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The quiet math of deportation: ICE data under Trump 2.0 tells a more complicated story
The gap between that number and the promise of "mass deportation" is not a failure of political will.
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Power, policy, and the rhetoric designed to make both invisible.
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The people who never appear in the briefing slides: Cuba-Russia intelligence and its…
For longtime observers of U.S.-Cuba relations, the news landed like a cold echo from the Cold War era.
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How U.S. sanctions on Venezuela crushed ordinary businesses while the regime adapted…
The U.S. financial system, and every bank that touched it, had been walled off.
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Why MAGA’s most dangerous problem isn’t defection — it’s disengagement
The common belief about political coalitions is that they break apart slowly, eroded by decades of demographic change and generational drift.
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A Biden NSC spokesperson just validated Trump’s naval blockade — and no Democrat…
The former Biden National Security Council spokesperson suggested the blockade could aid nuclear negotiations with Iran.
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The House kept expulsion unthinkable for 237 years — that psychological barrier just…
The procedural weapon nobody used is suddenly part of the active vocabulary.
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The rate fell but the prices stayed: why America’s inflation problem outlasted…
A gallon of milk cost around $3.50 in January 2020.
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The arithmetic of groceries defeated the mythology of sovereignty: how Hungary ended…
Viktor Orbán has governed Hungary for over a decade in his most recent tenure.
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Pope Leo XIV rebuked Trump on Iran. The White House silence reveals how moral authority…
Something strange happens when a pope speaks and a president doesn't flinch.
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Oil supply won’t snap back after the Iran ceasefire — here’s what traders…
The reality is that large-scale oil shipping will not resume at anything close to normal pace even with a ceasefire in place.