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Trump Is Putting Us on a Path to World War III
Greg Grandin: “One wonders what goes on in the minds of the architects of President Trump’s foreign policy. It seems as if they have all taken time to study the…
Utah’s Redistricting Long Game
Politico: “In Utah, Republicans are attempting to repeal an anti-gerrymandering measure that would allow them to redraw a new map ahead of the 2028 cycle. If they succeed, the GOP-controlled…
Japanese Births Set to Fall Below Lowest Forecasts
Japanese births set to fall below lowest official forecasts in 2025: Demographers warn new births to hit lowest level since records began in 1899 as population crisis deepens, the Financial…
How James Blair Took Washington by Storm
Politico: “The wunderkind’s meteoric rise, which has engendered doubters every step of the way, is owed in large part to a couple big bets he made last year while he…
Trump’s Cabinet of Main Characters
“Several members of President Trump’s national security team have taken on unusually large public profiles — with frequent on-camera appearances, dramatic pronouncements and even eyebrow-raising wardrobe choices,” Axios reports. “It’s…
JD Vance Delicately Plots 2028 Run
“Vice President JD Vance plans to literally fly above MAGA’s rising civil war — campaigning coast to coast in the midterms and sticking close to President Trump, while building support…
JB Pritzker’s Illinois Political Clout Faces Test
“Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to cruise to an easy victory in the March 17 Democratic primary in Illinois as he seeks a third term. The party’s U.S. Senate primary…
Zelensky to Present Revised Peace Plan
“President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine will visit Mar-a-Lago on Sunday afternoon for a much-anticipated meeting with President Trump, bearing a revised 20-point peace plan aimed at ending the war with…
The Santa Presidency
Toluse Olorunnipa: “Trump is trying to fix the economy—by handing out cash.” Save to Favorites
Democracy Is Vulnerable
Seth Masket: “Many political observers have tried to make peace with the Trump era of U.S. politics by reassuring themselves that there are still guardrails. In his first term, after…
2028 Is Wide Open
Zachary Wolf: “The next presidential election is several eternities away from now in terms of politics. Only a fool would try to predict the form of the political conversation in…
Lawmaker Cut Funding for Building Named After Father
“When Republican state Rep. Jim DeSana voted earlier this month to cut $645 million in work project funding, he unknowingly axed about $2 million in state funding meant to repair…
Donald Trump’s Top 25 Lies of the Year
CNN: “Just like his first presidency, President Donald Trump’s first calendar year back in the White House was an unceasing parade of lies. In 2025, though, the variety of Trump’s…
Vivek Ramaswamy Rebrands Himself
“Vivek Ramaswamy barreled into politics as a flame-thrower willing to offend just about anyone. He declared America was in a ‘cold cultural civil war,’ denied the existence of white supremacists,…
Trump Remakes America as Leader of the Brand
New York Times: “President Trump’s long love affair with his own name and likeness is peaking in his second term. There’s now the Donald J. Trump United States Institute of…
How Did the CIA Lose a Nuclear Device?
New York Times: “A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a hush-hush mission the U.S. still won’t talk about.” Save to Favorites
Inside the North Carolina GOP’s Push to Seize Power
ProPublica: “These power shifts have left North Carolina’s governor ranked dead last among state chief executives.” Save to Favorites
The Ongoing Shock of Trump’s Cocaine Kingpin Pardon
Bloomberg Businessweek: “Donald Trump’s pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, toppled the capstone of one of the most ambitious narcotics investigations in the history of the…
Anonymous Money Fuel Attacks on Burt Jones
“It’s the biggest mystery in Georgia politics right now: Who’s paying for the attacks on Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones?,” the AP reports. “Someone operating under the name ‘Georgians for…
Democratic Centrists Take on the Establishment
Wall Street Journal: “Centrist politicians are expected to be evenhanded, staid and boring—they are the ones who bridge the extremes of their party and turn ideas into something that can…
