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Trump’s August Test: Power, Policy, and the Politics of Permanent Campaigning
Donald Trump is once again turning the presidency into a rapid-fire instrument of command: on trade, vaccines, foreign policy, and the machinery of elections. But the day’s news also exposes the limit
America’s Culture War Has Gone Algorithmic
The American culture war is no longer fought mainly in lectures, editorial pages, or cable-news panels. It now moves through social feeds, campus disputes, identity talk, and revivalist religion, with
Wall Street’s Summer of Hope Is Meeting the Hard Math of Power
Wall Street has spent much of 2026 trading on a contradiction: indexes keep grinding toward records even as tariffs, geopolitics, and a more complicated Federal Reserve test the logic of the rally. Be
America’s Culture Wars Have Moved Into the Feed
The old battle lines over books, art, sex, and schools have not disappeared; they have been reorganized by the internet, where Gen Z, universities, religion, and identity politics now collide at algor
Trump’s Domestic Agenda Is Splintering the Country at Home
The administration is pushing hard on immigration, public health and culture-war politics, but the backlash is growing in courts, communities and even parts of its own coalition. The result is a presi
Trump Opens a New Front in the Trade War With Canada
The White House is reaching for tariffs again, this time slapping new 50% duties on selected Canadian goods. The move raises the stakes in a North American trade fight already colliding with inflation
The Iran Gamble Is Exposing the Limits of Trump’s Foreign Policy
Washington’s posture toward Iran is becoming harder to read by the day: military pressure, stalled talks and warnings about the cost of escalation. The administration is trying to project control whil
Washington’s Power Centers Are Starting to Move Again
The Senate is filling key posts, the courts are still reshaping executive power, and the White House is pressing harder on the machinery of government. It is a reminder that the battle over who actual
Europe wants strategic autonomy. The war in Ukraine and the Middle East are testing it
Europe’s leaders keep saying the continent must think and act strategically, but the world is forcing the issue faster than they expected. With wars grinding on around its borders and Washington’s pri
Inside Elon Musk’s Universe: One Man, Six Companies, and a Theory of Everything
Elon Musk has assembled an empire that spans electric cars, rockets, satellites, social media, brain implants, and artificial intelligence. The result is not a tidy conglomerate but a volatile system
The Supreme Court becomes the next arena in Trump’s voting fight
The administration has asked the Supreme Court to clear the way for an executive order restricting voting by mail, placing a high-stakes election dispute in the justices’ hands. The case could test ho
America’s economy is being pulled between tariffs, fatigue and political theater
The July political cycle is colliding with a fragile economic mood, as businesses and households try to read the signal behind the White House’s trade moves and institutional fights. Investors may be