The many legal challenges to Trump’s Executive Orders
Plus: Controversial cabinet picks confirmed
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Friday
Trump puts the cartels in his sights
The administration is already indicating its willingness to take real action against a threat that deserved direct confrontation long ago
Cost-effectiveness can’t trump everything
Dare we hope that the all-seeing, unforgiving eye of DoGE does not entirely eliminate all the little oddities and wrinkles from the federal government?
Thursday
The utterly idiotic reaction to the Trump-Putin phone call
No one should be surprised that Trump wants to bring the war in Ukraine to a conclusion
Wednesday
Tulsi caps off a big day for ‘realism and restraint’ in foreign affairs
The former Democratic congresswoman suffered an acute case of what’s known in Washington as ‘confirmation conversion’
Why DoGE should scrap the F-35
Plus: Russia releases American detainee and Gabbard clears confirmation
Pope Francis’s immigration letter was seriously imprudent
It highlights the fact that the pontiff has a major consistency problem in the area of international relations
Tulsi confirmed: Gabbard survives Todd Young’s attack on the Constitution
The Republican’s conditions were viewed as astounding by more than one of his Senate colleagues
DoGE will only work when government agencies compete
Besides creating sluggish, inefficient workflows, government monopolies make bad outcomes more likely
Tuesday
Red states sue New York for punitive climate change bill
States could be on the hook for as much as $75 billion in fines for emissions going back years
Pope attacks Trump administration over deportations — yet stays quiet on China
‘Worrying about personal, community or national identity… easily introduces an ideological criterion that distorts social life’
Monday
Trump announces steel tariffs
Plus: Five cabinet nominees advance
Europe should be careful in wishing for their own Trump
They shouldn’t be seduced by his pro-business, anti-woke agenda
A ‘Trump tornado’ is about to hit Europe
Making Europe Great Again will not be straightforward
Will Peter Mandelson thrive in Trump’s Washington?
His appointment is a disruptive move at a time when Trump 2.0 is turning democratic politics in the English-speaking world on its head
Sunday
The deeper meaning behind Trump’s blizzard of actions
He has two overriding goals: to build a lasting MAGA movement and to roll back the bureaucratic state
Saturday
Who is Katherine Long?
My run-in with the Wall Street Journal reporter who unmasked Marko Elez
Friday
What’s next for DoGE fever?
Plus: Trump plans more tariffs
TikTok, J.D. Vance’s new sherpa assignment
The VP will be taking on the challenge of living up to one of Trump’s more audacious promises
Wednesday
Introducing the MAGA-za Strip
Plus: See ya to the CIA?
The American Brezhnev era is over
Washington’s Soviet-style subterfuge is coming to an end
Tuesday
Gabbard and RFK Jr. head closer to confirmation
It’s another indication that this time around, the Trump 2.0 machine is working much better than the first time
Big Wind is in big trouble
The offshore and onshore wind sectors are in full-blown panic mode
Monday
USAID in the DoGE house
Plus: Other countries tariff-ied
Yes, there is a Mexican state-cartel alliance
The shock for the informed is not that Trump declared the Mexican state a narco-regime, but that it didn’t happen years ago
Elon Musk is right about USAID
The organization may not be long for this world
Friday
Plane crash tragedy exposes other close calls
Plus: What the coming tariffs might mean for Americans
Media partisans weaponize plane crash tragedy
Desperate media partisans were forced to delete tweets suggesting President Trump’s actions could be to blame
Thursday
Menendez sentenced to eleven years in prison
The sentence followed a nine-week jury trial
DoGE hasn’t been the success supporters initially believed
At the core of DOGE’s problem is its mission
Tulsi Gabbard avoids the landmines
If Democrats or intel-friendly Republicans were hoping to trip her up, they failed today
Wednesday
DoGE issues return-to-office order
Plus: Why Kamala missed out on Rogan
Tuesday
Get ready for Trump’s ‘FAFO’ foreign policy
In forcing Colombia’s president to take illegal immigrants, Trump is presenting a revamped approach to foreign affairs
The magical remaking of Melania Trump
In less than a week, the first lady has managed to reinvent herself with remarkable ease and efficiency