FEBRUARY 25. 2026
How a dispute between Afreximbank and Fitch Ratings is challenging financial orthodoxy.
Democrats stayed seated as Trump attacked trans kids at the State of the Union. With midterms coming, there’s more where that came from.
Before Democrats can articulate a more humane foreign policy, they need to reckon with the mortal sin of the genocide in Gaza.
Targeting oil infrastructure that recalcitrant Hungary relies on lets Kyiv hit two birds with one drone.
Lasting impressions from a jaunt across China
Crime groups operate less like nations and more like banks.
Citing a ProPublica investigation that found that workers at federal lockups had been lured away to ICE, lawmakers asked how the Federal Bureau of Prisons plans to address the agency’s “unsafe conditions” and “pervasive” shortages of critical staff.
Beijing is less likely to risk an invasion while Trump is facilitating its pressure campaign against Taipei.
Akela Lacy, Jessica Washington, and Jordan Uhl on Trump’s speech and the Democratic Party’s response.
Some 20,000 Islamic State affiliates are now at large, and no one has a plan for what to do about it.
A new book shows why Europe’s broadening vs. deepening debate is a false choice.
This is the 150th anniversary of Rilke’s birth. Or, you might say, the 99th anniversary of his death. I asked a small group of students if they knew of
In which we get to know our favorite writers better by exploring the sacred and mundane.
A year since his legal victory — and after six judges recused themselves — Richard Glossip is asking a new trial judge to release him from jail.
The U. S. president believes Russia “respects” him, but Kremlin-controlled media have turned him into a joke.
“None of this has been thought through very carefully, ” one official said of the plans, which upend long-standing restrictions meant to protect Americans’ privacy.
In Asheville, N. C, a housing crisis is colliding with a poorly understood health threat.
Michigan has been trying to shut down the controversial Line 5 pipeline since 2019. A technical question before the court may seal its fate.
Across the continent, soaring prices and stagnant supply have turned homeownership into a mirage for many young Europeans
New Delhi wants to play the role of a bridging power between the West and the rest.