How Europe Learned to Speak So Trump Would Listen
The leaders of Germany, France, Britain and other supporters of Ukraine have come together in exceptional ways to help sway the U.S. president.Read More
Trump Wants Universities to Show Him the Money, or No Deal
President Trump has personally stipulated that hefty financial penalties be part of agreements his administration is negotiating with the elite universities. Critics call it extortion.Read More
Pirro Orders Office to Maximize Criminal Charges on Street Arrests
The instruction amounts to a declaration that the understaffed U.S. attorney’s office will seek to ramp up criminal charges arising from the president’s takeover of law enforcement in the capital.Read More
Trump Says He’s Ended 6 (or 7) Wars. Here’s Some Context.
President Trump has cast himself as a global peacemaker. His interventions have calmed some conflicts, while in others his role is less clear.Read More
No Tariff Exemption for European Wine and Spirits, at Least for Now
As the text of a trade agreement comes together, European Union negotiators haven’t persuaded the Americans to cut alcohol tariffs to zero.Read More
California Republicans File Suit Seeking to Block Newsom Redistricting Plan
Republican state lawmakers argue that Democratic lawmakers violated 30-day disclosure rules in the California Constitution.Read More
‘I Want to Try and Get to Heaven’: Trump Gets Reflective on ‘Fox & Friends’
President Trump cast his effort to broker peace in Ukraine in existential terms.Read More
How Zelensky Made Progress With Trump
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine had a remarkably different White House visit on Monday than the ambush he walked into six months ago. Michael Schwirtz, the global intelligence correspondent for The New York Times, explains how President Zelensky courted President Trump and managed to put the ball back in Vladimir V. Putin’s court.Read More
Arkansas Housing Development Restricted to White Residents Sparks Legal Concerns
Housing rights experts say a community restricted to white residents is illegal, but the creators believe they could win a potential challenge in court in the current political climate.Read More
Economic Data Has Taken a Dark Turn. That Doesn’t Mean a Crash Is Near.
Inflation is up and job creation down, but the U.S. economy could still pull through without too much pain.Read More