The long read Vladimir Putin’s politics of eternity mericans and Europeans have been guided through our new century by what I will call the politics of inevitability – a sense that the future is just more of the present, that the laws of progress are known, that there are no […]
Syria war: Thousands flee twin offensives in Afrin and Ghouta As many as 50,000 people have fled separate offensives against rebel forces in northern and southern Syria in recent days, activists say. About 30,000 have left the northern town of Afrin as Turkish forces and their allies stepped up a […]
Saudi Crown Prince Is Hiding His Mother, U.S. Officials Say Saudi Arabia’s future king has hidden the whereabouts of his mother from his father and the public, according to U.S. officials. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has given his father, King Salman, a number of different explanations for her absence, […]
Cyberattacks Put Russian Fingers on the Switch at Power Plants, U.S. Says The Trump administration accused Russia on Thursday of engineering a series of cyberattacks that targeted American and European nuclear power plants and water and electric systems, and could have sabotaged or shut power plants off at will. United […]
The West Rekindles Anger at Putin, Who’s Anything But Humbled Western powers are showing growing exasperation and anger at Russia’s Vladimir Putin with a new round of U.S. sanctions and condemnations over hacking, a nerve-agent attack in England and the carnage from the regime he backs in Syria. But none […]
Trump decides to remove national security adviser, and others may follow President Trump has decided to remove H.R. McMaster as his national security adviser and is actively discussing potential replacements, according to five people with knowledge of the plans, preparing to deliver yet another jolt to the senior ranks of […]
Trump Finally Finds Reasons to Punish Russia After fourteen months of mixed signals (and confused policy) on Russia, the Trump Administration took twin actions on Thursday to address the increasingly aggressive moves by the government of Vladimir Putin. Washington slapped sanctions on nineteen prominent Russian individuals and five entities—including Russian […]
4 people killed when a new pedestrian bridge collapses near Miami, crushing eight cars underneath At least four people were killed when a pedestrian bridge hailed for a novel construction method collapsed Thursday over a busy road west of Miami, crushing eight vehicles and leaving rescue workers racing to free […]
Pelosi ignores net worth inquiry after lecturing on ‘inordinate wealth’ House Minority Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s net worth was off limits Tuesday during a town hall meeting in which she cited Martin Luther King Jr. to condemn “inordinate wealth.” The California Democrat was in Phoenix as part of a 100-city tour […]
Dems flip Kentucky House seat held by lawmaker who killed himself Democrats gained a seat in the Kentucky House of Representatives Tuesday after a special election following the suicide of a GOP lawmaker who had faced sexual assault allegations. Linda Belcher, a retired teacher and former Democratic state lawmaker, soundly […]
