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Donald Trump
The War Isn’t Over, but Don’t Expect Trump to Say So
The War Powers Act requires the president to seek congressional approval 60 days after initiating hostilities. So he’d rather pretend the hostilities…
Eli Lake
Meet the Free Speech Warrior of the Trump Administration
Sarah Rogers is known for keeping America’s allies in check. She has little patience for European censors who stifle free expression.
Madeleine Kearns
The Fight for the Strait of Hormuz Is Under Way
After weeks of drift and wishful thinking, the United States appears to have begun the effort to reopen one of the world’s most critical shipping lanes.
Aaron MacLean
Caitlin Flanagan: Pray for America
I was born in the era of assassinations. But when I saw the news of the shooting in Washington, I barely scrolled. That’s how I know we’ve reentered an…
Caitlin Flanagan
It Was Too Easy to Get Inside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Only after hiding under the table with my wife as gunshots rang out did it hit me how exposed we’d been all along.
Elliot Ackerman
My Takeaway from the WHCD? Dudes Rock.
It was a big night for men who use the word ‘vehicle,’ opine on the Roman Empire, and show up as heroes when we actually need them.
Suzy Weiss
America Is Better Than This
After whooping at ‘The Star-Spangled Banner,’ we dived under the table to hide from a shooter. I’m British, and afterward, a colleague messaged me…
Freya Sanders
How ‘City on a Hill’ Became ‘America First’
The U.S.’s founding ideal emphasized mercy, humility, and mutual obligation. Its modern counterpart does much the opposite.
Lydia Dugdale
TGIF: We Live in the World We’re In
Stealing is cool, the scammers got scammed, the public transit is safe, the socialists are rich, and the vaccines are back, baby!
Nellie Bowles
Trump’s Economic Noose for Iran
Time is on America’s side in the standoff with an increasingly fractured and broke Tehran.
Michael Doran
The Ayatollah’s Waiting Game
The Iranian regime can’t afford Trump’s blockade. It’s praying America blinks first.
Amit Segal
The SPLC Has Spread Hate. Is It Guilty of a Crime?
The Justice Department will have a hard time proving that the firm’s use of informants amounts to fraud.
Jed Rubenfeld
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