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Immigration Immigration This Quiet Change to Immigration Policy Is a Big Deal Reinvigorating the public charge doctrine could have far-reaching effects.

Latin America Latin America Democracy Is Coming to Venezuela—Eventually The U.S. is starting to lay the foundations for a democratic transition.

Books The Mysteries of Butler A new book examines the assassination attempt that changed the course of our recent history Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The Trump Assassination Plots: What the Investigations Missed and Why it Matters, by Ken Silva,…

President Donald Trump said Sunday that he anticipates further talks with Iran in the next week, despite his rejection Friday of a ceasefire proposal.

Culture Propriety Is the Basis of Freedom When “obedience to the unenforceable” falls by the wayside, expect both disorder and tyranny to take its place.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech Thursday at the UN General Assembly defending his nation’s military campaigns across the Middle East, including in Iran and Gaza.

Politics On Iran, Republicans Want to Have It Both Ways Caught between voters and the White House, vulnerable GOP candidates try to oppose the war without opposing the war.

Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs Pakistan’s Defense Dilemma The Mecca Pact creates new opportunities for Islamabad—and new headaches.

Economy Economy As Bessent Muscles Bank of Japan, the Fed and European Central Bank Set Their Own Courses Inflation concerns and central bank responses have prompted evasive action from the Treasury secretary.

Markets opened sharply down and oil prices up Thursday on inconclusive reports about diplomacy to end the Iraq War.

China China Marking Time in U.S.

China Trump Has Learned How to Deal With China The president’s engagement with Xi is delivering results.

Artificial Intelligence The Secret’s Out: It’s Actually ‘Artificial Stupidity’ AI has a long way to go before it can exterminate the human race.

Politics The President’s Irresponsible Power If Trump wants the credit, he must also take the blame.

In a speech to the UN General Assembly Wednesday, Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian condemned the U.S. and Israeli war against his country.

Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs Trump to World: ‘To the Victor Belong the Spoils’ The president’s UN speech articulated his second-term foreign policy in its purest form to date.

Politics Politics I Want My Trump TV What’s the point of a media smackdown if the cameras aren’t even rolling?

Ukraine Will Ukraine Turn to Russia After the War?

Andrew Day and Luke Nicastro talk to regular contributor Eldar Mamedov about his conversations with Iranian officials, the Saudi-Houthi war, and why Europe is on the diplomatic sidelines.

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian will lead an Iranian delegation at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday in New York City.

UK/Europe Will Germany’s Chancellor Go Down?

Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs A Little History Would Have Stopped Trump’s Iran Caper War is harder than the real estate game, even in New York.

Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs Why Riyadh Won’t Be Forced Into Israel’s Arms The U.S. has proven itself to be an unreliable partner for the Saudis.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he wasn’t sure how long the Iran War would continue while touting new sanctions against the Islamic Republic in a Monday CNBC interview.

Foreign Affairs Is the Greenland Deal a Win?

Artificial Intelligence Will AI Kill Us All?

Politics You Want a Real Commie?

On Saturday, the U.S. put its Mideast embassies on heightened alert and warned Americans in the region of the “potential for unseen escalation.”

Politics Can Hinojosa Win Texas?

Books Doonesbury’s Long, Not-So-Strange Trip Garry Trudeau may be a talented cartoonist, but more often than not he merely mirrors convention.

Culture Culture The Dictator Who Laughs Last Ingratitude may revive socialist repression—but at least the political jokes might get better.

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On Friday, the U.S. and Danish governments confirmed that a deal had been reached regarding the status of Greenland.

Politics Politics Potential Vance Challengers Adopt AI Criticism Ahead of ’28 Anti-tech sentiments among Republican voters may open a new path to the presidency.

Politics Politics Can Trump Alone Fix the Midterms?

UK Special Coverage UK Special Coverage The London ‘Times’ Makes an Unforced Error on Immigration By amplifying an unconfirmed figure, the British paper is handing ammunition to the open-borders left.

Ukraine Ukraine Given the Chance, Ukrainians Would Give Zelensky the Boot The wartime leader’s favorability ratings have plummeted.

President Trump told Axios Thursday that he was approaching a major crossroads in the Iran War.

Artificial Intelligence Give Us a Monopoly or Everyone Dies!

Latin America Latin America Rubio Shores Up U.S.

UK Special Coverage UK Special Coverage Will Scotland Get Its Own Good Friday Agreement?

Executive Director Curt Mills was quoted in Haaretz on intraright factionalism over Israel Mills was quoted in POLITICO on the Trump administration’s response to UK sanctions on Israeli settlements Mills also spoke to CNN about Vice President J.D.

The Federal Reserve approved its first interest rate hike in more than three years on Wednesday, moving the bank’s benchmark target 25 basis points to 3.75–4 percent.

Curt Mills, Andrew Day, and Luke Nicastro discuss growing concerns about AI and whether the regulation cure would be worse than the AI-risk disease.

U.S. officials met with representatives of the Houthis—an Iran-backed Yemeni militant group—over the weekend in Oman, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

Ukraine Ukraine As Walls Close In, Zelensky Lashes Out Iulia Mendel, the president’s former press secretary, told The American Conservative she is being politically persecuted.

Artificial Intelligence Will Conservatives Constrain the Machines?

Economy Economy The UK’s Energy Woes Can’t Be Blamed on Gas The pursuit of net zero has inexorably raised the cost of UK electricity—for which, naturally, fossil-fuel price spikes are getting all the blame.

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The Supreme Court ruled Monday to block President Donald Trump’s restrictions on mail-in ballots ahead of November’s midterm elections.