Pete Hegseth is trading Army competence for ideological loyalty
I’ve spent my life watching people in power treat human beings like line items on a ledger.
By Alma Cordero ·
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The Supreme Court gave Trump a blank check for his ballroom
The American government is built on the boring, beautiful premise that the executive branch cannot simply build whatever it wants, wherever it wants, using money it wasn't given.
By Dana Whitfield ·
Trump turns the USPS into a political weapon to kill the vote
There is a particular kind of cruelty in the way power treats the machinery of democracy: it doesn’t always smash the machine; sometimes, it just gums up the gears until the clock runs out.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Trump's real estate deal for Ukraine is a countdown to catastrophe
The diplomatic theater currently unfolding between Moscow and Kyiv is not a peace process; it is a transaction.
By Klaus Berger ·
Trump's Middle East plan is a fiction without Netanyahu
President Donald Trump is attempting to play the role of the grand architect, and he is doing so with the same appetite for systemic overhaul that defined the Post-World War II Settlement.
By Adele Rutherford ·
The White House gamifies cruelty with Rio Run and Tom Homan
There is a particular kind of chill that comes from watching a superpower treat the displacement of human beings as a matter of digital entertainment.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Dan Driscoll departed, and Donald Trump cleared the decks
Down in the engine room of the American state, another gasket has blown.
By Bram de Vries ·
Fox News cut Maria Bartiromo to trim a legal liability
By Elena Rossi ·
Trump is trading global stability for the ego of a hard hit
Coming from the Atlantic edge of Ireland, I have spent my career watching how the big capitals treat the small, sovereign players on the periphery.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Quiz: What other historical figures have appeared on US currency?
The U.S. Mint loves a good press release.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
Trump's cuts to Bears Ears turn public trust into a political chip
We are currently witnessing a policy loop that would be laughable if the stakes weren't measured in millions of acres.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
Trump's 'Lake America' is an act of aggression against Canada
When a superpower decides to rename a piece of its neighbor’s geography, it isn't an exercise in cartography; it is an act of aggression.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Trump cheers as the UK monarchy expels Harry and Meghan
Donald Trump is celebrating a homecoming he didn't invite.
By Imani Sutton ·
US Mint treats law as commodity for Donald J. Trump's branding
The United States Mint has done it again. In the name of "honoring 250 years of great American heritage," they have released a $1 coin featuring the likeness of Donald J. Trump.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Trump naming Hung Cao Navy Secretary proves loyalty trumps competence
The nominating process for a cabinet secretary, especially one as critical to global projection as the Navy Secretary, should be an exercise in institutional continuity.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Hegseth imposes his will on Army with Driscoll resignation
There are moments in political history when a steady stream of resignations doesn't signal mere disagreement over policy; it signals institutional rot.
By Aoife Gallagher ·