As the New York City mayoral race intensifies, bail reform has become a defining issue for some of the city’s most influential donors. A network of billionaires and corporate figures has rallied behind former governor Andrew Cuomo, now running as an independent, while portraying his opponent, Democrat Zohran Mamdani, as “soft on crime.” Among Cuomo’s […]
The Trump administration has repeatedly claimed that it needs to send the military into American cities because of the unique danger faced by federal agents enforcing immigration laws. In October, President Donald Trump claimed the National Guard was required in Illinois to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents facing a “coordinated assault by violent groups.” […]
President Trump OK’d a naval buildup in the Caribbean, strikes on boats in international waters and covert operations in Venezuela. A military analyst can’t see a coherent strategy or objective.
The term refers to a power whose military capabilities are approaching that of the dominant power. But for the US, seeing China this way comes with big risks.
Peter Rothpletz on Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes’s frightening ascendancy, Israel's desperate attack on a 'witch,' and whether a Bill de Blasio doppelgänger trashed Zohran Mamdani.