The EU must now look to its own political and economic interests. That could be good for European values and European union.
America and the World
Canada Strong
Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney fought off Conservative Pierre Poilievre to keep his party in power. Governing will be a challenge of a different order of magnitude.
While Gutting USAID, Marco Rubio Quietly Saved Cuban Regime Change Programs
The longtime anti-communist saw programs that support overthrowing the Cuban government restored after they were initially cut off.
Director of National Intelligence Quietly Releases Corruption Report
Intelligence chief forced to disclose widespread government corruption … in China.
Germany Finally Gets Over Austerity
Nothing like a military crisis to break the fetish for balanced budgets.
The Trump Factor in the Middle East
Alternately belligerent, self-enriching, militaristic, and realist, Trump’s haphazard path is different from the establishment’s slow road to obliterating Gaza.
Norway’s State Investment Fund Should Dump Tesla
Its vast sovereign wealth fund owns nearly 36 million Tesla shares. Better get out while the getting is good.
Mark Carney Knows Trade, Must Master Politics
The new Canadian prime minister, a former international banker, can handle a crisis, but he’ll have to cope with the ups and downs of retail politics on the campaign trail.
Elon Musk’s Looming Disease Holocaust
The shadow president is gutting America’s vast humanitarian aid system. Millions may die.
Musk and Trump Are Causing the Dumbest Imperial Collapse in History
Empires have fallen before. But it’s never been this purely idiotic.

