5+ hour, 30+ min ago  (201+ words) Since he started work as NATO secretary-general almost two years ago, Mark Rutte has spent much of his time trying to keep the United States anchored to the world's biggest military alliance, employing outright flattery to dissuade U. S. President Donald Trump…...

8+ hour, 40+ min ago  (143+ words) President Donald Trump has recast a generations-old transatlantic alliance built on shared democratic values into a framework he's more comfortable dealing with " a business," Politico reports. "He's persuaded NATO members to turbocharge their own defense spending and to invest heavily…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (296+ words) Coming this fall: Profiles in Cowardice: A Study of Collaboration in the Trump Era by Jacob Weisberg. "A devastating reckoning with the people and institutions whose failure to stand up to Trump's brazen grab for authoritarian power has been particularly…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (198+ words) Washington Post: "In the months since President Donald Trump launched a special "gold card" visa that would grant citizenship to people willing to pay $1 million, his administration has touted the program as a success. The president has called it a…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (328+ words) An internal Pentagon email outlines options for the United States to punish NATO allies it believes failed to support U. S. operations in the war with Iran, including suspending Spain from the alliance and reviewing the U. S. position on Britain's claim to the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (131+ words) President Donald Trump insists U. S. allies are ready to help him in the Strait of Hormuz. They're not even close," Bloomberg reports. The UK and France are holding a summit on Friday to discuss the matter as Trump blockades the crucial…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago  (706+ words) Bloomberg: "Donald Trump's NATO allies are increasing resistance to getting involved in his Iran war, risking a deeper rupture in the already strained military bloc." "Spain closed its airspace to US jets Monday, and Italy denied US military aircraft bound…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago  (577+ words) Spain closed its airspace to American flights involved in its military operation in Iran, expanding an effort to distance itself from the conflict, Bloomberg reports. President Trump said Monday that the U. S. will "completely" obliterate Iran's electric generating plants, oil wells…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (731+ words) New York Times: "Iran's de facto closure of the strategic waterway has set off a full-blown energy crisis across the Continent. With skyrocketing oil and gas prices angering voters throughout Europe, the pressure is mounting on its leaders to take…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (626+ words) The New York Times found extensive evidence that the United Farm Workers co-founder groomed and sexually abused girls who worked in the movement. Filed Under: Political History "President Trump on Wednesday issued a 60-day waiver of the Jones Act, a…...