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I took my kids to the National WWII Museum in New Orleans to help them understand the most consequential war in history. I didn't expect to spend the day fighting off grief.
The Pentagon Tried to Bully the Vatican. It Didn't Work.
The Trump administration summoned the Vatican's ambassador to the Pentagon in January and, according to Vatican officials, invoked a 700-year-old warning about what happens to uncooperative popes. Pope Leo XIV spent the next three months proving it hadn't worked.
The Enemy We Made: America's 70-Year History with Iran
The United States and Iran have been locked in hostility for nearly seventy years. American politicians treat that hostility as a given — a fact of nature, like weather. But it isn't. It has a beginning. And that beginning is a decision America made, in secret, in 1953, that changed everything.
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After a Supreme Court Loss, a New Tariff Appears On February 20, the Supreme Court delivered a major ruling on U.S. trade policy, finding that the administration could not rely on emergency-powers law to impose sweeping global tariffs because Congress had never clearly granted that authority. Within hours of
The Accountability Gap in Federal Immigration Enforcement
In January 2026, two people — Alex Pretti and Renée Good — were killed during federal immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis. In Pretti’s case, the Hennepin County medical examiner ruled the death a homicide. Investigative reporting later identified the Customs and Border Protection agents who fired the fatal shots. These deaths
Minnesota Is a Turning Point
How peaceful protest — and undeniable brutality — are starting to change minds For weeks, Minnesota has been at the center of something the Trump administration hoped to avoid: sustained, peaceful protest colliding with images and facts that are hard to explain away. Federal immigration enforcement has long been controversial. What’s
Jack Smith’s Congressional Testimony: What He Said About Trump and January 6
This week, former Special Counsel Jack Smith appeared before the House Judiciary Committee for the first time since the Justice Department dropped its federal cases against President Donald Trump following his 2024 election victory. The hearing was predictably combative. Republicans framed Smith as a political actor. Democrats framed the moment
Can ICE Enter Your Home Without a Judge’s Warrant? What the Constitution Actually Says
When most people hear the word “warrant,” they assume one thing: a judge reviewed the case and gave the government permission to act. That’s how warrants work in the criminal justice system. It’s also how the Constitution is supposed to protect people — especially in their homes. But a
When Congress Fails, Force Fills the Gap
How Broken Immigration Law Turned Civil Enforcement Into Paramilitary Policing America’s immigration debate is often framed as a fight between compassion and enforcement. That framing misses the real problem. What we are witnessing today is not the natural outcome of strict law enforcement—it is the predictable result of
An Account of January 6—and Those Who Finished the Work
On January 6, 2021, American democracy was meant to break. The United States Capitol had been breached. Windows were smashed. Lawmakers fled through hallways and tunnels. Police officers were beaten. A mob, driven by false claims of a stolen election, roamed the seat of government looking for leverage, trophies, and
The U.S. Strike on Venezuela and the Return of a Failed Latin America Policy
Early on January 3, 2026, the United States launched a direct military attack on Venezuela, striking targets in and around Caracas and carrying out a special operations raid that, according to U.S. officials, resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. According to
Guardrails Are Cheaper Than Crashes
Why This Argument Keeps Coming Back Part VI of “Why the New Deal Still Matters” Every generation believes its problems are new. The technology changes. The vocabulary shifts. The faces in power rotate. But the underlying argument—about markets, rules, and restraint—keeps resurfacing for the same reason: When the