JUNE 16. 2026
As the conflict winds down, Beijing is taking notes.
I dropped my new friends off at the arena, a gray structure that blended into the surrounding parking lots. We waved goodbye, and they disappeared into the security line. Police on horseback wearing cowboy hats and actual spurs directed me away from the crowds, which added some Texas flair to the mundane act of sitting in traffic.
A lackluster attitude highlights divisions between the United States and its G-7 allies.
India’s ambassador to Washington insists “Make in India” doesn’t conflict with “America First. ”
Trump’s willingness to sell out allies should cause a rethink in Taipei.
A war of choice has turned into a strategic disaster for Washington.
Development aid remains the best way to reduce drug production.
The Iran war is only the latest in a string of U. S. failures.
The official count of U. S. personnel hurt or killed in the war on Iran inched up, but it still omits hundreds of known casualties.
The EEOC is moving to rescind a rule that has stood in the way of its politicized attacks alleging discrimination against white men.
First, send in the robots. Only then, the humans.
Foreign intervention is a policy with a long history of disaster.
Months of fighting revealed that multiple countries can impose costs, but none can impose order.
Israel is resisting Donald Trump’s demands that it fall in line with his Middle East policy.
An IPO engineered for rapid index inclusion turns ordinary pension savers into involuntary financiers of Elon Musk’s fantasies.
State Rep. Justin Pearson challenged the last Tennessee Democrat in the House. Now he’s up against the threat of total GOP control.
Oil tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand gave millions to Donald Trump’s 2024 election campaign. He is set to reap a financial windfall as the EPA moves to weaken restrictions on wells like his that produce very little energy but release vast amounts of methane.
How the cyclical weather pattern interacts with climate change could spark food insecurity around the world.
The German climate action network Ende Gelände blockades factories making weapons of war and fossil gas infrastructure.
As central banks squeeze households, corporations protect their margins — and the European social model pays the price.