The multiday White House extravaganza welcoming Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington featured an opulent state dinner, a private tea meeting, and fighter jet flyovers. Watching the diplomatic pageantry, one could easily forget that the United States and China are locked in a tense, existential cold war over the ultimate military high ground: Earth’s orbit. […]
Ten years ago, I deployed to a small Soviet-era training base in western Ukraine. My unit was there to train the Ukrainian Armed Forces on NATO doctrine and introduce them to American weapons systems and intelligence assets. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion was still six years away, but the Ukrainians knew something was coming. […]
Regime change is returning to the policy discussion over Iran, not as a call for another U.S.-led intervention but as a strategic question about whether lasting regional stability is possible while the political system at the center of repeated confrontation remains unchanged. The shift is increasingly visible. At this year’s U.N. General Assembly, Slovenian Prime […]
The ruling theocracy in Iran has survived decades of sanctions and diplomacy, as well as two major wars in the past 15 months. The question facing Washington is no longer simply how much additional pressure can be applied to Tehran — it is whether external pressure alone can produce political change. Or is there an […]
Micron Technology plays a critical role in the U.S.’s effort to maintain AI superiority over China. As a global leader in high-performance memory technologies, Micron provides essential technology required for both the learning and inference functions of AI models. Furthermore, Micron is a vital national security asset due to its ongoing construction of secure semiconductor […]
The principle that people should be treated equally by the justice system is so fundamental to our national identity that the phrase “Equal Justice Under Law” is inscribed above the entrance to the Supreme Court. But as a recent report from the House Judiciary Committee shows, in some jurisdictions, certain classes of people are allowed […]
President Trump’s ban on nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian goods went into effect Tuesday, marking the latest salvo in a trade war between the U.S. and its longtime ally to the north. The restrictions include Canadian dairy products, motor vehicles and many alcoholic beverages. Trump, in signing the executive orders to ban the goods,...
Former special counsel Jack Smith stressed in prepared remarks that it was the evidence tied to President Trump’s own actions that prompted him to bring charges against Trump. The opening statement, obtained by The Hill, is to be delivered as Smith appears Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his second appearance before Congress about...
I was grilling chicken on a sweltering summer night in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, when I peeked at my phone and saw that a senior official in the administration had just accused me of lying to Congress. This was unpleasant but unsurprising. MAGA acolytes had spent years vilifying the work I did in government to...
In today's issue: ▪ Trump touts Iowa steel mill ▪ Education Department strikes LGBTQ protections ▪ Backlash to government-funded ads ▪ Iran denies involvement in U.K. incident President Trump unveiled plans for a Minnesota company to build a new $15 billion steel mill in Iowa, kicking off the week with a dose of positive economic news as...
Questions about whether the U.S. could change its posture toward China are on the rise after David Perdue, the U.S. ambassador to China, made waves by saying President Trump had asked Chinese President Xi Jinping if he would “like to buy some.” The president on Monday denied making the offer to Xi, while close observers...
President Trump hopes the third time will be the charm as his latest round of tariffs heads to court this week. The Supreme Court already ruled Trump can’t invoke an emergency statute to impose his global trade war. Now, the president is pointing to a different law, and this time, everyone agrees it allows the president to impose...
The Biden administration and a number of countries in Europe have endorsed a framework for AI regulation that respects human rights, democracy and the rule of law, but it is generally unheard of outside of the tiny European organization that drafted it. Alain Berset is the secretary-general of the Council of Europe, an important but...
