8+ hour ago   (132+ words) David Frum: “America’s traditional democratic allies feel betrayed and baffled by the unpredictability of Trump’s pay-for-play diplomacy. But those willing to pay can suffer betrayals and bafflements of their own.” “If not even the Saudis, who showered Trump and his…...

5+ hour, 24+ min ago   (153+ words) “American intelligence agencies believe that Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, is far more interested than his father and predecessor in pursuing a nuclear weapon,” the New York Times reports. “Ayatollah Khamenei’s father, who was killed at the start…...

5+ hour, 44+ min ago   (137+ words) “President Trump has set aside, at least for now, plans to sharply escalate the American military assault against Iran, with particular concern that intensifying the war could dangerously drain the Pentagon’s already diminished stockpile of Patriot antimissile interceptors and other…...

8+ hour, 4+ min ago   (154+ words) “The Kheibar Shekan missile is the workhorse of Tehran’s arsenal—a cheap, mobile, accurate weapon with a range of at least 900 miles. And recently, Iran has been using it in complex attacks, proving itself to be an adaptable adversary for…...

7+ hour, 59+ min ago   (162+ words) “We’ve all been down this road before,” the New York Times reports. “President Trump issues a blitz of punitive tariffs on allies and rivals, straining trade, rattling bond markets, raising prices and injecting more uncertainty into the global economy.” “The…...

8+ hour, 10+ min ago   (212+ words) Charlie Warzel: “If President Trump has one true skill, it is conjuring up alternate realities and getting his supporters to accept them. The examples are everywhere: dismissing stories he doesn’t like as ‘fake news’ from corrupt media, casting the January…...

8+ hour, 17+ min ago   (160+ words) “Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday he will share evidence with the United States showing Russia is assisting Iran in targeting U.S. bases in the Middle East via satellite surveillance,” CBS News reports. Said Zelensky: “Since the beginning of…...

8+ hour, 29+ min ago   (144+ words) “A U.S. appeals court rejected the Justice Department’s request to let federal officials fully move ahead with Donald Trump’s overhaul of mail voting ahead of the November midterm elections, leaving in place a Boston judge’s order that declared the president’s policies…...

11+ hour, 29+ min ago   (187+ words) “When Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts went to her fellow Democrats last year during their weekly lunch to suggest working with Republicans on a major new housing bill, she was met with trepidation and doubt,” the New York Times reports....

11+ hour, 5+ min ago   (303+ words) Kamala Harris still hasn’t decided whether she’ll seek the Democratic presidential nomination again in 2028. But the Democratic National Committee may have just handed her the strongest argument for launching another campaign. Join now to continue reading. Members get exclusive analysis,…...