Legality of Trump’s $400M private funding for White House ballroom at issue
A federal judge is expected to soon rule on whether President Donald Trump’s planned $400 million White House ballroom project...
Prince and Princess of Wales ‘deeply concerned’ as Epstein files roil U.K.
LONDON — Thousands of miles from Washington, shock waves from the Justice Department’s release of the latest Jeffrey Epstein files...
A de facto death sentence for publishing a newspaper
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, the city’s most prominent political prisoner, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in...
Big win for Japan’s prime minister is good news for the U.S.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won a mandate for her ambitious reform project after years of listless leadership in Tokyo....
The world economy is thriving. It reveals a disconnect.
Zachary Karabell is an author and investor and writes “The Edgy Optimist” on Substack. In the second year of the...
How the Russian people are returning to Europe
Last month, nearly four years after Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe over its invasion of Ukraine, the...
Universities are sending Trump a dangerous message
Arne Duncan, founder of the community violence intervention group Chicago CRED, was U.S. education secretary from 2009 to 2015. David...
What separates a lake from a pond? What about creeks and rivers?
When our analysis showed that what Westerners call a “hill” would generally qualify as a “mountain” in the rest of...
How two Bernie Sanders allies are trying to counter the online right
One of the fastest-growing left-wing pages on YouTube doesn’t look like other online political content. There are no direct-to-camera rants....
The hidden costs of Costa Rica’s ecotourism boom
Samuel Rojas Fernández is a law school student at the University of Costa Rica. Costa Rica is often presented as...
Trump has a strongman’s contempt for international law
President Donald Trump’s contempt for the rule of law in America — and the judges who enforce it — is...
Russia returns to Europe — through its opposition
Last month, nearly four years after Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe over its invasion of Ukraine, the...
Jimmy Lai’s fate mirrors Hong Kong’s
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, the city’s most prominent political prisoner, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in...
Higher education needs a NATO-style self-defense pact
Arne Duncan, founder of the community violence intervention group Chicago CRED, was U.S. education secretary from 2009 to 2015. David...
The best, worst and weirdest Super Bowl commercials of 2026
Every February, you can almost set your watch by the flurry of mysterious celebrity stunts. Guy Fieri cut off his...
