19+ hour, 4+ min ago  (680+ words) President Trump said he plans to send a hospital ship to Greenland as part of his continuing effort to exercise control of the island in the Arctic, which he has said is vital for national security and contains mineral riches,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (710+ words) Detroit News: "The bridge project was once touted by Republican former Gov. Rick Snyder as an "enduring symbol of two nations" partnership." "However, in a Truth Social post, Trump complained that Ontario won"t allow U.S. alcoholic products on its shelves,…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (612+ words) Become a member. Already a member? Log in. The latest episode of Trial Balloon is live for members. Should the president ever flip the bird at a factory worker? Join now to continue reading. Members get exclusive analysis," USA Today:…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (696+ words) Become a member. Already a member? Log in. President Trump's pick for ambassador to Iceland, former Rep. Billy Long, told Arctic Today that he apologizes for comments he made Tuesday about making Iceland the 52nd state with himself as governor. Said…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (592+ words) President Trump posted a chart on social media Thursday evening that included figures in the yet-to-be released December employment report, Bloomberg reports. The chart matched figures that were not publicly published until Friday. As President Trump pushed U.S. oil companies to…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (678+ words) Anne Applebaum: "If we are no longer a country that aims to make the world better, but rather a country whose foreign policy is designed to build the wealth of the president or promote the ruling party's foreign friends, then…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (680+ words) In their meeting at the White House today, President Trump will try to close the gap with Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu "who Trump believes is losing his grip on power," Politico reports. Said one Trump adviser: "Bibi is on…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (690+ words) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had the explicit backing of Trump to strike key Russian targets such as energy infrastructure and arms factories, and that if Ukraine gets sought-after long-range weaponry from the US, "we will use it," Axios…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (650+ words) In fact, it asks very little of the people. At important political moments it mobilizes its core supporters with frenzies of hatred, but its overriding goal is to render most citizens passive." Politico: Any chance of avoiding a shutdown next…...

5+ mon, 6+ hour ago  (655+ words) Zack Beauchamp: "The kind of authoritarianism I fear is emerging in the United States, which political scientists call "competitive authoritarianism," doesn"t involve the outright criminalization of the opposition or formal martial law." "Instead, it depends on perverting the law,…...