Every month, European and U.S. counterparts from various embassies would gather for wine and cheese. For the most part, the group was like-minded, even when their partisanship differed. Then came Donald Trump. On Tuesday, Zoya Sheftalovich penned a report for Politico’s EU vertical about a long-runn…
In Cleveland, Ohio on Thursday, June 11, FBI agents searched the local office of Ohio Organizing Collaborative — a nonpartisan voter registration group — seized cell phones and computers, and visited the homes of people involved with the group. According to Salon’s Bob Hennelly, the search is “being…
Republicans in Congress are demanding the full details of President Donald Trump’s Iran deal, according to The Hill, with one lawmaker expressing concern about the “awful” details that Iran itself is claiming.Over the weekend, the U.S. and Iran signed a new deal to pause hostilities for another 60 d…
In the European press — from Portugal to Norway — the United States, under President Donald Trump, is often depicted as being in a state of nonstop chaos. But Hungary-born political scientist/geopolitics expert George Friedman, in the UK-based i Paper, argues that what looks like a “nervous breakdow…
President Donald Trump and his allies have hailed the latest Iran deal as a major step towards a swift resolution to the war, but according to a new report from The Hill, he has already “pretty well trashed” his reputation among a key group of MAGA voters.On Sunday, the U.S. and Iran signed a new de…
I think the most important thing you need to understand about the president’s so-called peace deal with Iran is that the complete terms won’t be known until after it’s signed. The Post today: “Iranian leaders said Sunday that the terms of the deal would be published only after it is signed Friday — …
A Cable TV host did an extended rant a few days ago about how many cases Trump has lost in court, arguing that “these guys are really bad at what they do” or words to that effect. I beg to differ: they know exactly what they’re doing, and getting convictions to imprison protesters isn’t (yet — they …
President Donald Trump’s endorsement of a Republican lawmaker in the 2026 Georgia Senate primary is exposing fault lines in his own MAGA base, according to a new report.“The final days of Georgia’s Republican primary campaigns have exposed internal party fault lines, produced unusual alliances and w…
While some of President Donald Trump’s supporters and critics are claiming he lost America’s war against Iran, one foreign policy expert says Trump is losing a different consequential geopolitical battle — namely, America’s rivalry with China.“An uneasy quiescence has come to define U.S.-Chinese rel…
President Donald Trump has been secretly planning to seize Greenland, the world’s largest island, even though it is owned by Denmark and an overwhelming majority of its citizens do not want to be owned by the United States.Describing an ongoing ambition that traces back to his first term, The New Yo…