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I Wanted to Help Refugees. I Didn’t Sign Up for Anti-Americanism.
My family dedicated itself to helping refugees. After October 7, we learned the UN was not the place to do that.
Liberty Vittert Capito
The Future of War Is Happening Right Now in Ukraine
Ukraine’s strikes into Russia illustrate the historic role of surprise in battlefield success. They also test the country’s fragile relationship with…
Aaron MacLean
How Qatar Bought America
Bari Weiss
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How the Muslim Brotherhood Is Capturing Europe
A new report found that, in France, Brotherhood-linked schools have distributed texts that praise Sharia law as superior to man-made law, denounce…
Simone Rodan-Benzaquen
This Week in Canada: The King’s Land Acknowledgment
Plus: Tariffs off, tariffs on. Canada’s oil goes to China. Bono loves us. And more.
Rupa Subramanya
Why Americans Don’t Understand Vladimir Putin
The Russian president hasn’t just gone ‘crazy.’ He’s always been like this.
Konstantin Kisin
The Heroes Who Never Made It Home
A lieutenant who saved his wounded driver. A Marine who fought for her country overseas and battled bureaucracy at home. A sailor who sacrificed himself…
The Free Press
Trump’s Serenity Prayer in Saudi Arabia
America is no longer going to hector its allies about whether women have the right to drive or whether dissidents disappear into dark prisons.
Eli Lake
Trump’s Disgraceful ‘Palace in the Sky’
A $400 million Qatari gift—and the Trump family business.
The Editors
The American Pope
Pope Leo XIV is almost certainly the first Vicar of Christ to have fond memories of the ’85 Bears.
Matthew Walther
The Gaza Famine Myth
How lazy journalism, bad data, and skewed statistics fueled accusations of war crimes against Israel.
Michael Ames
Drain the Swamp? MAGA Lobbyists Say They’re ‘Drinking from a Fire Hose.’
Once upon a time, Donald Trump promised to clean up Washington. But for the swampiest industry of all, business is booming.
Gabe Kaminsky
Why Europe’s Lights Went Out
Spain’s blackout is a cautionary tale of overreliance on wind and solar.
Emmet Penney
The Most Dangerous Club on Earth
This is the sordid story of how North Korea lied its way into nuclear power—and how Iran might do the same.
Eli Lake
Voice of America Needs to Be Fixed, Not Silenced
Trump’s shutdown delights dictators and punishes people who deserve access to the truth.
Ethan Dodd
Tourists, Tailors, and the Holy Spirit Descend on Vatican City
‘They are made cardinal, then they get fat,’ said the Vatican’s tailor. ‘I have to take their cassocks out, take their sashes out.’
Josephine de La Bruyère
The Passion of Pope Francis
There’s a striking symmetry in the timing of Francis’s death: The most influential figure of the global left departs just as right-wing populism rises…
Francis X. Rocca
Mike Pompeo: We Don’t Need a Fake Deal With Iran
American isolationists on the right, and their allies in Obama-aligned think tanks in Washington, suggest there are only two options: war or a deal…
Mike Pompeo
Welcome to This Week in Canada, from The Free Press
How did Pierre Poilievre lose a 20-point lead? Trucker organizers face 10 years in prison. Antisemitism at McGill University. And much more from the…
Rupa Subramanya
Trump’s Iran Nuclear Deal Looks a Lot Like Obama’s
Washington has leverage over Tehran. Why won’t the administration press the advantage?
Eli Lake
Bari Weiss: My Picks of the Week
We’re publishing a lot these days. Here’s what you can’t miss. It’s a dizzy, disorienting moment. Let us help you make sense of it.
Bari Weiss
Will the U.S. Strike a Deal with Iran This Weekend?
‘By the end of May, we could either have serious talks with Iran or the possibility of military action.’
Jay Solomon
EXCLUSIVE: The Family of a Murdered Gaza Protester Speaks Out
After they tortured him and mutilated his body, they dropped him off a rooftop with a note pinned to his clothes: ‘This is the price for all who…
Tanya Lukyanova
I Used to Be a Complacent Wall Street Guy. Now I’m an Anti-Trump Protester.
Evan Newmark had never participated in a protest in his life. Three weeks ago, that changed. Now, every day, he heads to the Trump Hotel. Why?
Evan Newmark
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