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Trump Takes Out Massie. The Evil of the San Diego Mosque Shooting. Plus. . .
Olivia Reingold on the Mangionistas. Did an AI-generated story just dupe a literary prize? Plus: Check out our new podcast, ‘The Lindbergh…
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Trump Took Out Massie. A GOP Civil War Still Awaits.
The president proved more powerful than the right-wing antisemites, but there’s no telling what will happen after 2028.
Seth Mandel
Trump’s Victims Fund Is a Scandal. But It May Be Legal.
The administration should cancel its plan to compensate lawfare victims of its own choosing, even if the courts can’t block it.
Jed Rubenfeld
Why Xi Invoked the Thucydides Trap
At his meeting with Trump, the Chinese leader mentioned an American academic's pet theory about superpower struggles. There’s a reason for that.
Aaron MacLean
The Stakes of the Trump-Xi Summit. Have We Passed ‘Peak Human’? Plus. . .
Olivia Reingold on Zohran Mamdani’s wife, Rama Duwaji. Haviv Rettig Gur on how anti-Israel propaganda ends up in the New York Times. And more.
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Niall Ferguson: Trump Wants Détente. Xi Wants Taiwan.
The Trump-Xi summit seems to lack a clear agenda. But Beijing knows exactly what it's about.
Niall Ferguson
How Will Trump and Xi Tangle over Taiwan?
Peter Mattis, Michael Sobolik, Chris McGuire, and Dan Blumenthal on one of the touchiest subjects at this week’s summit.
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President Trump, Save Our Father
When Air Force One lands back in the United States, we pray our father, Jimmy Lai, is on that plane.
Sebastien Lai and Claire Lai
Sergey Brin’s Girlfriend Tells It Like It Is
‘He has a mind of his own. If I could control him, I’d be married with a baby right now.’ GG Soto opens up to Suzy Weiss.
Suzy Weiss
America Needs to Rest
The wall of separation between church and state was never meant to keep religion out of American life. The Sabbath is a reminder.
Max Raskin
Niall Ferguson: The Iran Stalemate
Wars always take much less time to start than you think they will, and last much longer than you thought they could.
Niall Ferguson
Trump Blinks First
The president promised to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, only to ditch that plan 48 hours later. How can we make sense of what he’s doing?
Aaron MacLean
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