says journalist Dahlia Hatuqa

The US stock market is spooked and his henchmogul’s companies are floundering. Has the great dealmaker been building up … the wrong nation, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The supreme court judge has emboldened and enabled Trump, but the president’s second term must surely have him worried

To begin with, universities should not be intimidated by the claim that public opinion is turning against them. That’s not necessarily true

The world has shifted and defence spending has to rise. But time is running out for the government to make a case for it, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Every Labour government improves the lives of those with the least. But the framing and the targeting of these cuts is wrong, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Some Slovenes see the first lady as a chance for closer ties with the US. But let’s build relationships with those whose values we share, says novelist Ana Schnabl

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: To be unveiled this week in a green paper, the government’s plans to move people off benefits and into worthwhile employment will help balance the nation’s books and prove a vote-winner, too. Some dispassionate evidence now would help the reforms command even more public confidence