It’s hard to believe that there would be a light-hearted moment at a NATO summit, but, as with all things Trump, this one is turning out to be extraordinary in all regards. Actually, on all fronts, the Europeans are all acting a little…weird. For instance. Far from Brussels and the NATO big-wig get-together, a member...
The Iranian strike on the US base in Qatar wasn’t an escalation; it was an attempt to de-escalate the situation, and with any luck, it will accomplish just that. Beege wrote an excellent piece on the news as it was breaking, and I would like to expand on it a bit. I was doing a...
Maia Davies & Emily Holt BBC News BBC Ashley (right) is 5ft 1in (1.5m) and says her partner Joe’s height was never a consideration while swiping Joe is somewhat shorter than the average American man, at 5ft 6in (1.6m) – but when Ashley came across his Tinder profile last year, the last thing she was...
Wiegman said she was feeling “good” despite it being a week full of difficult decisions and conversations. Kirby’s retirement followed Wiegman’s decision not to include her in the Euros squad, while goalkeeper Earps was unhappy at her position as number two. Wiegman said it is “part of the job” to endure those experiences but she...
The Big Beautiful Bill has taken a lot of PR hits of late, including from me and Elon Musk. I love writing that line. It makes it sound like Elon Musk and I have similar influence, when everybody knows that I am the larger political force of the two. The criticisms all boil down to...
This latest twist in the Trump trade tariff drama has many people asking what it means for the UK’s deal with the US. The answer is actually not as much as you might think. For a start, the tariffs that the US court has ruled illegal do not include those on cars, which make up...
Based on an exchange of ideas with two people who are in different ways comrades, I wanted to formulate a thought about miracles, why God allows suffering and why it affects us so differently. Perhaps it is supposed to think the way I do from the incredibly privileged position I have. And for God’s sake,...
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent Reuters The King’s speech came at the invitation of new Prime Minister Mark Carney King Charles was given a heartfelt standing ovation in Canada’s Parliament in Ottawa after a historic speech in support of the country staying “strong and free”. Outside the Senate building later, another voice from the crowd shouted:...
David Brooks, a “conservative” columnist for The New York Times, famously reminisced about how he knew Barack Obama would become President of the United States right after he was elected Senator from Illinois. He even knew that Barack Obama would be a good president. What gave him this semi-prescient insight? (He was half right–Obama did...