Russia and the US rattle sabers over Syria, with military maneuvers by both nations—as well as a pair of Trump tweets that travel from aggressive to conciliatory within an hour of each other. 1/19 The midterms just got bleaker for Republicans, as House Speaker Paul Ryan tells colleagues
The FBI raids the office, home, and hotel room of the President's longtime lawyer, prompting an “extraordinary scene†at the White House. 1/24 The fact that the raid was handled by a US attorney’s office suggests Trump’s efforts to co-opt the Justice Department
A brief edition today as we take the rest of the week off to recover from the 2018 Tournament of Books. To all who followed along with this year’s ToB: Thank you, and we hope you enjoyed what turned out to be one of our wildest, topsy-turviest years
Ex-French president Nicolas Sarkozy will face trial for corruption and influence peddling. 1/16 Eighteen percent of Poles don't accept Jewish people as Polish citizens. Twice as many feel the same way about Muslims. 2/16 Japan makes it known that it, too, would like a summit
All 22 female Senators from both parties sign a letter protesting the Senate's inaction on sexual harassment. 1/14 American special forces are in more than twice as many countries as US ambassadors. 2/14 In case you missed it: Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens calls
A liberal reporter hits the road with his 93-year-old, Trump-loving cousin to ask people how to fix America. 1/10 Anyone bothered by teenagers protesting America's gun problem with memes is desperately out of touch. 2/10 R.I.P., Linda Brown Thompson, the girl
The March for our Lives movement could succeed where others have failed because of "issue intensity." 1/13 White people don’t frame Trump’s vast negligence as racial, but they should. 2/13 It seems that federal arts funding actually will go up under Trump’s administrationâ€
Trump names John R. Bolton to be his security advisor. With Pompeo nominated for State, he’s got “the most radically aggressive foreign policy team… in modern memory.†1/16 Homeland Security and the FBI say Russia hacked the US power grid and continues to attack our infrastructure.
The White House plans to announce tariffs to punish China for intellectual property theft. 1/16 France’s Macron trumps other European leaders in bro-ship with Mr. Trump by using “man’s man†language and flattery. 2/16 Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince brags about having the First
Trump’s telephone call to congratulate Putin—despite notes saying “DO NOT CONGRATULATE†in all caps—should lower expectations for his upcoming summit with Kim Jong Un. 1/10 Incidentally, the White House is furious that a senior staffer leaked the all-caps advice. 2/10 Trump doesn'
