The Supreme Court Greenlit the President’s Political Prosecutions—Even Unlawful Ones

The guardrails that until recently kept the president from siccing prosecutors on his political rivals are gone. Trump publicly says as much: Answering questions about last month’s FBI raid targeting ... Read More

Our Allies Are Asking: Why Does Putin Still Own Trump?

Putin keeps spitting in Trump’s eye and Trump keeps telling the world that it’s raining. No one wants to say this publicly right now. Indeed, at the opening of the conference President Volodymyr ... Read More

Trump & Putin: What Do We Know About Their Controversial Friendship?

Donald Trump’s relationship with Vladimir Putin has long been one of the most scrutinized dynamics in modern politics, mixing admiration, controversy, and strategic ambiguity. Their public ... Read More

As Trump’s latest ‘two weeks’ deadline for Russia’s Putin expires, what happens now?

Remember when Trump said he’d give his counterpart in Moscow “a couple of weeks”? More than two weeks later, it’s decision time at the White House. Read More

Trump issues update on Zelensky-Putin talks after Russia sanctions threat

The Kremlin has said that negotiations have paused, but Ukraine and its allies will hope that Trump can make good on threats to target Russian oil exports, especially if Kyiv can make inroads on the ... Read More