The “Big and Beautiful” bill leaves many behind.
Passage of Trump’s Budget Bill Will Be America’s Pyrrhic Victory
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Mark Rutte and the Death of Logic
The costly NATO spectacle in The Hague is dangerous proof of how easily diplomacy can become a dirty word.
Approaching the End of Liberal Internationalism
Will America ever rejoin the international community?
Tokugawa Amerika
Trump is on an isolationist trajectory in matters of the economy and the military.
Martial Law in the United States
In South Korea, martial law was undone by public protest. In the United States, Trump will reverse the equation and use martial law to overcome public protest.
Will the “Big Beautiful Bill” Burn the Bond Market?
Trump’s signature legislation pours gasoline on a fiscal fire.
To Defeat Trump’s Fascism, We Must Confront Militarism
The times call for more explicit links between militarism and rising fascism and a blueprint for reversing this threat.
War at the Top
Musk vs Trump would make a great opera–or cage match–but it also reveals the limits of corruption.
How President Trump Bullied China into Tariff Negotiations
A stagnating economy puts China in a vulnerable position.
Trump’s Greatest Con Is Genocide
The U.S. president is still trying to sell the world on the destruction of Gaza.