“This is corruption, pure and simple.”
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Markwayne Mullin Never Served in the Military
“Markwayne Mullin, the Oklahoma senator chosen by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Homeland Security who will be considered by the Senate on Wednesday, has never served in the…
Trump’s Voting Bill Could Backfire on Republicans
“President Donald Trump has ramped up pressure on Republicans in recent weeks to pass the Save America Act, a bill that would require people to provide proof of citizenship to…
Trump May Not Be Able to End This War
Pegah Banihashemi and Paul Poast: “President Trump appears to careen between two opposing visions for victory in Iran: He has demanded Tehran’s “unconditional surrender” and also has signaled that he…
Elizabeth Warren Backs Mallory McMorrow
“Sen. Elizabeth Warren is wading into Michigan’s closely contested Democratic Senate primary, backing state Sen. Mallory McMorrow over two rivals,” Politico reports. “It’s a somewhat counterintuitive endorsement for the progressive…
Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done
Anne Applebaum: “Donald Trump does not think strategically. Nor does he think historically, geographically, or even rationally. He does not connect actions he takes on one day to events that…
Direct Channel Opened with Iran
“A direct communications channel between U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has been reactivated in recent days,” Axios reports. Save to Favorites
Kim Jong Un Sweeps North Korea Polls
The Statesman: “North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has secured an overwhelming victory in the country’s latest Parliamentary Elections, with state-backed candidates winning virtually every vote and seat.” “The polls…
Ali Larijani Killing Fuels Anxiety in Iran
“The news that Israel killed Ali Larijani, Iran’s top national security official and its de facto ruler during the war, immediately fueled anxiety among Iranians about the direction of the…
How ‘America First’ Became ‘America Alone’
Adam Serwer: “Those allies aren’t exactly jumping at the chance to join Trump’s war on Iran—not a single one has taken the offer. That leaves the president trapped in a…
Cuba Struggles to Revive Obsolete Power Grid
“Cuba’s communist government is struggling to restore electricity across the island after its obsolete power grid collapsed on Monday, exposing the magnitude of its economic implosion amid a damaging U.S….
Israel Says It Has Killed Iran’s Intelligence Minister
“Israel said it had killed Iran’s intelligence minister, the latest member of Tehran’s top leadership to be wiped out this week. Esmail Khatib was described by Israel as having played…
Trump’s Friendship With Japan’s Leader Faces Test
“President Trump and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan have built a close relationship over the past few months, bonding over baseball and shared conservative values, and heaping praise on…
How Much Pain Is Trump Really Willing to Endure?
The Atlantic: “The Iran war has not quite gone to plan. The U.S. military, working alongside the Israeli armed forces, pummeled its targets in the first fortnight of war and…
‘The Squad’ Left Suffers Wipeout in Illinois
“The left suffered a virtually total collapse in the Illinois Democratic congressional primaries on Tuesday night — even in races where the AIPAC-backed candidate lost,” Axios reports. “It’s a bad…
Trump’s Withheld Endorsement Hangs Over Runoff
“Sen. John Cornyn and his Texas Republican primary challenger are busy courting a voter who doesn’t live in their state,” the Washington Post reports. “Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken…
Israel Is Hunting Down Iranian Regime Members
Wall Street Journal: “Israeli and American leaders said at the outset that the war with Iran would create the conditions for Iranians to topple their regime. The killings early Tuesday…
Pritzker’s Gamble to Become a Kingmaker Pays Off
“Gov. JB Pritzker was not on the ballot in the Illinois Senate race, but that was hard to tell from some of the closing advertisements for Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton,”…
Gulf States Want the U.S. to Cripple Iran’s Regime
“Battered by Iranian strikes and the disruption of the Strait of Hormuz, the United Arab Emirates and some fellow Persian Gulf states have come to view Iran’s theocracy as an…
Trump Mulls Whether to Seize Iran’s Nuclear Fuel
New York Times: “In fact, listening to Mr. Trump in recent days is to hear a president debating whether to order the biggest Iran mission of all: to seize or…
Fog of War Clouds Global Rate Cut
Politico: “Trump is demanding that the Federal Reserve immediately lower borrowing costs. But the war in the Middle East has now made any interest rate cuts much less likely in…
