1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (392+ words) The Houthi advance is bad news for the U.S., and even worse news for Saudi Arabia. Yesterday morning, those delusions drifted away like smoke as Houthi forces broke through their enemies’ defenses and seized the towns and islands around the Bab…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (215+ words) The military is doing long-term planning for its force in the Persian Gulf, risking further strain on the Navy. To hear the Trump administration tell it, the war with Iran is all but over. U.S. military posture tells a different story:…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (522+ words) The Taiwanese don’t trust Trump, and they don’t believe America will come to their defense. A deal with China is starting to look inevitable. And yet, a month earlier, the Taiwanese Nationalists had received a warm reception in Beijing. They’d…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (171+ words) The shift to an economic pressure campaign could also push the conflict out of the minds of voters. If nothing else, the new approach allows the White House to say it’s trying something and then—importantly—to stop talking about…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (395+ words) The Trump administration gave its own explanation for why sanctions against Tehran won’t work. No sooner had Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the latest tool for achieving what he said would be the “economic asphyxiation” of Iran than he revealed…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1398+ words) The tiny Gulf state is learning that the U.S. president doesn’t always keep his end of the deal. Donald Trump really wanted the plane. The Qataris had flown the $400 million Boeing 747 to West Palm Beach just after he returned to the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (11+ words) The Atlantic...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (311+ words) A gym-class-style competition might be the oddest 250th celebration yet. Read: The YOLO presidency “I didn’t know what to expect,” Trump told ESPN’s Laura Rutledge during an onstage interview, a few yards from dozens of teenagers. “I’m very proud of the…...