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America’s Political Mood Is Darkening — and the 2024 Postmortem Shows Why
The Democratic National Committee’s post-election autopsy offers a blunt assessment of a failed 2024 campaign, but it also points to a larger problem: a party system struggling to answer public anger,
Trump’s New Fight With the Judiciary: From Iran to Cuba, the White House Is Testing Every Boundary
The administration is taking an increasingly combative posture across the foreign-policy and legal fronts, with Trump openly threatening action against Cuba while courts push back on sanctions tied to
Congress Hits the Brakes on Trump’s Iran War Powers Push — But the Clock Is Ticking
House Republicans have delayed a vote on a war powers resolution that would curb President Trump’s ability to launch strikes on Iran, buying time rather than resolving the fight. With the Senate alrea
Trump’s foreign-policy gamble is testing the limits of U.S. power
From Iran to Europe to the Western Hemisphere, the administration is pursuing a more unilateral and harder-edged foreign policy. The approach may project strength, but it also risks multiplying crises
America’s Foreign Policy Is Turning More Coercive, Less Predictable
The administration is pairing military action with a tougher diplomatic posture in multiple theaters, from Iran to Lebanon to Gaza. Allies, adversaries, and even American institutions are adjusting to
Trump’s Iran Wobble Exposes a White House That Fires First, Explains Later
The administration’s stance on Iran is now defined less by strategy than by whiplash: threats, deadlines, and sudden pauses. That instability is reshaping alliances abroad and testing the limits of co
Trump Pulls Back From Iran Strike, Exposing a White House That Still Treats War Like a Pressure Tactic
Donald Trump says he has paused a planned strike on Iran after pressure from Gulf leaders reopened a diplomatic lane. But the episode underscores how quickly the administration is willing to move from
Trump’s Iran gamble runs into a wall on Capitol Hill
The White House is pressing ahead with a war that many lawmakers never fully voted for, and Congress is showing it has little appetite to stop it. Each failed attempt to reassert oversight makes the p
House Fails Again to Curb Trump’s Iran War Powers as Gulf Tensions Escalate
The House narrowly blocked another attempt to rein in President Trump’s military campaign against Iran, leaving lawmakers with few tools to force a vote on war powers. The stalemate deepens a constitu
Trump’s Iran War Powers Defeat Exposes a Congress With Little Appetite for Limits
The House again failed to force a vote that would curb President Trump’s military campaign against Iran, underscoring how weak congressional checks have become in the middle of an escalating conflict.
Trump’s Iran war push meets a congressional wall
The House has again failed to curb President Trump’s military campaign against Iran, underscoring how far the executive has outrun Congress on the question of war powers. The latest tied vote exposed
China welcomes Trump, but the message from Beijing was unmistakable
Trump’s trip to China produced the appearance of diplomatic warmth, but the substantive message from Beijing was far more cautious. The visit highlighted a familiar pattern in U.S.-China relations: ce
