With Trump, California Governor Gavin Newsom Softens Approach
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California met Wednesday for more than an hour with President Trump as he made his case for federal aid to help residents recover from the worst…
Inside Trump’s Hastily Written Proposal to ‘Own’ Gaza
When President Trump announced his proposal for the United States to take ownership of Gaza on Tuesday, he shocked even senior members of his own White House and government. While…
Trump’s Plan to Take Over Gaza Sets Off Democratic Infighting and G.O.P. Doubts
President Trump’s surprise proposal to seize control of Gaza upended decades of bipartisan foreign policy consensus over the United States’ role in the region and tested the sprawling coalition that…
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/5/2025 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether. Readers, I awoke with an especially nasty head cold yesterday, which I am still fighting today, so this Water Cooler will end when I creep back to…
The Mass Deportation Handoff, Biden to Trump | naked capitalism
Yves here. This post by border Todd Miller corrects widespread misperceptions about what he calls the deportation industrial complex. The militarization of the southern border, including its infamous wall, goes…
In Uruguay, 50,000 Steps in a City Where the Sidewalk Never Ends
For a window into the soul of a city, take a stroll along the waterfront: Think of the Seine walkways in Paris, the Copacabana promenade in Rio or the Charles…
Trump’s Gaza Plan Is Unworkable, Analysts Say. Does He Mean It?
President Trump’s plan to place Gaza under American occupation and transfer its two million Palestinian residents has delighted the Israeli right, horrified Palestinians, shocked America’s Arab allies and confounded regional…
3 Years Into War, Ukrainian Musicians Ask, ‘Will We Ever Go Home?’
Since Russia invaded Ukraine nearly three years ago, Tetiana Martyniuk-Bahrii, a violinist in the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra, has lived the life of a refugee, moving from apartment to apartment with…
25 Years of The Sims Turning Players Into Gods
Will Wright kindly requests that admirers stop describing him as a god. “I don’t think God would concern himself with taking out the trash and cleaning the toilet,” he quipped…
A Veteran U.K. Political Battler Takes on Trump’s Washington
It was a hectic Monday morning for Peter Mandelson, who was packing up his home before heading to Buckingham Palace for an audience with King Charles III, on the eve…