At the White House Summit, Xi played Trump for a fool. It didn’t take much.
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The Coming AI Meltdown
The whole economy has been pumped up by unsustainable investment in AI. The unwinding will not be pretty—and could be catastrophic.
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Kamala Harris for President Again?
She blew an urgently winnable race in 2024. Why do polls show her as the front-runner for 2028?
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Money Can’t Buy Me Votes
Republicans are going to try to solve their midterm problems with money. Good luck to them.
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Bonta Gives Up on the Paramount Case
Why would California AG Rob Bonta settle the Paramount–Warner Bros. lawsuit when he’s winning?
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Mark Carney Is No Hero
His trade war with Trump is a handy distraction from unpopular and neoliberal domestic Canadian policies.
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A Tectonic (or Techtonic) Shift in American Politics?
Culture-war populism looks to be giving way to economic populism.
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The Unbearable Lightness of Pete Hegseth
While the military is running out of missiles, the secretary of war is fixated on whether the troops are adequately toned and testosteroned.
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The Court Saves the Midterms
Last evening’s ruling blocks Trump from his chief ploy to subvert the upcoming elections—but he may not be done yet.
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The Courts and American Democracy
If the Supreme Court is going to preserve free elections, it had better stop dithering.