FEBRUARY 20. 2026

U. S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Tariffs

The court ruled that the president does not have the authority to impose tariffs during peacetime under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Epstein Links Threaten Norway’s Global Image

The country parlayed a reputation for probity into diplomatic currency. Now that’s in tatters.

Marco Rubio’s Munich Speech Is More Dangerous Than You Think

What the U. S. secretary of state laid bare about the Trump worldview.

Four Scenarios for a Postwar Iran

Trump wants regime change but not the messy aftermath.

All Quiet on the Eastern Front

Russia's war on Ukraine grinds into its fifth year, yet the Kremlin's strategic position is deteriorating on every front.

In India, Lula Puts Middle-Power Diplomacy on Display

Brazil’s president hopes to cooperate on AI, critical minerals, and more.

What Does Trump Want With Cuba?

How the Trump administration is pushing Cuba into a deeper humanitarian crisis, with guests Michael Bustamante and Andrés Pertierra.

How Gender Attitudes Shape Climate Concerns

Women are more likely to worry about the climate crisis than men. The concept of “hegemonic masculinity” explains this gender gap.

Would you pay $49 a month to drink recycled wastewater?

A recent survey found that rural Americans would pay for the privilege of reusing wastewater. Here's the huge potential benefit of that.

Jesse Jackson’s vision for America embraced environmental justice

The civil rights leader, who died earlier this week, linked segregation, pollution, and political power.

Michael Dobson: Flash and Thunder

As Stephen Greenblatt’s Dark Renaissance shows despite itself, it is not Marlowe’s life story that we still need, ...

Susannah Clapp: At the British Museum

Traditional fabrics bring unifying stories. The most distinctive Hawaiian material, kapa or barkcloth, was wonderfully. ..

Erin Maglaque: Never Known Heaven

Clothing, for Caravaggio, worked in the same way as his chiaroscuro, dramatising disclosure and reticence, attraction. ..

Clare Jackson: Winging It

Intelligence – whether rumour, gossip, hearsay or clandestine leaks – was central to ambassadorial activity. Henry. ..

Jackson Lears: Globaloney

As a Polish émigré and fervent Polish nationalist, Zbigniew Brzezinski focused most of his fear on the Soviet Union. A. ..

Deborah Friedell: Short Cuts

The enduring liberal fantasy that Melania Trump is unwilling, trapped, in need of rescue, #FreeMelania, has never. ..

James Butler: ‘Need a lord on the board? ’

Why​ did a man whose political expertise was acquired in the departed era of broadcast television maintain such. ..

Rachel Nolan: The Grandson of Estela

Week​ after week, year after year, members of the collective formed in 1977, during the Argentine military. ..

Paul Taylor: A Way to Be a Person

Overdiagnosis isn’t only a problem in screening; it is a possibility wherever a diagnosis brings harms as well as. ..

Clare Bucknell: At the National Gallery

Like darkness, light at its most powerful could disorientate, overpower, blind the senses. Joseph Wright of Derby’s. ..