As President Trump closes out 2025 with a flurry of foreign policy activity, from Christmas Day military strikes to back-to-back meetings with world leaders at Mar-a-Lago, it’s worth asking…

Almost everyone in Washington, especially MAGA loyalists, believe that Donald Trump’s brand of politics travels well overseas, especially among Europe’s right wing populist movements. But new polling suggests the…

For a lot of families right now, health insurance decisions are no longer a once a year paperwork chore. They have become a constant source of stress, late night…

For more than two decades, a Christmas Eve jazz concert quietly signaled that some things in Washington still belonged to everyone. This year, that tradition is gone, not because…

For decades, Europe operated on a basic assumption that survived wars, recessions, and political disagreements: when things truly mattered, the United States would still be there. That assumption is…

For generations, we have assumed that when the world looks to us, the United States, it sees a stabilizing force and a reliable partner. A new international poll suggests…

For a while, DOGE felt like a Washington buzzword that burned bright and then faded. Elon Musk moved on, the headlines quieted down, and the most dramatic promises of…

After months of stubborn price hikes and frayed nerves at the grocery store, the November inflation report landed like a small but unexpected exhale. Inflation cooled more than economists…