America turned 250 with fireworks in the sky, storms on the horizon, and a political argument in the middle of the celebration. That is not a contradiction. It is the most American
Executive Summary Since its creation in 1961, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has helped expand access to vaccines, food, schooling, and emergency relief for millions of people, particularly in Africa,
Mark Carney’s embrace of a West Coast pipeline is more than an energy announcement. It is an overdue recognition that Canada cannot keep pretending its resource economy can be managed by slogans,
In a coordinated effort to de-escalate mounting economic tensions, China and the United States have begun rolling back a series of export restrictions that had threatened to choke off critical supplies to
A newly released CIA review has backed the core conclusion of a 2016 intelligence assessment that Russia interfered in the U.S. presidential election to harm Hillary Clinton and aid Donald Trump. However,
A much-anticipated trade agreement between the United States and India—touted early on as one of former President Donald Trump’s signature achievements in his second White House term—remains elusive, as political sensitivities and
What might have passed as a routine NATO summit quickly earned a new name from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio: “The Trump Summit.” And not without reason. In The Hague this
In a dramatic escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, Iran launched 10 ballistic missiles at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Monday, targeting one of the United States’ most strategic
In the wake of President Trump’s recent decision to launch a full-scale strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities, the geopolitical axis of the Middle East has shifted dramatically—and perhaps irrevocably. Just over a
Fifty-three years after the passage of Title IX—the landmark civil rights law that transformed American education and sports—debate over its future has reignited with fresh urgency. What began as a victory for
The U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites mark a historic escalation in the long-running conflict, triggered by recent Israeli-Iranian hostilities and stalled diplomacy. While the immediate military objective was to cripple Iran’s
U.S. President Donald Trump’s unprecedented White House meeting with Pakistan’s Army Chief Asim Munir, bypassing Pakistan’s elected government, has sparked global concern. Such high-level engagement with a military leader, not a civilian
In the shadow of Iran’s Alvand Mountain, near the city of Qom, lies a facility that has quietly become the fulcrum of global nuclear anxiety. The Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant—heavily fortified, deeply