Recent articles
February 19, 2026
Trump Is Still Deporting People Wherever He Wants
How the Administration is getting away with third-country removals and overwhelming federal courts.
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February 17, 2026
The Growing Rift Between Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E.
What this shocking split might mean for the future of the Middle East.
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February 12, 2026
Xi Jinping’s Purge and What Trump’s Foreign Policy Means for China
The machinations behind his recent military purge, and whether China sees an opportunity in Donald Trump’s aggression toward Europe.
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February 10, 2026
The Woman Behind Japan’s Rightward Shift
How Sanae Takaichi, the country’s first female Prime Minister, won big in last weekend’s election.
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February 3, 2026
Is ICE Leading Us Into a Constitutional Crisis?
A look at the agency’s astonishing record of defying court orders, and what the judiciary might do to respond.
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February 1, 2026
What a “Melania” Cinematographer Hoped to Accomplish
Dante Spinotti has had a legendary Hollywood career. Why is he making propaganda for the Trump family?
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January 26, 2026
Do Federal Officials Really Have “Absolute Immunity”?
After killings by ICE and Border Patrol in Minneapolis, a legal expert discusses how agents might be held to account by local authorities.
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January 20, 2026
How Europe Can Respond to Trump’s Greenland Imperalism
The President’s obsession with acquiring the Danish territory has put the transatlantic alliance at risk.
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January 17, 2026
Can Trump Really Use the Insurrection Act?
An expert on Presidential emergency powers discusses the history and legality of military deployments in American cities.
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January 15, 2026
How Donald Trump Has Transformed ICE
A former D.H.S. oversight official on what, legally, the agency can and can’t do—and the accountability mechanisms that have been “gutted beyond recognition.”
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January 10, 2026
What Makes the Iranian Protests Different This Time
Unrest has spread across the Islamic Republic as it faces economic disaster at home and a profound weakening of its network of regional allies.
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January 7, 2026
The Former Trump Skeptics Getting Behind His War in Venezuela
A onetime adviser to Marco Rubio and Mitt Romney argues that the U.S. has been “too cautious” in its use of force since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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January 6, 2026
The Maduro Regime Without Maduro
A political scientist explains how the Venezuelan President ran the country, why he was so unpopular, and, after his seizure by the Trump Administration, who might take over.
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January 3, 2026
The Brazen Illegality of Trump’s Venezuela Operation
A scholar of international law on the implications of the U.S. arrest of President Nicolás Maduro.
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January 2, 2026
Gaza After the Ceasefire
A Palestinian businessman on the persistent humanitarian crisis in the territory, and what he hopes might change.
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December 15, 2025
In the Wake of Australia’s Hanukkah Beach Massacre
A conversation about the country’s unique Jewish community and rising levels of antisemitism.
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December 1, 2025
The Legal Consequences of Pete Hegseth’s “Kill Them All” Order
A former military judge on the Trump Administration’s contradictory—and likely unlawful—justifications for its Caribbean bombing campaign.
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