Although the president's pride in his negotiation skills could save us, it is hard to see what sort of deal would address his grievance about the consequences of economic freedom.
Dynamists, protectionists, hawks, and doves are seeing their policy goals realized in the most bungling and incompetent fashion imaginable.
And he did it after Israel dropped all its tariffs on American goods.
The detention of Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk illustrates the startling breadth of the authority the secretary of state is invoking.
"We're looking every day for these lunatics that are tearing things up," Rubio said in a Thursday press conference.
Iran isn’t building a nuclear weapon, the Trump administration says. But this hasn’t stopped the march toward war.
As a federal judge, Maryanne Trump Barry said the provision is unconstitutionally vague. That's especially problematic when it is used to punish speech.
Plus: Sanders supports deportations, tariff tracker, Panama's Jewish enclave, and more...
City University of New York professor Peter Beinart and AEI's Michael Rubin debate Israel and Palestine.
The Trump administration keeps arresting legal immigrants with views they don't like.
The attempt to retaliate against a cinema for screening a documentary on the Israel-Palestine conflict drew national condemnation from civil rights groups and filmmakers.
The president is quickly wiping out his own accomplishments.
Plus: Who's in charge of DOGE, protests over Israel's renewed assault on Gaza, and a tribute to the life of Manuel Klausner.
The rationale for deporting Mahmoud Khalil is chillingly vague and broad.
The U.S. is back to bombing the Houthi movement.
Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner says "disseminating antisemitism" in a taxpayer-owned building is "unjust to the values of our city and residents and should not be tolerated."
Just eight colleges had official neutrality policies before the attack. By the end of 2024, it was almost 150.
Plus: Ukraine attacks Russia with drones, Newsom's revisionist history, and more...
It's both unjust and unconstitutional.
Several months ago, Reason interviewed Mahmoud Khalil at a protest encampment. Now he’s sitting in ICE detention.
Plus: Ceasefire talks, J.D. Vance as the future of the GOP, the government's war on treehouses, and more...
The president is publicly taking a tough line on the Middle East—while privately supporting diplomacy.
Hawks from both major parties lashed out at the confirmation hearing for Trump’s nominee for top military strategist.
Plus: The Democratic Party's insecurities, protesting Trump via interpretive dance, the Yosemite locksmith, and more...
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The president says he wants peace in the Middle East. But his plans are all over the place.
Plus: Federal buyouts, puberty blockers at the Supreme Court, and more...
The Trump administration made an extreme claim about wasteful foreign aid that just wasn't true.
Trump wants Arab countries to take in Gaza’s population. The Biden administration already tried, and failed, to bribe and cajole Egypt into doing so.
Trump wants to negotiate instead of bombing Iran. Jilted war hawks are blaming his advisers.
Plus: Israel's ceasefire(s), Chinese AI arms race, Waymo vandalism, and more...
But that doesn't mean he's embracing the doves.
Plus: Fauci preemptively pardoned, hostages released, Inauguration Day, and more...
The Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal that went into effect today exchanges hundreds of terrorists for 33 Israeli hostages. It will predictably incentivize more hostage-taking and terrorism.
The same ceasefire agreement was almost signed in May 2024. Instead, the pointless violence continued for several more months—at Americans’ expense.
Architecture and ambition collide in Brady Corbet's post-war epic.
Trump was considered reckless for wanting to start a war at the end of his term. Now, Biden is doing the same.
164 events or speakers were targeted, mostly over the Israel-Palestine conflict.
From Afghanistan to Ukraine to Israel, Biden's was a presidency defined by contradictions on peace and interventionism.
"[T]he presence of masked protesters in the room, who defied the authority of Haverford administrators and had to be removed by campus security, with a chanting group of protestors outside, would reasonably be viewed as a form of intimidation going far beyond the 'normal' chaos of a confrontational campus protest."
Researchers went back to check Palestinian casualty reports from October 2023. They found a deadlier month for civilians—and children—than any other chapter of the "war on terror."
The Syrian civil war is over, at least for now. But the Biden and Trump administrations both seem keen on shaping the outcome—and U.S. partners are gearing up to invade.
According to a student complaint, the Commission's head directed other students to reject "Zionist" applicants.
Brendan O’Neill discusses his new book, After the Pogrom: 7 October, Israel and the Crisis of Civilisation.
Plus: the search for COVID's origins, a Middle East ceasefire, and yet another cute, offensive turkey pardon.
The Republican senator wants to bring Biden and Trump together to commit American lives to Saudi Arabia in order to "change the region and change the world."
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