The United States seeks access to the Red Sea via Eritrea after shunning the country for decades. / Responsible Statecraft With sovereignty being contested around the world, from Ukraine to Iran, “the Sahel is on the frontlines of negotiating what it means for a country to truly rule itself.” / Foreign Exchanges
New satellite imagery shows Mexico City is sinking by nearly 10 inches a year, and it’s damaging critical infrastructure. / Associated Press For NASA to achieve its goal of 21 lunar landings in the next two-and-a-half years, it will need to solve some serious supply chain issues
European leaders in tech, space, and defense are increasingly shifting long-term contracts away from the United States. / Carnegie Europe France’s Macron wants the EU to unleash its “bazooka” trade instrument against the White House. / France24 The Pentagon says its ongoing attacks on civilian boats have sharply reduced the
When it comes to announcing policies that will be effective immediately or by a certain date, Trump has stuck the landing only a third of the time in his second term. / Wake Up to Politics The White House wants to oversee new AI models, and xAI, Google, and Microsoft have
Israel and Hezbollah continue to war in Lebanon despite the nominal ceasefire. / Al Jazeera Why didn’t Iran’s oil infrastructure implode like Trump said? Because the country was prepared and had already priced in “an extended period of confrontation.” / Drop Site Donald Trump’s disapproval rating reaches 62%, the
Today marks the 60th day of Donald Trump’s war on Iran, though House Speaker Mike Johnson says we are not at war, actually, “so we’ll see how it plays out.” / NBC News The White House presses other countries to join a new coalition that would manage the Strait
Yesterday, the Supreme Court continued dismantling the Voting Rights Act—and with it Black voting power—and some states are now rushing to redraw their maps before November. / The Guardian See also: The decision “is likely to eliminate any remaining concerns political parties may have that the Supreme Court might
Famine looms in Somalia, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is making things worse. / Reuters Analysis suggests President Trump at this point doesn’t care about Iran’s nuclear capabilities, he simply wants to save face. / The New Yorker Another pattern from the White House: Trump announces a
Before the war, Iran exported an average of two million barrels a day; now, it’s storing crude in improvised containers and trying to ship it by rail to China. / The Wall Street Journal [$] It’s unlikely and potentially illegal, but wartime efforts are certainly a way the White House
Chicagoans are still dealing with the trauma from Operation Midway Blitz, where only 3% of detainees were the kinds of criminals Trump said they targeted. / The New York Times [$] “The world’s first border wall failed. It now lies buried beneath Iraq’s desert sands.” On the futility of borders.
